Can you answer this Questionnaire please?

[parker_muse]

Hello Basschat!


For a GCSE project i am making an amplifier cabinet, and i need to do a specification questionnaire.


Can you learned souls help me out on this one?

[Viajero]

Y
Indifferent (it's always a size/sound trade-off)
39kg
Y
Y
N
Y
N
Y
Y

Edited August 22, 2007 by Viajero

[ashevans09]

1. Is a light bass cabinet important to you? Yes

2. Would you be interested in a smaller designed cabinet for maximum portability? Indifferent

3. What is the weight of your current rig now? 37 Kg

4. Have you ever had portability issues with this cabinet before? Yes

5. Would a Neo speaker make the amplifier more appealing? Indifferent

6. Would you want casters on the amplifier for added portability? Indifferent

7. Would you want the input to be in the back? Yes

8. Would you want the Ohm rating to be 4? No

9. Would you want the power rating to be over 200 watts? Yes

10. Is a metal grille cover attractive on an amplifier? Hell yes!

[ZPQ]

Just a thought - if you want a lot of responses and don't want to have to collate the answers by hand, then you might try using one of the many free online survey sites - just set it up, post the url and then download the results.
A bit of a faff to set up but it will save you loads of time collating the answers.

e.g.
[url="http://freeonlinesurveys.com/"]http://freeonlinesurveys.com/[/url]

Cheers
John

[parker_muse]

Thanks man ^


Its a bit late now!, I'll do it the way i was going to, but thanks all he same!

[Cantdosleepy]

1. Is a light bass cabinet important to you? Yes

2. Would you be interested in a smaller designed cabinet for maximum portability? No

3. What is the weight of your current rig now? ?? Kg

4. Have you ever had portability issues with this cabinet before? No

5. Would a Neo speaker make the amplifier more appealing? Indifferent

6. Would you want casters on the amplifier for added portability? Indifferent

7. Would you want the input to be in the back? Yes

8. Would you want the Ohm rating to be 4? No

9. Would you want the power rating to be over 200 watts? Yes

10. Is a metal grille cover attractive on an amplifier? Yes

[Musky]

1. Is a light bass cabinet important to you? Yes

2. Would you be interested in a smaller designed cabinet for maximum portability? Yes (only if capable of enough bass)

3. What is the weight of your current rig now? 32 Kg

4. Have you ever had portability issues with this cabinet before? Yes

5. Would a Neo speaker make the amplifier more appealing? Indifferent

6. Would you want casters on the amplifier for added portability? No (if light enough)

7. Would you want the input to be in the back? Yes

8. Would you want the Ohm rating to be 4? No

9. Would you want the power rating to be over 200 watts? Yes (spot on would suit me fine)

10. Is a metal grille cover attractive on an amplifier? Yes

Reminds me that I really ought to get a BFM Omni 10.5

[parker_muse]

Thanks guys, keep it coming!

[oddjob]

1. Is a light bass cabinet important to you? Yes

2. Would you be interested in a smaller designed cabinet for maximum portability? Yes

3. What is the weight of your current rig now? 24 Kg

4. Have you ever had portability issues with this cabinet before? Yes

5. Would a Neo speaker make the amplifier more appealing? Yes

6. Would you want casters on the amplifier for added portability? No

7. Would you want the input to be in the back? Yes

8. Would you want the Ohm rating to be 4? No

9. Would you want the power rating to be over 200 watts? Yes

10. Is a metal grille cover attractive on an amplifier? Yes

[Pikefloyd]

1. Is a light bass cabinet important to you? N
2. Would you be interested in a smaller designed cabinet for maximum portability? N
3. What is the weight of your current rig now? 77Kg
4. Have you ever had portability issues with this cabinet before? N
5. Would a Neo speaker make the amplifier more appealing? Indifferent
6. Would you want casters on the amplifier for added portability? Y
7. Would you want the input to be in the back? Y
8. Would you want the Ohm rating to be 4? N 8 ohms please!
9. Would you want the power rating to be over 200 watts? Y 400 watts please!
10. Is a metal grille cover attractive on an amplifier? Indifferent

