Mr. Foxen

[quote name='Finbar' post='539049' date='Jul 13 2009, 01:44 AM']That's assuming it is the same height as the Big One, right?[/quote] Alex has stated it is a Big one, just without the midrange enclosure. Its not totally clear on the big sub description on the website, as its under description of the Big One.

[quote name='Spartacus' post='539036' date='Jul 13 2009, 12:59 AM']OK so your experience is irrelevent to the thread in this case. The 'speakon thing' is something ive used for 5 years or so after hearing farting noises from my jacks Then i looked at the electrical advantages. We are bassists not guitarists and work to a differnt standard, and as long as you carry a spare for what you normally use then all will go well. Guitarists and bassists have diferent needs. That sort of thinking keeps us bassists in their shadow. Go for speakons, you know it makes sense. Youre a bassist, you dont use a guitarists gear. Ok, use XLRs if youre an old Trace diehard [/quote] Actually, I do use a guitarists gear, old valve amps, hence they are all jack equipped. I was merely explaining the reaon they haven't caught on. Also, the shadows are Doom. I am aware speakon are better, and intend to equip cabs I am refurbishing with speakons, almost entirely to make it difficult for other people to borrow them (if they are the sort that use speakons, they will probably not break them through idiocy).

[quote name='Spartacus' post='539022' date='Jul 13 2009, 12:19 AM']Ah so youve done it yourself then and still use jacks or instrumemnt cable? Mostly true but can still short out a mosfet or tranny output stage in that failure mode which means more than a quick fuse change. Valve output stages can fail open circuiit too, remember. Jacks are fine for instruments but speakons and xlrs (to an extent) are far better for power transfer without doubt.[/quote] Nothing to do with the jacks shorting, was the wires in the speaker touching. Took me a few tries to figure it. The speakon thing is taking time to catch on because outside of pro audio (which bass has increasing amounts in common with) the disadvantages for jacks don't often become apparent. I don't know of anyone who has had difficulties with jacks breaking things (although its likely they did and didn't know), I have heard of troubles with being stuck with no spare speakon because everyone else is using jacks when they've forgotten (combi-sockets for the win). Most stuff is made for guitarists first of all, and guitar rigs don't push the sort of power that it really matters. This is why jacks are still the standard. I have XLRs on my nicest amp and jacks on my others.

[quote name='Spartacus' post='539006' date='Jul 12 2009, 11:47 PM']unless it shorts between sleeve and signal cable momentrily? dead short. bang. fizz.[/quote] Meh, more of a hum then silence, done it loads. Just a fuse change. Not like a blown ouput transformer.

I considered sticking this sort of thing in my franken-p, then I ran through how many distortion pedals I'd got through trying to find one I liked. Prefer running a secound output so I can stick whatever effects on that, then mix the sound back together later.

[quote name='Finbar' post='538509' date='Jul 12 2009, 02:43 PM']I did consider the Big Sub actually. Wouldn't mind some actual dimensions on it! Something that I keep coming back to is that Something like the Big Sub is going to want more power to run it effectively at volume than my Schroeder, isn't it, surely? Just to move that much low end. Guess I won't know until I try it really.[/quote] [quote]Dimensions: 29.5" high x 21" wide x 16" deep[/quote]

I have a Bad Monkey you can have for £25+post.

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I think the whole wrong cable thing hasn't caused any major problems to anyone in practice for a couple of reasons; speaker leads are short, and guitar cables are long, that's usually a giveaway, and the danger of using the wrong lead is usually with valve amps, that will die if the cable melts, which don't put out much power compared with SS amps (and peope are precious about them). If your SS head melts a cable, you'll just get no sound, and the amp is happily not plugged in to anything and won't kill itself. Something more people should know is how to check the difference between the cables: two wires inside = speaker, one wire and a woven screen thing = instrument.

