ben604 Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 (edited) Hello, Did a stupid thing and got rid of a cab that did exactly what I needed it to and bought these because of some ancient GAS. While these are excellent cabs, suprising light (I can carry both at the same time - one on each arm) and really deep and warm compared to any other 10" cabs I've used, they just dont have the grunt of the 900W Genz Benz 6x10 I sold to buy them (I seem to play in two extremely loud bands!) and while adding another 4x10 or 1x15 would easily solve that, I dont have the cash to buy another cab without selling first. So, I've used them in 4 practices which means there in the condition I bought them in - which is excellent considering they're 10 years old! This might be due to the fact that they've been in covers for most of their lives and have been owned by good people! Spec from the website: Model: Acme Low B-2 Series II Frequency response: +/-3 dB 41Hz to 22 kHz -6 dB at 31 Hz Power Handling: 350 Watts RMS continuous 300 Watts sine wave @ 30.87 Hz Sensitivity: 93 dB 1W/1M Impedance: 4 Dimensions: 23"H x 15.75"W x 16.5"D Weight: 50 lbs / 23.2 kg Cost me £400 + £25 to get to Nottingham and back, so looking for £400 collected or Trade/PX for something with 6 or more 10" speakers in it! Thanks for looking! Edited December 8, 2009 by ben604 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben604 Posted November 24, 2009 Author Share Posted November 24, 2009 Bump. Suprised there's no interest in these as they're massively well regarded. I've been given some advice that I might not be putting enough juice into them which is why I'm not feeling the oompfh, so I'm going to buy a decent power amp and give them another go, so they may well be withdrawn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwilym Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 [quote name='ben604' post='663928' date='Nov 24 2009, 04:12 PM']Bump. Suprised there's no interest in these as they're massively well regarded. I've been given some advice that I might not be putting enough juice into them which is why I'm not feeling the oompfh, so I'm going to buy a decent power amp and give them another go, so they may well be withdrawn...[/quote] good call - I've used my 4ohm LowB2 with a 500 watt Mark Bass head. If you've got two of them you'd probably need a 1000w power amp to get the best out of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben604 Posted November 24, 2009 Author Share Posted November 24, 2009 [quote name='Gwilym' post='663940' date='Nov 24 2009, 04:17 PM']good call - I've used my 4ohm LowB2 with a 500 watt Mark Bass head. If you've got two of them you'd probably need a 1000w power amp to get the best out of them.[/quote] Yeah, that seems to be the consensus, apparently Alexclaber and Bigjohn, their previous owners, were sticking 1k @ 4-ohms into each! So I can see where I'm going wrong at 300w each...Time to buy a ridiculous power amp.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardd Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Ar'nt we both silly, the cab is here if you want it Ben, miss my Ampeg. Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flanker Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Finbar is selling a QSC PLX1804 on here which would put 900w a side into 4 ohms. Good price I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finbar Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 [quote name='Flanker' post='663994' date='Nov 24 2009, 04:53 PM']Finbar is selling a QSC PLX1804 on here which would put 900w a side into 4 ohms. Good price I reckon.[/quote] I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdgrsr400 Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 [quote name='ben604' post='663928' date='Nov 24 2009, 04:12 PM']Bump. Suprised there's no interest in these as they're massively well regarded. I've been given some advice that I might not be putting enough juice into them which is why I'm not feeling the oompfh, so I'm going to buy a decent power amp and give them another go, so they may well be withdrawn...[/quote] I have one and it's an excellent cab. This is a very good deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben604 Posted November 25, 2009 Author Share Posted November 25, 2009 [quote name='Flanker' post='663994' date='Nov 24 2009, 04:53 PM']Finbar is selling a QSC PLX1804 on here which would put 900w a side into 4 ohms. Good price I reckon.[/quote] bit out of my price range thanks for the heads up though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 [quote name='ben604' post='663973' date='Nov 24 2009, 04:38 PM']Yeah, that seems to be the consensus, apparently Alexclaber and Bigjohn, their previous owners, were sticking 1k @ 4-ohms into each! So I can see where I'm going wrong at 300w each...Time to buy a ridiculous power amp....[/quote] I was "only" putting 600w into each of them unfortunately But I reckon 1000w is where it's at - they easily handled 600w each. They're mad, bad b*stards. (or quite chilled out dinner guests... that's their beauty) I've got an email from Acme somewhere saying "yes, we rate them @350w but that's more of a minimum rather than a maximum" I might be able to put you in touch a 750w per channel C-audio power amp if you want Ben. I've had a tip off from someone who thought I still had these cabs and has just serviced it. Good amp for it he reckons - switchable power supply and all that (which is what you need really for driving these things) Might be cheapish I dunno. I have a mobile number. PM me if you want it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben604 Posted November 30, 2009 Author Share Posted November 30, 2009 Bump, just the one sold so far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben604 Posted December 7, 2009 Author Share Posted December 7, 2009 another bump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockwave Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 mmm wouldnt mind one of these. Though i have no real use for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben604 Posted December 7, 2009 Author Share Posted December 7, 2009 (edited) Edited December 7, 2009 by ben604 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkle Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Free bump for a great cab. I own a B2 (4 ohm) and love it. Needs plenty of juice though - I've got 700W from one channel of a Peavey DPC1400x for mine, thogh I'm looking at micro heads at the moment and it was plenty loud with a Markbass LM2 at 500W. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodysprefect Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 I had a Trace rig, then SWR, then got these and I've not looked at other cabinets since. Those who know my ... proclivity for switching basses are always astonished at my being utterly disinterested in any other cabs and amps out there. Well, a Low B 1 series II would be lovely for those smaller gigs! (I use a Read Custom Purity pre-amp. best there is, for me) You DO need enough power, though! I used to have a QSC PLX2402 and now have their 1104 which is both affordable and light. I'd say it's a good fit unless you play metal, but I can't turn it up past 11 o'clock at even the bigger gigs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 So, judging by everybodies comments above, using a 300 watt head with this cab would be a waste of time, yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 (edited) [quote name='RhysP' post='677917' date='Dec 8 2009, 02:12 PM']So, judging by everybodies comments above, using a 300 watt head with this cab would be a waste of time, yes?[/quote] Hmmm... that does depend on what head it is. I used to use a Marshall JCM800 100W head to power 2 of them. But that's valves for ya. And the Marshall's tone cut through. What's unique about these cabs is the high bandwidth. If you put 300W of midrange into them - they'll sound LOUD. If you put 300W of really low frequency into em - you'll hardly hear it. You'll feel it. As will your window frames, but you won't hear it... Edited December 8, 2009 by bigjohn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barneyg42 Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Pmd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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