[ped]

1. Is a light bass cabinet important to you? No

2. Would you be interested in a smaller designed cabinet for maximum portability? Indifferent

3. What is the weight of your current rig now? 110lb

4. Have you ever had portability issues with this cabinet before? Yes

5. Would a Neo speaker make the amplifier more appealing? No

6. Would you want casters on the amplifier for added portability? Yes

7. Would you want the input to be in the back? Yes

8. Would you want the Ohm rating to be 4? Indifferent

9. Would you want the power rating to be over 200 watts? Yes

10. Is a metal grille cover attractive on an amplifier? No, prefer cloth with grille behind!

[Johngh]

1. Is a light bass cabinet important to you? Yes

2. Would you be interested in a smaller designed cabinet for maximum portability? Yes

3. What is the weight of your current rig now? 80 Lb

4. Have you ever had portability issues with this cabinet before? No

5. Would a Neo speaker make the amplifier more appealing? Yes

6. Would you want casters on the amplifier for added portability? No

7. Would you want the input to be in the back? Yes

8. Would you want the Ohm rating to be 4? No

9. Would you want the power rating to be over 200 watts? Yes

10. Is a metal grille cover attractive on an amplifier? Yes

[Rich]

1. Is a light bass cabinet important to you? Y
2. Would you be interested in a smaller designed cabinet for maximum portability? Indifferent
3. What is the weight of your current rig now? approx 40 Kg
4. Have you ever had portability issues with this cabinet before? N
5. Would a Neo speaker make the amplifier more appealing? N
6. Would you want casters on the amplifier for added portability? N
7. Would you want the input to be in the back? Y
8. Would you want the Ohm rating to be 4? N
9. Would you want the power rating to be over 200 watts? Y
10. Is a metal grille cover attractive on an amplifier? Y

[Dood]

1. Is a light bass cabinet important to you? Yes

2. Would you be interested in a smaller designed cabinet for maximum portability? Yes (only if capable of enough bass) the Loud/Deep/Small law applies.

3. What is the weight of your current rig now? cab= 35 Kg, 4u Rack = hmmm 15Kg?

4. Have you ever had portability issues with this cabinet before? Not yet

5. Would a Neo speaker make the amplifier more appealing? Mine is NEO and the best thing I have ever done ;o)

6. Would you want casters on the amplifier for added portability? Yes, my new cab has the insert ones, so the cab does actually sit on the floor, but tilts back onto its wheels for ease of movement.

7. Would you want the input to be in the back? Yes

8. Would you want the Ohm rating to be 4? Yes, I have a stereo poweramp, so this isnt really a problem

9. Would you want the power rating to be over 200 watts? defintely. You cant have too much headroom

10. Is a metal grille cover attractive on an amplifier? Yes, strong enough to stand on, if it's 'going out on the road'.

[ZPQ]

1. Is a light bass cabinet important to you? Y
2. Would you be interested in a smaller designed cabinet for maximum portability? Y
3. What is the weight of your current rig now? 40 Kg
4. Have you ever had portability issues with this cabinet before? Y
5. Would a Neo speaker make the amplifier more appealing? Indifferent
6. Would you want casters on the amplifier for added portability? Indifferent
7. Would you want the input to be in the back? Y
8. Would you want the Ohm rating to be 4? Indifferent
9. Would you want the power rating to be over 200 watts? Y
10. Is a metal grille cover attractive on an amplifier? Indifferent

[Tinman]