[quote name='budget bassist' post='538781' date='Jul 12 2009, 08:45 PM']it's probably 1800W RMS 3600 peak, but still, who needs that kind of power? And much less, if anyone is going to be playing large enough venues to warrant such power, they're not going to be looking to buy a behringer are they?[/quote] I think the massively increasing power thing is (although mostly competitive numbers) has something to do with the lower and lower tunings, to reproduce those really low notes, you need more power, especially when cabs are massively inefficient that low. Of course there are plenty of other things to fail along the line of making those lows happen, but thats another discussion.

How many watts can you draw through a wall socket? 240v x13 amps is less than 3600, but I'm not great on electrics, I know we aren't really 240v either.

[quote name='dood' post='538151' date='Jul 11 2009, 08:44 PM']Hi All! Sorry for the late reply.. yes, I am a BIG fan of the Tech Sound System gear. I have been lucky enough to try most of the range, including the 6x12, 4x10, 4x12 etc. I chose two ND410's for my rig as I was running a stereo set up and wanted a big punchy sound and to make use of the 1KW RMS per channel available from my power amp. Had I have decided to go for a mono set up (for example what I am using now) then the 6x12 could have gone home with me that day instead. Over all though, on the day, the 2 4x10's had a bit more punch through than the 4x12. I mean, like , the kick drum 100Hz type thump which sounded great with my Shuker I had at the time. I must admit, I am now panging for something similar again.. but its probably just GAS... Though watch this space, as there is a company I wanna have a chat with lol...[/quote] How well did the 6x12 like your really low strings?

The valve will need to warm up, and the is an anti-pop thing on some amps (Ashdowns) that cuts sound fwhen you first switch it on.

Lubricate your nut.

[quote name='paulbuzz' post='537684' date='Jul 11 2009, 05:07 AM']Just another thought to throw into the murky pool... If you're getting all the top end you need via your "dirty" channel + Schroeder cab, then perhaps the other channel might be better served with one of Alex's Big Sub cabinets. This is, like the Compact, a single 15" cab, but (afaik) uses a different driver more dedicated to low frequencies. Essentially it's the Big One without the midrange driver. For your purposes, I would guess that the differences from the Compact might be the following: CONs: - Marginally more expensive (£450 rather than £400, according to the website) - I don't think he's actually made any of them yet! PROs: - Deeper bottom end - May also possibly solve your aesthetic issue with stacking the deeper Schroeder (16") on top of the shallower Compact (13.5") Not certain on this as there's no dimensions for the Big Sub on the website, but I'm guessing that, as part of the "Big" series, it may share the 16" depth of the Big One...? Don't know about its height, but possibly, without the midrange section of the Big One, it might be a similar height to the Compact (25.5")...? So, stacked on its side with the Schroeder (23.5"). this might work ok...? Disclaimer: this stuff about dimensions is really just guesswork; I'll have to rely on Alex correcting anything that's wildly wrong! cheers[/quote] The Big Sub is exactly a Big one without the midrange driver/enclosure, so it goes fractionally lower due to increased volume, should be ideal, is one of the plans for my biamp rig.

The crappy music that starts playing after freezing your browser while it loads?

If its a nice neck, don't do what I did and painstakingly scrap it down with a stanley knife blade removing a fine layer each time for most of a day. Super tight fit now though.

Umph knows that guy, I've spoken to him on the phone, he is mental. Gonna send my amp to him for a rebuild at some point. 1000w of valves = Doom.

I want it now. If you don't want, register my interest.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='534340' date='Jul 7 2009, 12:44 AM']Reliced amps? Crackly pots, missing knobs, cut out, catch fire and electrocute the user.[/quote] Doom Anyone know a mod I can make to my amp so they will electrocute JoeGarcia when he turns them up past half way? Sound Control used to do reliced guitar strings, you'd open the pack and find there were fingerprints corroded into them.

If its 6x12 = Doom and I want.

Never gigged my one, was totally fine for cheesy blues jams, ran it on top of another 1x15, would have been giggable, not for Doom though.

Probably got bees in it.