Bigwan Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 This is all making me very nostalgic... doesn't help that I missed a 300w 4x10 SMX combo about 5 miles away last week by 20 minutes... for £150... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 [quote name='Bigwan' timestamp='1450187811' post='2930366'] This is all making me very nostalgic... doesn't help that I missed a 300w 4x10 SMX combo about 5 miles away last week by 20 minutes... for £150... [/quote] Bet your back was relieved, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwan Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 (edited) [quote name='Alec' timestamp='1450191635' post='2930413'] Bet your back was relieved, though! [/quote] Yeah, probably weighed about the same as the Peavey 8x10 I used to have... Still have the odd twinge in my lower back over that one! Edited December 15, 2015 by Bigwan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 [quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1450176162' post='2930191'] I do like the engineering innovation in these! The problem is that front chamber generates a lot of unwanted resonances, as well as providing a Helmholtz resonance at the slot port, so although you gain bass output and gain improved midrange dispersion, there's a lot of midrange colouration. And I don't think the tweeter reaches low enough to match up with where the slot is acting as a lowpass filter on the woofer. I guess it's using a typically low excursion high efficiency Trace Elliot woofer, and the bandpass design is very good at reducing excursion for a given output, so it'll play louder than a conventional combo with the same woofer. Good way to get a lot of output and a lot of audibility out of a small box - certainly one of the lowest power combos that is giggable for many bassists. [/quote] ever wonder what cabs you may have ended up designing if you had started 20 years ago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chienmortbb Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 (edited) Alex mine had a Celestion speaker in but they did change over the years. Went from a vinyl covering to a green carpet then added the tweeter. Also you have to look at what else was around at the time. The other 80-150 combos were pants. Edited December 15, 2015 by Chienmortbb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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