geoff90guitar Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 I've got two Berg HT112 cabs and Im driving them with a Trace SMX300. It's a fabulous sound but these cabs are hungry and at times I feel I could use even more power but I don't want to destroy the speakers by distortion. Best Trace only went up to about 400W, but these cabs really need a good feed with about 900W up them. Unfortunately with the power requirement, I've had to go class D amps and I'm just keeping interest. I'm thinking of replacing the Berg speakers with a common Eminence 250W so that my SMX300 would be happier. Is this an expensive experiment? I'm sure the cab size would be fine with the new speakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Fitzmaurice Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 (edited) Distortion does no more harm to a bass driver than does water to a duck's back. Besides, the driver Bergantino uses has a mechanical limit around 200 watts. Edited July 21, 2017 by Bill Fitzmaurice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebenezer Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 I replaced the drivers in my aguilar gs112 with eminence kappalite 3020ho with frankly poor results.....leave well alone imho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff90guitar Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 Oh I must be mistaken, I've read that under powering speakers to distortion can damage just as much as overpowering? What blows a speaker then? I'll leave well alone then eb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Fitzmaurice Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 [quote name='geoff90guitar' timestamp='1500662124' post='3339518'] What blows a speaker then? [/quote]Too much power. The myth of under powering has as much basis in fact as the Yeti and The Honest Politician. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff90guitar Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 Ok pro, thanks for that, it's given me confidence to continue with my Trace and Bergs. It's just that this new stuff goes up and up in power. Personally I've never ruined a speaker over the 53 years I've been gigging. I'd like to think I can go another 10years, maybe then I'll use matchbox gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 If you aren't already, pull the 30hz EQ slider down on the graphic and level the 40hz slider too, but boost your bass frequencies around 100Hz+ instead - also add some more midrange too. You'll be able to appear louder without wasting energy on flapping speakers around Better still, grab something the the Thumpinator by SFX Then turn that volume up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff90guitar Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 Ok dood thanks. I'll look into that tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff90guitar Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 BTW is this a similar thing to an fDeck HBF unit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 [quote name='geoff90guitar' timestamp='1500672434' post='3339597'] BTW is this a similar thing to an fDeck HBF unit? [/quote] Yup! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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