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  1. Dan Dare
    I wonder whether the perceived lack of thud, slam, heft, etc in some class D heads is due to the fact that manufacturers build in some sort of subsonic filtering. PJB do this, for example.
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    Thanks. You may have just saved me some money 👍
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    Where are you? I still have my old Tascam 424 Portastudio (double speed). I don't have the means to transfer them, but it should play them. If you're near London, you might drop by with your laptop and we could try to copy them across.
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    Malcom Hine (MPH Guitars) in Edmonton. Google will find him. He designs, builds and repairs valve amps.
  5. Dan Dare
    I take it "Junior Bass Groovador" didn't pass the audition...
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    I take it they used lead-based paints back in the day.
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    Doesn't seem any point in being entirely cable free. Going wireless from your instrument to your rig, pedal board or even the PA if going direct has an obvious purpose, but how often would you need to cart your pedal/effect board around whilst playing?
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    I'd be very surprised if there was such a beast as a class A bass amp (apart from low power studio stuff). Class A amps are very inefficient and produce large amounts of heat. For live bass use, you'd probably need something the size of a coal bunker, with truck cooling fans. OK, maybe I'm exaggerating, but not that much.
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    I reckon a Quilter plus F112 would be pretty spectacular.
  10. Dan Dare
    Split the difference and experiment with a slightly heavier pick than .73 (which is pretty light)? I'm mainly a finger player, but use a pick sometimes. I also play mandolin and guitar and found it worth experimenting with pick weights. Maybe try something in the .85 - 1mm range? Should still have much of the flexibility you like but produce a bit more poke in the sound. Another thought occurs. Pick material makes a difference. The difference between, say, a Dunlop Tortex and a nylon Herco is quite marked. The Tortex is harder and will be a bit stiffer for a given thickness.
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    Bands I've been in have done the same. It makes sense, in that the remaining members don't have to buy out anyone who leaves, or worse, sell the PA, split the proceeds and start again.
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    I do like the Quilter a lot. If I didn't have my AG700, I'd get one. I may still do so if one pops up used at a decent price.
  13. Dan Dare
    Just put the mic' close to the PA speaker and turn the wick up 😁
  14. Dan Dare
    It's a toilet for a dolls house.
  15. Dan Dare
    AG700? Same power module and an effects loop.
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    Uh oh. Tonewood...
  17. Dan Dare
    I'd love to try a decent pre' into a Powersoft or Lab Gruppen power amp. Just need to win the lottery.
  18. Dan Dare
    I would assume "featherweight" to mean something the size of a TE Elf. Nothing like that puts out 500+ into 8 ohms to my knowledge. Sure, the ones you list will (if manufacturers' figures can be believed, of course), but they're not really featherweights. You also need to ask for how long and at which frequencies an amp will deliver its claimed power output. Something that delivers 500w for 20 milliseconds at 1khz into a 2 ohm resistive load in a test lab' won't do the same at all frequencies into a reactive load like a speaker, so it says little about how well it will work in the 'real world'.
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    I take it the commonly used module is from IcePower. It does seem to vary according to how it's used. As far as class D goes, Lab Gruppen amps aren't lacking, either. Just wish I could afford them.
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    If you ignore the ads, pop-ups, etc for long enough, they stop. Just make sure you don't click on or open anything. Perhaps the algorithm thinks you've died if there's no response after a certain length of time...
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    An effective heatsink might be large, which would put people off buying them. The packing density of components on class D modules is high, in order to keep them compact, so it would be difficult to add a good sized sink to them.
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    As I said, there are exceptions.
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    AG700. Not truly featherweight, but very light/easily carried. 700 into 4 or 2 ohms. I think a true featherweight that puts out 500w+ into 8 ohms may not exist.
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    I think it may have more to do with the fact that we tend to use lightweight, compact cabs with class D heads. Many of those (there are honourable exceptions - BF, et al) don't shift the air the way big, old skool cabs do at high volumes. I had an old Ashdown 1x15 - the enormous one. The driver blew, so I replaced it. Sounded huge with my AG700. I sold it because it was so large and I live in a first and second floor flat with narrow stairs, but it certainly had no lack of heft or oomph..
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    He probably got it when they first came out and paid over the odds. They were well over £1k here when first introduced and I think I'm right in saying that MB has recently changed importers to the UK. As you suggest, he's going to be lucky to get what he's asking.
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