FS: 2 CUSTOM MODDED AVATAR 500 WATT 12" BASS CABS W/COVERS

[SlingBass4]

For sale are my custom modded Avatar bass cabs and are available as a set, only. Each cab has an Eminence Kappa Pro-12A speaker. The speakers are each rated at 500 watts RMS (see Eminence info below). These are serious cabs for the serious player! Relatively small footprint with HUGE sound. Cabs are black tolex, have chrome corners, are 17"x17"x15.5", and average weight is 45 lbs. each shipped. Professionally designed using premium insulation (see pic), with 2-3"x4.5" tuned rear ports for optimum punch and projection. These cabs are in excellent condition - NO issues and virtually like new. One cab comes with locking casters, the other with large rubber feet, and both are dressed in fitted covers for travel protection. They are more efficient and will put out more sound than many larger cabinets, plus respond well to YOUR sound and playing style. I was assisted with the computer design directly by an Eminence tech to vary from distinctly clean to a driven SVT type tone with little to no outboard add-ons. The cabs are limited only by the new owner's abilities and the quality of amp/preamp used. $400.00 + shipping (cheap)! Open to folks who wish to pick up. Contact: 816.304.9562 in the general Kansas City area OR simply PM me.
Whitey


FROM EMINENCE:

NEW IMPROVED POWER HANDLING OF 500 WATTS RMS
FEATURES A 3" COPPER VOICE COIL & A CAST ALUMINUM FRAME
THE KAPPA PRO-12A HAS A NICE DEEP BASS SOUND DOWN TO 35HZ
HIGH XMAX OF 4.8MM FOR A CLEAN BASS SOUND
GREAT FOR QUALITY HIGH POWER PA SYSTEMS, BASS CABINETS, STAGE MONITORS, ETC.
CLEAN BOTTOM END DOWN TO 35HZ WITH A GOOD PUNCHY SOUND!

SPECIFICATIONS:

Nominal Basket Diameter
12" / 304.8mm

Impedance
8 ohms

RMS Power Rating
500 Watts

Program Power Handling 1,000 Watts
Frequency Response
57Hz - 2.8kHz

Sensitivity (1W/1m)
97.1dB

Voice Coil Diameter
3" / 76.2mm

Max. Crossover Frequency
2.8kHz

Rec. Enclosure Vol. (Vented) 17-34 Liters / 0.6-1.2 cu. ft.
MOUNTING INFORMATION

Overall Diameter 12.38" / 314.3mm
Bolt Circle Diameter 11.57" / 293.8mm
Baffle Cutout Diameter 11.06" / 281mm
No. Of Mounting Holes 8
Mounting Hole Diameter 0.275" / 7mm
Overall Depth 6.22" / 158mm
Magnet Weight 80 oz.
Shipping Weight 18.4 lbs. / 8.4kg.
THIELE-SMALL PARAMETERS

Resonant Frequency (fs) 37 Hz
Impedance (Re) 5.46 ohms
Coil Inductance (Le) 1.22mH
Electromagnetic Q (Qes) .25
Mechanical Q (Qms) 6.93
Total Q (Qts) .24
Compliance Equivalent Vol. (Vas) 121 Liters/4.27cu. ft.
Voice Coil Overhang (Xmax) 4.8mm
BL Factor (BL) 17.3 T-M
Surface Area of Cone (Sd) .05195 m2

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[45cmckay105]

Someone buy my Carvin AC40.
I have been staring at these for way too long!

[SlingBass4]

Originally Posted by 45cmckay105

Someone buy my Carvin AC40.
I have been staring at these for way too long!

Me too! Will someone PLEASE help us both out

[SlingBass4]

In answer to queries of IF I'd consider trades......the ONLY thing I might be open to are Highway One basses. I thank those who have taken the interest and time to respond to this offering

[45cmckay105]

Forgive me if I have asked this question before. How "clean & bright" can you get these cabs to sound? I notice there is no HF driver, and wonder what effect that has, if any.

Thanks for the time, and here's hoping my wife blesses these as an early birthday gift!!!

[SlingBass4]

Originally Posted by 45cmckay105

Forgive me if I have asked this question before. How "clean & bright" can you get these cabs to sound? I notice there is no HF driver, and wonder what effect that has, if any.

Thanks for the time, and here's hoping my wife blesses these as an early birthday gift!!!

Actually QUITE clean and bright (2.8kHz + a small size cab makes for good top end). The trick in the design was to achieve good tweeterless high end, solid lows, and good sound dispersion on both stage and out front. I wouldn't (by any means) call these a slapper's nirvana......but I think I hit a home run for tone. They sound a LOT like my Epifani T-112NYC cabs (with the horn dialed down), and are also close in size - just a different style porting.

EDIT: These can also be used in a "cannonball" manner - one box behind the other (Orange does this internally on a couple of their cabs), for a larger sound.

[emblymouse]

I have tried the T112's and loved the smoothness and warmth. I own Schroeder 15L's now which have max balls, they really sound more like 12's. Any idea of how these would stack up compared to them?

[SlingBass4]

Originally Posted by emblymouse

Any idea of how these would stack up compared to them?

Sorry...I have no idea, as I have no experience with your cab

[SlingBass4]

FYI:
Avatar did none of the design or work - I did it. I took a couple of their (now discontinued as of almost a year ago) new G112 cabs, made the calls for what specs I needed on speakers, port sizes, and insulation material, and then cut the port holes and did the rest of the work. Everything was brand new upon purchase. All the information is in the first post of the thread...with the exception of mentioning they have the factory mounted handles on top of the cabs. I did order and install 2" locking casters on the bottom cab, but have the original rubber feet for the cab that would be included in the sale. I hope this clarifies - it's difficult for an ol' salt like me to remember everything I played through some single 15" Bag End cabs many, many years ago, but I'm at a loss on what model they may have been. The whole idea was for this to be my final 'project', and I'm more than happy with the results. A friend passed away from Cancer leaving me 2 mint T-112NYC cabs (he had 2 of every cabinet Epifani made 8 years ago). Since I use an Epifani UL-502 head, and the cabs compliment it so well (they are made for each other)...it would seem redundant to keep the Avatars - but they are no less of a cabinet IMO.
Whitey

[SlingBass4]

THESE HAVE BEEN SOLD!

THANKS TO ALL INTERESTED!