1. Is a light bass cabinet important to you? Indifferent
2. Would you be interested in a smaller designed cabinet for maximum portability? N
3. What is the weight of your current rig now? 246Lbs 112Kg approx (Jeez!!!)
4. Have you ever had portability issues with this cabinet before? N (MPV with the seats out)
5. Would a Neo speaker make the amplifier more appealing? Indifferent
6. Would you want casters on the amplifier for added portability? Yes, Yes, Yes.
7. Would you want the input to be in the back? Y
8. Would you want the Ohm rating to be 4? N 8 please
9. Would you want the power rating to be over 200 watts? Y
10. Is a metal grille cover attractive on an amplifier? Indifferent

Edited August 22, 2007 by Tinman

[Paul Cooke]

1) Y. oh yes indeedy... my back's playing me up right now and I'm at home flat out on the floor...
2) Y. must be capable of fitting into the back of my car through the rear door opening
3) 27.5 Kg... 60lb
4) I've only just bought it, but it wasn't easy getting it up the two flights of stairs into my flat...
5) only if it makes it lighter...
6) only if they can be easily removed when in position...
7) not fussed...
8) N, switchable 8 or 4...
9) indifferent
10) Y, but must be demountable to clean the dust off the speakers...

[hogman]

Amplifier Cabinet Questionnaire – Tom Parker, 10T


1. Is a light bass cabinet important to you? Y es
2. Would you be interested in a smaller designed cabinet for maximum portability? Yes
3. What is the weight of your current rig now? dead light nemmisis eden
4. Have you ever had portability issues with this cabinet before?Yes cos I was using loads 2 ampeg 8x10s and 2 2x15
5. Would a Neo speaker make the amplifier more appealing? Not bothered
6. Would you want casters on the amplifier for added portability? No they allways fall off or break
7. Would you want the input to be in the back? Y
8. Would you want the Ohm rating to be 4? Y /
9. Would you want the power rating to be over 200 watts? Y
Is a metal grille cover attractive on an amplifier?

[metalmaniac]

1. Is a light bass cabinet important to you? Yes

2. Would you be interested in a smaller designed cabinet for maximum portability? Yes

3. What is the weight of your current rig now? 20 Kg

4. Have you ever had portability issues with this cabinet before? No

5. Would a Neo speaker make the amplifier more appealing? No Opinion

6. Would you want casters on the amplifier for added portability? Yes

7. Would you want the input to be in the back? No

8. Would you want the Ohm rating to be 4? yes

9. Would you want the power rating to be over 200 watts? Yes

10. Is a metal grille cover attractive on an amplifier? Yes

[alexclaber]

1. Is a light bass cabinet important to you? Define light. A properly built cab that is stiff and non-resonant is more important than a cab being light. But a cab that is overly heavy due to cheap materials or poor design is bad too. For a small cab (i.e. 2x10") I think 40-50lbs is fair, for a large cab that can have good wheels then 75lbs is fine. (Acme and EA stand out as ones that do it right, Basson stand out as getting it completely wrong IMO)

2. Would you be interested in a smaller designed cabinet for maximum portability? For rehearsals something small would be nice but for gigs I'd rather have something tall (so you can hear it) and big (so it's loud) with wheels (so it's easy to move). Has to fit in the car though (again tall and slim is better than a cube of equal volume)

3. What is the weight of your current rig now? Two 50lb cabs - only use one for rehearsals. 40lb rack.

4. Have you ever had portability issues with this cabinet before? Well it doesn't move itself, but it's small and light enough for me.

5. Would a Neo speaker make the amplifier more appealing? Speakers with neodymium magnets would only marginally reduce the weight. Thinner plywood with more bracing would make more of a difference.

6. Would you want casters on the amplifier for added portability? Not on these cabs, they're too small to need them. For a bigger cab yes, but really big (4") casters for tilt and roll.

7. Would you want the input to be in the back? Where else?!

8. Would you want the Ohm rating to be 4? Impedance is pretty irrelevant, my amp has tons of power. Most woofers are 8 ohms so 4 ohm limits you to either two driver cabs or a very small selection of speakers.

9. Would you want the power rating to be over 200 watts? Any half decent speaker will have a thermal rating of more than 200W. Less than this would be asking for power compression.

