velvetkevorkian Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 1. Is a light bass cabinet important to you? Yes 2. Would you be interested in a smaller designed cabinet for maximum portability? Indubitably. 3. What is the weight of your current rig now? Not sure, but quite heavy. 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? Yes. 7. Would you want the input to be in the back? Yes. 8. Would you want the Ohm rating to be 4? Yes, all my amps run to 2 ohms. 9. Would you want the power rating to be over 200 watts? Prefeably but not essential. 10. Is a metal grille cover attractive on an amplifier? Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tait Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 1.Indifferent 2.Indifferent 3.I Don't Know 4.No 5.What's a Neo Speaker? 6.Yes 7.No 8.Indifferent 9.Yes 10.Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 [b]1. Is a light bass cabinet important to you?[/b] Yes (but not at the expense of tone) [b]2. Would you be interested in a smaller designed cabinet for maximum portability?[/b] Yes - but again so long as it doesn't compromise the sound [b]3. What is the weight of your current rig now?[/b] Approximately 85kg - 2 speaker cabs, pre-amp, power amp and rack case. [b]4. Have you ever had portability issues with this cabinet before?[/b] Sometimes in venues with lots of stairs. [b]5. Would a Neo speaker make the amplifier more appealing?[/b] Yes, but see answers to 1 & 2. [b]6. Would you want casters on the amplifier for added portability?[/b] Yes provided that the cab didn't stand on them all the time. Sometimes it can be benficial to decouple the cab from the stage/floor and sometimes not. Removable casters are guaranteed to get lost at a gig and a tilt-back design doesn't allow the decoupling effect should you need it. Maybe a design that allows you to stand the cab on it's side while still looking like it was the right way up? [b]7. Would you want the input to be in the back?[/b] Not always. Some of the venues I play have restricted stage room and getting around the back can be difficult. On my last rig all the connectors except for the speaker one were brought to a patch bay on the front of the rack so I didn't have to hunt around the back to find the right one. Maybe a design which puts the connecters in the recessed carrying handles as well as on the back? [b]8. Would you want the Ohm rating to be 4?[/b] Yes. [b]9. Would you want the power rating to be over 200 watts?[/b] Definely. [b]10. Is a metal grille cover attractive on an amplifier?[/b] Depends on the overall design and so lond as it is functional as well (protects the speakers) and desn't rattle or induce any other unwanted audio artifacts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pbassred Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 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? 85Lb (combo) 4. Have you ever had portability issues with this cabinet before? No 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? No My combo is 4ohm I would have liked the big/small rig choise depending on venue. 9. Would you want the power rating to be over 200 watts? Yes 10. Is a metal grille cover attractive on an amplifier? yes! Is this a design project? Are these the right questions? Is it right to design based on an average of opinions across many styles. Would'nt it be better to design for a specific sector Metal bands, blues, stadium egos, small covers etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parker_muse Posted September 4, 2007 Author Share Posted September 4, 2007 Thanks, you've been a great help. ^ its the market research section. I've done pie charts for all the results i've got, so any more answers are irrelevant now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilmour Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 (edited) Amplifier Cabinet Questionnaire – Tom Parker, 10T 1. Yup 2. Y 3. 42kg 4. Y 5. I guess, It would be lighter, but more expensive, so - Yes (if it doesn;t affect the price) or No (if it does) 6. Y 7. Y 8. Y 9. Y 10. Indifferent As a footnote, I did a gig at the weekend with an Ampeg amp (I really don't like them) and the speaker lead was a regular qurter inch jack, that kept vibrating out, so it left me with no stage monitoring, so for me next cab I buy will defniatley have the option to put in either locking speaker leads or XLR Edited September 5, 2007 by gilmour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowhand_mike Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 1. Is a light bass cabinet important to you? Yes 2. Would you be interested in a smaller designed cabinet for maximum portability? no me combo would fall off the top 3. What is the weight of your current rig now? 32 Kg ish 4. Have you ever had portability issues with this cabinet before? Yes 5. Would a Neo speaker make the amplifier more appealing? not really cos the cost would go up 6. Would you want casters on the amplifier for added portability? as long as they are easily removeable 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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