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Wardrobe speaker box

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The wardrobe-sized bass enclosure that formed the ground layer of early Jamaican and diaspora speaker stacks, with mid-range boxes and tweeters set above it. Named for its furniture-like bulk and hauled to each dance by hand.

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Norman Stolzoff, Wake the Town; Lloyd Bradley, Bass Culture; Museum of Youth Culture sound-system culture features.

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Musical & sonic elementsTechnology, recording & industry

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