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# Photo: You Mean Those Speaker Stacks Are Fake?
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/photo-you-mean-those-speaker-stacks-are-fake/
- Published: 2010-09-24T11:02:37.000Z
- Updated: 2010-09-24T11:02:37.000Z
- Description: (UPDATED) Some bands have always used empty Marshall speaker cabinets to make it look like they're turning things up to 11 when it's really the sound system doing all the. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/09/photo-you-mean-those-speaker-stacks-are-fake.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:59

[![image from www.ryanadamsarchive.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20133f48d8c7f970b-150wi "image from www.ryanadamsarchive.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20133f48d8c7f970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

(UPDATED) Some bands have always used empty Marshall speaker cabinets to make it look like they're turning things up to 11 when it's really the sound system doing all the heavy lifting. But Gizmodo has the most amusing proof yet of fake stakes that don't even bother to try to recreate the back 95% of the amp and speakers.

[ ](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20133f48d8c7f970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

[![image from cache.gawkerassets.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20133f48d9129970b-500wi "image from cache.gawkerassets.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20133f48d9129970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

via[ Gizmodo](http://gizmodo.com/5644585/the-concert-speakers-are-a-lie?ref=hypebot.com)