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Is the musical equipment in this music video operating on the same principles? https://youtu.be/ZdJ5e70Q8mw?feature=shared&t=128

It's the tall cabinet behind Money Mark in the Beastie Boys video for "Gratitude" at around 2:19.

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That's a Leslie speaker in the video, it doesn't operate on the same principle. Leslie speakers creates sound using a conventional vibrating membrane, whereas the rotary woofer does so by using a variable pitch fan. The rotating part effectively changes the geometry of the baffle, creating a tremolo effect. For the rotary woofer, the whole room acts as a baffle.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_speaker

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