World’s Loudest Hummer Boasts 86 Speakers

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86 SPEAKERS, 11 amplifiers, and more than a mile of LED light wiring have been crammed into an H2 Hummer to create a deafening party-mobile. Rafael Capone has modified cars all his life, but his ‘Soul Asylum H2’ Hummer, built to promote his recording studio of the same name, has taken things to a new level. The speaker-packed behemoth has been dominating car show competitions around Rafael’s native Atlanta, wowing crowds with its all-custom interior and LED light set-up. Rafael told FutureStudiosCars: “No piece of this car was left factory. The reaction when we pull up is always a, ‘Wow, I love your car’.

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00:00The reaction when we pull up in the Solar Sound Maze 2 is always a wow.

00:07We usually start with sound quality and just get used to that.

00:11We slam them on the bass.

00:26I'm Rafael Capone, the owner of the Solar Sound Studios Group.

00:30And here we have the Solar Sound H2.

00:44The amount of speakers in the Solar Sound H2 is 86.

00:50We want sound quality at loud, natural volumes versus just blaring, hurting your ears loud.

01:01We've had many clients that use Solar Sound Studios.

01:07TI, Future, Justin Bieber, Rocco, Jeezy.

01:14The Solar Sound H2, we use it for marketing, promotion, brand awareness, charity, competition.

01:24Thank you, everybody, for showing up.

01:27I'm sure Jason's smiling.

01:28I missed the show.

01:29You probably already know.

01:30We average at least 100 car shows a year.

01:33That's not including meets.

01:35We average just over 250, sometimes 300 to under 300 trophies a year.

01:48I got something to say.

01:49I made the Solar Sound H2 because it isn't the first of its kind.

01:54And 1990, when I was still in the military, my first show vehicle was built.

01:55And that was my passion.

01:56Of course I wanted to open up a recording studio, but I wanted to do both.

01:57So I built a show vehicle.

01:58It was called the Motown Soldier.

01:59It became world famous back then.

02:00So we got this.

02:01And the end of 2014, I made the Solar Sound H2.

02:04I made the Solar Sound H2 because it isn't the first of its kind.

02:07And 1990, when I was still in the military, my first show vehicle was built.

02:12And that was my passion.

02:15Of course I wanted to open up a recording studio, but I wanted to do both.

02:19So I built a show vehicle.

02:21It was called the Motown Soldier.

02:23It became world famous back then.

02:26So we got this in the end of 2014.

02:29In 30 days, we put all the LED lights on it.

02:32We got a system going in it.

02:33We put the wheels on it.

02:34We put the graphics on it.

02:37We started doing shows, and it was cool.

02:41When building it, my main focus was sound quality.

02:44I wanted to be loud, but I wanted sound quality.

02:46I wanted to what I hear in the studio, to hear on the road.

02:48All of our speakers are doing different things.

02:51So let's say we have 10 10s.

02:536 tweeters, 14 horns, 12 subs, 8 mid bass speakers, 8 mid-dream speakers.

03:05We've been told up to 3 miles away we've been heard.

03:10Because sometimes on the weekend I'll prepare for a show and I'll be testing and tuning.

03:14And a cop pulled up.

03:16And he was like, what are you doing?

03:19I was like, hey, I have a championship show tomorrow.

03:21I'm trying to set the system.

03:22He was like, I was two and a half miles away and just followed the sound to you.

03:26I was like, okay, I'll cut it off.

03:28And he was such a nice cop.

03:29He said, I'm going to give you 15 more minutes.

03:31I'll cancel all the 911 calls.

03:33It's complaining about the sound.

03:34And get your system right and I hope you win.

03:37And I took those 15 minutes and I set the system.

03:41And when we did that show the next day, we came back with 12 trophies.

03:44One show.

03:46Trying to get 86 speakers, 11 amplifiers, 3 miles of copper wiring, 3 alternators, 7 batteries, DSP, and a vehicle this size.

03:59Everything had to be designed.

04:01Even our pillars, which are easily overlooked, are custom pillars that house tweeters.

04:05Of course, we have a red chrome wrap with the red chrome matching wheels.

04:19And then we have all of our microphone switches.

04:21So we can cut on up to five microphones and have five live mics going at the same time.

04:40Because we have a studio grade mixer.

04:43This is my favorite microphone.

04:45So it stays up here with me.

04:46But the mics we let people use are in the back.

04:49A nice iPad and a dash.

04:52And all our switches have been moved.

04:55But the coolest thing, we pull our iPad out.

04:59We still have our radio controls.

05:01On a quick glance, that's the Soul Asylum H2.

05:04A very diverse, multi-controlled, 86 speaker, mobile stage, sound quality, SPL build.

05:15The nice thing about the Soul Asylum H2 is it isn't slow.

05:18It's top speed, 105 miles an hour in this big, beautiful, heavy vehicle.

05:24I'll let you guys just think about what it could possibly cost.

05:27But we did buy the Hummer used for $40,000.

05:31And if you just take our amps and speakers in a box, unshipped from Match Pro Audio,

05:39you're looking at over $35,000 just in a box.

05:44Best I can give you on prices.

05:46If we ever sold H2, it would definitely have to be someone that was going to use it for charity

05:51or use it for what we're using it for.

05:52It couldn't just go and be locked up in some garage.

05:55If someone offered me money to buy the Soul Asylum H2 without hesitation,

05:58it would be for a quarter million dollars.

06:00When it gets dark, the Soul Asylum H2 is bananas.

06:05We have won world titles for our LED lighting, interior and exterior.

06:12I'm a very humble person, but we made people change up their lighting game.

06:17They're very competitive.

06:18Yes, I go to the shows to compete and to win because I'm now representing my company at the same time.

06:24So, we want them.

06:26And earn them for them.

06:27And earn them for them.

06:29We want them, but we want them.

06:31We want them, and earn them for them.

06:33You

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