stevie

Agreed totally. Today's bass cabs are on a par with what the PA guys were making in the 1970s. I notice Markbass have just launched their latest cab with a bullet tweeter instead of a piezo. I despair.

It's true that tilting your cab will help you hear the mids and highs, but it won't do anything for the rest of the room unless the cab's been designed to 'throw' the higher frequencies.

Phil's easy-build cab is a good solution. See if you can find the video, which is on Basschat somewhere and contains step-by-step instructions for assembly, along with lots of useful hints and tips along the way. The cab would also be suitable for a 10" driver. The BCcab 112s seem to be coming in at under 13kg, Phil.

I think it needs the badge to bring it to life, John.

That's why I said there were a few exceptions. However, if you have ordered a standard rather than a bespoke product made especially for you, the regulations apply.

Thanks. Seems a bit odd, but I guess they have their share of tyrekickers to contend with. Remember that you have the legal right to return any product bought online within 14 days for any reason. You don't have to justify it to the seller. There are a few exceptions and you sometimes have to pay the return carriage.

Do they say that on their website or just over the phone?

Andertons will not be very happy about this.

Here's another option: https://www.argos.co.uk/product/9099737

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Marshall-Foot-Cups-Set-4-/391473670775 I'm not convinced they'll do much for stability, but there you go.

Very impressive if you can play it.

I was going to say a used Behringer BX4500H, but their prices are now a lot higher than they used to be - so people seem to have cottoned on to them. Still, you should be able to get hold of one for between £70 and £100 if you're patient. They sound as good as most bass amps on the market. It's a tribute/clone/ripoff of the Ashdown 300W head - so that might appeal to you. The BX4500 has a reasonable reputation for reliability but their fan is a bit loud for home use. Otherwise, I'd be happy to gig with one, and indeed have.

If Luke's up for it, that sounds like a great idea! I'm not familiar with the Meyer Sound SIM - does it do quasi-anechoic measurements or is it an RTA-type system? The fact that it can use music as the basis for its measurements is intriguing. Anyway, for a standard frequency response, the mic needs to be on the tweeter axis and at least two metres away (because of the size of the cabinet). I make my quasi-anechoic measurements with the speaker in the air, but they are only valid down to 200Hz. For below 200Hz, I use a ground plane or a summed nearfield and port measurement. I can splice these two responses to give me a full range frequency response, but it's fiddly, and I find that an RTA with pink noise and multiple mic positions gives me a good idea of how the system sounds in situ (i.e. on the ground). I'm off to do a bit of research on the SIM. Not that I'm ever likely to be able to afford one.....

Not overkill. I tried using a chop saw at first and it splintered. In the end, I used a handsaw, but your solution is much better.

As promised, I've ordered another 10 cabinet kits from my CNC supplier. I've sorted out the minor niggles that cropped up on the last batch, like the position of the handle holes (thanks to Luke for the drawing) and the width of the rebates. The kits should be available mid-December - so call it an early Christmas present to yourself or a project to keep yourself occupied during your Christmas break. About five Basschatters have already reserved kits from this second batch (thanks for your patience!), which means that five are still available. There won't be any more when these are gone. While I wait for delivery, I'm going to order up various smaller items (handles, screws, feet, wadding, etc) so that you don't have to order from lots of different places. When I've got it organised, I'll put the information in the Parts List on page one of this thread. You will have to order the Chinese cabinet corners, however, and I'd suggest you do that now. The ad for eBay item number: 39235207159 claims to ship from Ireland - so you might like to order those. I've now sorted the grille fixing situation to my satisfaction, which means that the grille frame is no longer necessary - saving time and weight. I'll supply the fittings free with the kit if you ask me for them. There is a possibility that I could buy a batch of aluminium grilles and get them powder coated, but that will depend on the costs I'm quoted. I'll let you know.

I would expect there to sufficient clearance (but I haven't checked specifically and will do later). It should just be a matter of swapping the top and bottom panels.

I happen to have a hole saw that cuts a perfect hole for the port. However, I built the first prototype cabs from panels cut at the wood merchant's and I know how long it took to assemble them - bl**dy ages. The flatpacks make it so easy.

Could well be, Richard. Chienmortbb called it the Mega Rig of Doom - and he wasn't wrong.😀

@RichardH, how did you cut the port hole?

While Chienmortbb was here this afternoon repairing my coil winder, we alpha tested the BCcab 112 with a "sub" (same cab but with a lowpassed 12" bass driver). It was impressive. I had been concerned that the bass might sound excessive, but it wasn't in the slightest. It didn't sound like there was any more bass, but the overall sound was bigger (no surprise) and the bass was tighter (which was a surprise). I guess this will be a project for the New Year.

And that wiring looks right. Just make sure that the three green wires are in the centre of the connector strip.

I can tell you how to connect it if the red mark isn't there. But it certainly should be.

There should be a red mark on one of the terminals, Luke.

It's probably also worth mentioning that Mesa are selling that horn and the diaphragm for the same price as speaker specialists in the US like USspeaker. So the big markup is happening in the UK.