AA Craaft?

[Newfoundfreedom]

Anybody heard of them? Are they any good?

This 4x10 cab just popped up one of my local buy sell groups. Decent second hand gear is a bit thin on the ground here in Bulgaria

600w at 4ohms. 

With the current conversation rate it comes in at about £220.

Is it worth the money? 

 

[yorks5stringer]

Never heard of them, think they are German, Thomann sell one of their tweeters. Can't comment on the value, as if their is not a lot of s/h gear around in Bulgaria prices would be higher than somewhere else where gear is more plentiful.

[Newfoundfreedom]

2 minutes ago, yorks5stringer said:

Never heard of them, think they are German, Thomann sell one of their tweeters. Can't comment on the value, as if their is not a lot of s/h gear around in Bulgaria prices would be higher than somewhere else where gear is more plentiful.

Yup. Therein lies the problem. 😏

[yorks5stringer]

Cab looks as if it has plenty of 'heft' i.e not lightweight!

[Newfoundfreedom]

4 minutes ago, yorks5stringer said:

Cab looks as if it has plenty of 'heft' i.e not lightweight!

Yeah, that wouldn't worry me too much as I wouldn't be lugging it around much. 

[stevie]

Craaft are a well-estabished company based in Bavaria.I don't think they're involved in bass guitar cabs any more, but they manufacture quite a wide range of PA cabs. Last time I looked, they were the only German company making their own sound reinforcement drivers, and these were high quality. I think there's every  chance this is a seriously good 4 x 10" cabinet, although whether it's worth the asking price is a matter for the buyer to decide.

[Chienmortbb]

57 minutes ago, stevie said:

Craaft are a well-estabished company based in Bavaria.I don't think they're involved in bass guitar cabs any more, but they manufacture quite a wide range of PA cabs. Last time I looked, they were the only German company making their own sound reinforcement drivers, and these were high quality. I think there's every  chance this is a seriously good 4 x 10" cabinet, although whether it's worth the asking price is a matter for the buyer to decide.

My only concern would be that slot port. Looks like ease of manufacture may have overridden absolute performance?

Edited September 24, 2018 by Chienmortbb

[stevie]

Good point.

[Newfoundfreedom]

Sorry? Colour me stupid. What's a slot port?

[Phil Starr]

It's the rectangular hole in the bottom of the cabinet. It's used to tune the cab to the speakers and at the lowest frequency it is the air that vibrates in the port that makes the note not the speakers. That's a very small port for a 4x10. It may create some distortion and wind noise at high volumes. You may not notice though and there are a lot of commercial designs with over small ports.

[yorks5stringer]

I thought Lyme Regis was a small port....sorry, you'll see my post in OT