stevie

[quote name='wal4string' timestamp='1319219453' post='1411540'] If you can recommend a better site to hoste the files please let me know. [/quote] Try Dropbox. It's free, gives you a couple of GBs of space, works very smoothly and people can download immediately without having to wait. You can use this URL (which gives me extra storage space on my Dropbox account) - http://db.tt/vrB3x5Vy. Stevie

It's a Fane. It looks like an OEM driver and quite a high spec one judging by the size of the magnet. 140 is unlikely to be the power handling - I'd guess it's at least 200W. You can't tell whether it will handle bass by looking at it in a photo, I'm afraid, but if it's a mid driver the suspension will be very stiff.

[quote name='danhkr' timestamp='1318337104' post='1400728'] And if they had been 'so much better' I'm pretty certain they would've cost more. That's what building to a price means. I have a couple of MAG cabs and for the price I think they're superb. Slightly more expensive than the likes of Behringer, but miles better. Despite this at under £300 they're not going to be up there with top end cabs are they? [/quote] Of course they would have cost more. But I didn't say anything about building to a price (and yes, I know what that means, thank you) but building down to a price. I don't have the MAG cabs, I have the ABM ones - the top of the range. So they should be up there with top end cabs but they're not because Ashdown skimped on the bits you can't see. I've no reason to believe the latest ABM range is any different. You're a MAG cab user, eh? Miles better than Behringer - well that's great. You must be very happy. What exactly is Ashdown's market share, by the way?

[quote name='stevie' timestamp='1318266983' post='1399895'] Just look at this: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSxbFwmXAi0."]http://www.youtube.c...?v=wSxbFwmXAi0.[/url] That's the head of marketing and artist relations. Soooo embarrassing and just not how you build a brand. [/quote] I know I'm quoting myself here, but you really should take a look at this Ratneresque example of how to wreck your company image. In the first few seconds of this YouTube presentation to a global audience, this senior company representative says "Ashdown..... errrrr.... Engineering" as if has forgotten the full name of his company. This load of cobblers should be shown at marketing courses as a warning. I can't believe they haven't pulled it by now. It shrieks: "We know nothing about quality at this company. We're just a bunch of greasy-haired amateurs." Then take a look at the simple and slick TC Electronics videos and weep.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1318155251' post='1398536'] I want them to be great, because they're a British flagship. I just find them disappointing. [/quote] I agree with you. I have a couple of Ashdown cabs, which had potential but were clearly built down to a price and could have been so much better. Whatever you think of their products, Ashdown have a real brand image problem now. You just can't go on serving up shoddy, unreliable and unfixable products for years without paying the price. And their marketing efforts are laughable, too. Just look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSxbFwmXAi0. That's the head of marketing and artist relations. Soooo embarrassing and just not how you build a brand.

You paid HOW MUCH for a 1x10" combo without even trying it out?

Whoah, that's a bargain!

I wish I'd seen this a few years ago before I taught myself these bad habits.... Wonderful stuff!

A single port is marginally more efficient and generates less turbulence than dual ports, and is easier to implement. The benefits of a separate midrange driver are probably not that great when you are using a 10" driver and are certainly outweighed by the complexity of the crossover. The Gamma 10 has an xmax of 1mm and is not a good choice for a bass cab. If you want cheap, go secondhand. Tune a bit higher. Around 50Hz would be better.

Of course, if Ashdown want to build in China that's their business. And if you want to buy Chinese-made products, that's your business too - often you don't have an option. But don't think you're Buying British when you buy a Chinese-made amp. You're not. The concept of Buy British is about helping to create and retain jobs in the UK, not exporting them (and your technological know-how) to Asia.

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1317377260' post='1390004'] Apparently, and Ive no idea when this is coming into fruition, but TC have some very interesting news on the TC amps specs. No changes to the amps, but information on specs that will put that all to rest. [/quote] They haven't published the information yet because they are still making it up!

Buying an amplifier made in China is as much Buying British as buying a bottle of Scotch made in China. It's about manufacturing jobs, not who owns shares in the company.

Probably the only thing on that amp that's British is the plug, and you can't even be sure of that nowadays.

Super speedy now - thanks!

It's much too slow, it's just annoying. And, dare I say it, I preferred the look of the old site anyway.

Bought a bridge from Keir, who was kind enough to send it off without waiting for the cheque to clear because he was about to go on holiday. Much appreciated. A very nice chap to deal with.

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' post='1371943' date='Sep 13 2011, 03:11 PM']That Fane will give no better a result than the Eminence.[/quote] Yes, you have a point. They are more similar than I thought. I can't think of anything else off-hand that might work without being very quiet. At least the Fane would be cheaper.

[quote name='CraigPlaysBass' post='1368425' date='Sep 10 2011, 11:40 AM']Any one got any good ideas for what to use it for? If it's so terrible for bass? [/quote] It depends in your current setup. If you are using a single (8-ohm) 15 and are of an experimental bent, put it in a 30-litre cab tuned to 60Hz. Placed on top of your 15 cab, it will raise your sound closer to your ears and is likely to give your 15 more punch and definition. Electrovoice published a cab design for its 12L called the 806, which is out there somewhere on the web. You could use that. You're not going to get any extra low end this way though.

Replacing the OEM speaker in most bass cabs is usually a very good idea. This is because most bass cab manufacturers skimp on the drive unit, as they know they can get away with it. There are not very many bass cabs on the market that you couldn't substantially improve by fitting a pro driver. Whether you will actually save weight depends on whatever is in your cab at the moment. Cheap ceramic speakers are not terribly heavy.

Those are midrange drivers and completely wrong. Don't replace them with the same unit whatever you do. The Fane Sovereign 6 is only £20 and would probably do the job. [url="http://www.bluearan.co.uk/index.php?id=FANSOV6-100&browsemode=category"]http://www.bluearan.co.uk/index.php?id=FAN...semode=category[/url]

If this is a 300-watt driver as the seller has stated, it's not the EM-2008, which was a 200-watt driver with a 56oz magnet. If it is a 300-watt driver, it is an EM-3008. This had a 95oz magnet (like in the photo), a Qts of .21 and an xmax of 1.8. It is more of a horn driver and definitely not a bass guitar speaker.

[quote name='chris_b' post='1366395' date='Sep 8 2011, 01:53 PM']Most published cab specs are calmly dismissed as fiction so in my view the anti TC lot just look like an irrational lynch mob.[/quote] That's an interesting comparison, because bass guitar cab specs are indeed almost entirely a work of fiction. Unfortunately, most punters believe them - and that's the problem. If this furore has the affect of persuading manufacturers to describe their products more honestly, some good will have come out of it. I'm not holding my breath though.