10. Is a metal grille cover attractive on an amplifier? Shiny is good. But grills are expensive, heavy and can rattle or cause port noise, so have to be carefully selected and fitted.

Good luck with the project, pm/email me if you need any (within invigilation guidelines) assistance, I like designing cabs!

Alex

[The Burpster]

Amplifier Cabinet Questionnaire – Tom Parker, 10T


1. Is a light bass cabinet important to you? Indifferent
2. Would you be interested in a smaller designed cabinet for maximum portability? Y
3. What is the weight of your current rig now? ___25____ Kg
4. Have you ever had portability issues with this cabinet before? N
5. Would a Neo speaker make the amplifier more appealing? N
6. Would you want casters on the amplifier for added portability? Indifferent (only if it didnt effect the sound)
7. Would you want the input to be in the back? N
8. Would you want the Ohm rating to be 4? Indifferent
9. Would you want the power rating to be over 200 watts? Y
10. Is a metal grille cover attractive on an amplifier? Indifferent (depends on the rest of the finish)

[WalMan]

1. Is a light bass cabinet important to you? Y
2. Would you be interested in a smaller designed cabinet for maximum portability? Y
3. What is the weight of your current rig now? _______ Kg
4. Have you ever had portability issues with this cabinet before? Y
5. Would a Neo speaker make the amplifier more appealing? Y
6. Would you want casters on the amplifier for added portability? N
7. Would you want the input to be in the back? Y
8. Would you want the Ohm rating to be 4? Indifferent
9. Would you want the power rating to be over 200 watts? Y
10. Is a metal grille cover attractive on an amplifier? Indifferent


for
3 Not sure & "very" does not really count does it. I shall edit if I can find it
6 I would qualify as Y if removable
10 Indifferent as to attractiveness, but Y for protection

[bassmandan]

1. Is a light bass cabinet important to you? no

2. Would you be interested in a smaller designed cabinet for maximum portability? not if it sacrificed any of the low end

3. What is the weight of your current rig now? 60Kg (41Kg just the cab)

4. Have you ever had portability issues with this cabinet before? yes

5. Would a Neo speaker make the amplifier more appealing? maybe

6. Would you want casters on the amplifier for added portability? no

7. Would you want the input to be in the back? yes

8. Would you want the Ohm rating to be 4? yes

9. Would you want the power rating to be over 200 watts? yes

10. Is a metal grille cover attractive on an amplifier? yes

[DaveDDF]

1. Is a light bass cabinet important to you? Indifferent
2. Would you be interested in a smaller designed cabinet for maximum portability? No
3. What is the weight of your current rig now? 77 Kg
4. Have you ever had portability issues with this cabinet before? Yes
5. Would a Neo speaker make the amplifier more appealing? Indifferent
6. Would you want casters on the amplifier for added portability? Yes
7. Would you want the input to be in the back? Yes
8. Would you want the Ohm rating to be 4? Yes
9. Would you want the power rating to be over 200 watts? Yes
10. Is a metal grille cover attractive on an amplifier? Yes - but also sturdy enough to take a prang on the road.

Edited August 23, 2007 by DaveDDF

[daflewis]

1. Is a light bass cabinet important to you? Y
2. Would you be interested in a smaller designed cabinet for maximum portability? Y
3. What is the weight of your current rig now? 45Kg
4. Have you ever had portability issues with this cabinet before? Y
5. Would a Neo speaker make the amplifier more appealing? Y
6. Would you want casters on the amplifier for added portability? Y (already use ‘em)
7. Would you want the input to be in the back? Y
8. Would you want the Ohm rating to be 4? N
9. Would you want the power rating to be over 200 watts? Y
10. Is a metal grille cover attractive on an amplifier? Y (though it kind of depends on the rest of the design)

you sure you don't want to use one of those online survey sites!? there's well over a thousand of us.... could get messy! :wacko: