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When we did cab shoot-outs at the Big South West Bass Bash, MB came top one year and bottom the next. What that means, I could not tell you.

The Headphone out can be reassigned to Aux 5 and 6 is you want. The design of the Ui series is such that it can be used as a stage box, as it is only 100mm/4" deep. Also, you can unscrew the rack mount ears. So that makes it much smaller. The downside is that it uses a brick power supply. It is a locking connector however and and can be velcro'd to the side of the unit.

On a serious note, I find Rettelec to be a good source of bags.

How many grenades does that hold?

The customer is always right!

You have an RTA function that allows you to see how the system is set up in the room. I am on my phone at the moment so cannot access all features. I BBC will send more info later.

IF you want to see the Soundcraft interface, go here https://www.soundcraft.com/products/ui16 It is a real time simulation of the interface and I often use it when I want to find out how to do something without getting the mixer out.

The good thing about Mixing Station is that it works across all the main makes, and if you are a freelance sound tech, you use just one interface whatever desk is supplied.

Yes, that works, but these cables involved Jacks and soldering a heavy-duty speaker cable to a jack plug takes a heavy-duty soldering iron. I also agree that SpeakONs are the way to go, but if your amp or cab only has jacks, you have no choice.

This is one of the reasons I got the Soundcraft Ui16. It has an onboard web server, so you do not need an App. Just a browser, so OS updates do not matter.

I have just made @linus27 some cables and am about to send them. I have always said that the cable does not matter for speakers and I have used mains cable before. I still believe that for HiFi but I made these from my new reel of Sommer Meridian Mobile. Compared to most other speaker cables, the Meridian Mobile has many more strands, almost twice as many as any other make, and a lower resistance. However, the main thing I like with this cable is that yes it’s tough but it’s also very flexible. It feels like a quality product, especially once the cable is made up. So I won’t be changing my hi-fi cables any time soon but will only be using Meridian Mobile Cable for new builds.

It definitely looks like an ICEPower but I suspect one of the newer AS series. Tge picture show sone control so possible powers cab?

I think they have been made under licence by both Sung Il and Gotoh. JHS in Leeds are the UK distributor, but they do not carry all the ranges. I bought some WJB650BK https://www.jhs.co.uk/collections/wilkinson/products/wilkinson-bass-machineheads-2-2-black from a retailer suggested by JHS. They were about £40 from memory in 2017/18. They were in retail packaging too, not loose in a box or bag. Today, as then, you can get them on eBay for under £30 https://tinyurl.com/2bvuajfc Buying from an Authorised outlet, I knew I was getting genuine Wilkinson machine heads. Since then Gotoh's GB707 have come down in price and would be a better bet https://tinyurl.com/29z76d7b Tpouchstone Tonewoods but directly from Gotoh and have done special orders for me in the past.

I understand your chagrin, it is perhaps a sign that the Apple platforms are better for audio, even though this app is just a User Interface for the B2 Four. This was why I bought it. It has better connectivity than some more expensive units, including the Helix Stomp. Although I have a decent DI on my amp, If I ever have a decent PA, I can just take the B2 Four and leave my separate DI at home. On another matter, many of the effects are the same, or at least called the same, as those on the B1 Four. However, there are extra blend controls on one that I found. I have ported one of @JohnDaBass's Free/Bad Company patches from the B1 Four thread and will do some sound samples soon. I also find this to be extremely quiet except on some extreme patches.

Shows what I have always said. A good song sounds good in (almost) any genre/style.

I will listen with interest. Macca has IMHO some of the best and blandest bass lines but the way the earlier stuff was recorded makes it hard to hear.

I was loath to comment here. I really objected to a post on here by a BD staff member or owner. He/she criticised a manufacturer that was selling direct. I do understand that retailers hate direct sales, but it is the first rule of marketing. Do not dis the competition. You may be drive away a future valued customer that owns that brand. On to the website, it is very poor by today's standards.

I have the Hipshot Ultralite versions of those on my Sire M2. I also have a set of Wilkinson for another project. Apart from the weight, I coukd not choose between the two.

I sort of agree, but just use a bass amp and bypass the preamp. I use a Bugera Veyron and an Ashdown RM Retroglide 800. For dispersion, you cannot beat @stevie's LFSys cabs.

These are attractive, but the mounting is wrong. The soap bars I need have the mounting screws inside the envelope of the pickup. However, they look great as a rear pickup in a P/J.

Ah.

Are you using the AirPods as IEMs?

The HB has a cable length knob!

The "witnesses" are talking ballcocks. Once you get to about 5M, I would say unbalanced is a no no. You may get away with it 9 times out of 10, but eventually it will bite you on the bum. @rmorris got it just about right. Of course, you can use a TRS connector rather than an XLR for a balanced feed (I believe the HX Stomp does this). However, having an XLR output that is balanced will cover more bases. Added to that, an XLR is locking as standard, and they are easier to lengthen just by adding another cable, something jacks cannot do.

A channel 38 licence does cost each year, £75 from memory, but it is worth it. I also agree that mixing vendor's is bad. They use different RF bandwidths and channel centre frequencies, and that can cause interference from overlapping channels. In saying that, I have used the Harley Benton 5.8GHz system recently, and it seems good as long as you can live with the delay (latency).