Mesa Boogie D800 +/Plus - Nice!

[Musicman20]

http://www.mesaboogie.com/amplifiers/bass/subway-series/subway-d800-plus/index.html

This looks fantastic. You can see where the ex-Genz engineer influence is.

Available in the USA shortly for a great price.

Available in the UK in around 24 months at more than double the price.

[franzbassist]

Due in the UK in December, I believe, with an RRP of £1050.

[Chienmortbb]

And it has the most important control of all, a High Pass Filter

Edited November 2, 2016 by Chienmortbb

[Dan Dare]

Nice, but the Magellan has the influence of the main ex-Genz engineer and is £400 cheaper...

[Chienmortbb]

[quote name='Dan Dare' timestamp='1478174679' post='3167255']
Nice, but the Magellan has the influence of the main ex-Genz engineer and is £400 cheaper...
[/quote]That is much nicer looking than the D800 and if you buy an HPF for about £100 you are sorted.

Edited November 3, 2016 by Chienmortbb

[largo]

[quote name='Chienmortbb' timestamp='1478196328' post='3167498']
That is much nicer looking than the D800 and if you buy an HPF for about £100 you are sorted.
[/quote]
We'll agree to disagree on that one

[deksawyer]

The original D800 has a built in, albeit fixed HPF. Why would it need to be adjustable?

IMO, they should have added a compressor instead of the variable HPF. Much more useful....

D.

[Kev]

[quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1478001238' post='3165826']
Due in the UK in December, I believe, with an RRP of £1050.
[/quote]

!!!

Choke a dozen donkeys on that!

[Ghost_Bass]

Oh! So nice! Love the features, everything i need (and yes, i prefer a HPF to a compressor, amp built-in compressors rarely are of any use). Time to start saving money!

[Musicman20]

If I was in the market for an amp, this would be the one.

[machinehead]

It looks like a great amp but £1000+. Far too much money for me for that type of amp.

The EBS Reidmar has similar features and can be had for about half the price of the Mesa.

Frank.

[Kev]

[quote name='machinehead' timestamp='1478788005' post='3171641']
It looks like a great amp but £1000+. Far too much money for me for that type of amp.

The EBS Reidmar has similar features and can be had for about half the price of the Mesa.

Frank.
[/quote]

It is crazy, and the less said about the UK price in comparison the better!

[Chienmortbb]

[quote name='deksawyer' timestamp='1478343215' post='3168491']
The original D800 has a built in, albeit fixed HPF. Why would it need to be adjustable?

IMO, they should have added a compressor instead of the variable HPF. Much more useful....

D.
[/quote]An HPF serves two purposes, one to limit cone excursion outside of the usefull frequency range of the speaker cabinet. As each speaker is different, a variable is best.

It can also help tame a boomy room in a way that rolling off the bass may not.