warwickhunt

[quote name='neepheid' post='160640' date='Mar 20 2008, 09:13 AM']The scammer's left -ve feedback for the "buyer" - cheeky![/quote] That's different! I wonder if he's trying to confuse anyone interested in the bass this time.

Cheers Alex, thanks for your explanations. I used to get so frustrated when people would come up and talk about the lovely bottom end I was getting and then proceed to peer around asking where my 15's were... I'd point to the 2x10! Then the usual replies about 10s being good for top end but you need 15s for bass! Why should a well designed multiple 10 loaded cab sound any toppier than a 15? It's simply reproducing the frequencies sent to it; if the bass they refer to is the mud you describe and the lack of transient response then fair enough but I wasn't struggling with 'bottom end'! I actually had a brand new Hatke XL rig on appro when they were just in this country (many years ago) and I 'accidentally' plugged the wrong output from my GK 800rb head into the wrong cab. It sounded better when I bi-amped and sent the top end to the 15 and the bottom to the 4x10. I took the cabs back the next day because I found the notion of that soooo wrong. Even though it sounded great my ignorance/narrow-mindedness at the time wouldn't allow me to just accept that what it 'sounds like' is the be all and end all, regardless of what it should be doing.

[quote name='alexclaber' post='159428' date='Mar 18 2008, 10:07 AM']Hopefully this will explain - it's a plot of maximum SPL as limited by either twice the RMS thermal rating or the excursion limited power handling, whichever is lower. To keep a level playing field, all speakers are mounted in the same size cab tuned to the same frequency - this leaves a bit of wiggle room for the lesser performers but not a lot. Red is 1x15", blue is 2x12", orange is 3x10", yellow is 2x10". This is all using Eminence's premium neo speakers, OEM variants of which are used by the likes of Epifani and Bergantino. Alex[/quote] Yep got that Alex but they are all in the same box dimensions, I was curious to establish can you get similar SPLs/tone 2x10 if you manipulated the dimensions/porting etc. or does the driver have a greater influence on the sound reproduction? I'm not trying to pick fault with your design or choice of driver(s) it's just that I have genuinely owned 2x10 equipment that sounded as deep as just about any 15 I've heard (others have commented on this too) and yet you tend to hear the same argument from bassists "want to add more bass? add a 15". My simplistic view is that a driver will only reproduce what the box it is placed in and the signal fed will allow it to produce... what I'm trying to say is that wouldn't/couldn't a well designed 2x10 reproduce equal amounts of bass as a similarly well designed 1x15? Does the actual driver used influence the amount of x/y/z frequency perceived more than the design of the cab? Keep your reply simple mate

Buy it THEN make your mind up... or keep them both, that's how my Warwick collection started!

Takes the whole Dread Zeppelin thing to another level

No noise from my E2 and I'm picky about extraneous noise!

[quote name='umph' post='159623' date='Mar 18 2008, 02:06 PM']recently bought a sound city120 it was fine when i was trying it out on 8 ohms but as soon as i took it home and put it on 4ohms its really noisey like static what could be causing this? and can anyone recomend any good amp techs around sheffield?[/quote] Did the 4 ohm cab have a horn/tweeter and the 8 ohm cab not? Try the amp with a variety of cabs before concluding it's the amp.

Bought a new one from Sound Control last year (£99). A great creative tool but I've yet to use it live, not that there would be any issues but in the heat of the moment I'd hate to get the timing wrong

[quote name='alexclaber' post='159211' date='Mar 17 2008, 08:54 PM']I have some ideas about a brand too, with a series of three models - a superlight and simple 15", a 15"+6.5" and a 15" bottom to give you a full 2x15" rig. I think these cabs are viable as commercial items but only with direct sales from the manufacturer - i.e. me! - because otherwise the retail price would be stratospheric once the usual series of mark-ups have been added (due to a combination of fiddly build and expensive components). Would be nice to give a more affordable alternative to the other lightweight cabs on the market which also (hopefully!) sounds better. Alex[/quote] Is it a personal choice that you've gone for 15's rather than 10's or 12's? Couldn't you have manipulated your design to get as much out of a pair (or 3) 10's as you could out of a 15? Please by all means answer in the most basic terms as I work better that way

[quote name='The Burpster' post='159165' date='Mar 17 2008, 08:13 PM']I have to say that for every decent person on that site, I now firmly believe there is one tw4t..... I feel for you..... DO you have any more 'crunches' I think I'd like one for me.....! [/quote] I'm well p*ssed at eBay and the guy who is intent on dobbing me in but as has been pointed out there is no real alternative at present. I tried Amazon but it was hard work and not exactly straight forward. I'm sitting here with 100's of multitools and there's no way I'm pooing in my own nest with eBay, so as it stands I may seethe and rant about them but I have to use eBay. I 'think' I have one more Leatherman CRUNCH but I just need to check that someone that I promised one to, has decided between that and the new SOG Multitools that I'm getting (now they are a good tool and every bit as good as the CRUNCH). I'll get back to you asap but give me a prod by the weekend if I haven't PMd you.

You got off lightly! I had 10 items pulled a couple weeks ago because I'd mentioned in the listing that I was also selling... the other 9 items. Difference with my listing cancellations is I didn't get credited with the listing fees! I kicked up one awful stink and threatened legal action as it was tantamount to theft from me. I had an email directing me to the appropriate section of the T&C and politely told to 'get st*ffed'! That isn't the worst! I relisted everything + another dozen items and the whole lot were cancelled without refund of fees because I was 'circumventing fees by offering cash on collection'... apparently this is not an accepted method of payment! Bet you didn't know that. Oh and by now I'd figured out that a rival was grassing my listings up to try and close me down. I only sussed it when he (I've been aware of him for a few years as we sell identical items) bought an item from me which I knew full well he could get cheaper elsewhere and he then proceeded to leave me spurious negative feedback relating to the item!

[quote name='TheBrokenDoor' post='158640' date='Mar 16 2008, 10:11 PM']I thought something similar. Maybe there was some kind of trip-switch if there was a power spike designed to cut rather than put out a massive square-wave and tear everything to shreds? Again, just guess-work. Dan[/quote] Cheapie PA heads don't tend to have such niceties as trip switches etc. As you've said vibration points to something loose but time delayed return tends to indicate circuitry problems could be solder joint... could be a million things TBH. I think you'll have to bite the bullet and put it in for repair!

Doh! It appears my wife has promised this to a friend.