Aguilar horn level

[Eden66]

Here's a stupid one, i use my GS410 with my horn level completely off most of the time (exept on large venues) and one night, a soundman told me that i will damage something on my cab if i keep doing this. Is that true . Have you ever heard of something like this ?

Thanks

[naturalkinds]

That sounds like a weird caution. I don't believe it. Plenty of people play loudly with their tweeters off.

[vin*tone]

That's a new one. Is there someone out there who just makes this stuff up for giggles?

[lbwdog]

Some truth to it. At high power levels, and the L-pad turned all the way off, the high frequency energy can build up as heat, which can possibly damage the L-pad or crossover.
I don't think it's a common occurrence, but I always let a little HF signal in to be safe.

[blastjv]

FWIW, I had inquired at Aguilar about running my Aguilar cabs with the tweeters off and Marco didn't say anything about it being potentially harmful (though my question had not been specifically about damage).

If you're really worried, shoot them an email, they are EXTREMELY helpful and responsive in my experience.

-John

[G RICH 5]

I have heard the same thing about potential damage to the horn. You may want to disconnect the horn if you don't use it, or just keep it on a little bit to allow current to flow through the circuit.

[PSPookie]

Originally Posted by lbwdog

Some truth to it. At high power levels, and the L-pad turned all the way off, the high frequency energy can build up as heat, which can possibly damage the L-pad or crossover.
I don't think it's a common occurrence, but I always let a little HF signal in to be safe.

This. Most good cabs these days have a crossover that allows a bit of current through even when the horn is turned "off" in order to prevent this problem.

[Eden66]

Originally Posted by blastjv

FWIW, I had inquired at Aguilar about running my Aguilar cabs with the tweeters off and Marco didn't say anything about it being potentially harmful (though my question had not been specifically about damage).

If you're really worried, shoot them an email, they are EXTREMELY helpful and responsive in my experience.

-John

Right, they designed and built the cab so if they say it's ok then I'm bullet proof.

Thanks

[Eden66]

I will post the answer from Aguilar when I get it.

[Eden66]

Here's the answer that I got...


Hi Steve,

Thank you for using the GS 410 cabinet and for your kind words!

The heat generated by the tweeter has to go somewhere; but the attenuator is designed to be fine turned off or on.

Please let me know if I can assist further.

Kind regards,
--Marco

Marco Passarelli
Aguilar Amplification
212-431-9109 ext 17
212-431-8201 fax

Wow, got an answer the same day, now I know two things, first...I can let my horn attenuator off and second, Aguilar support is really great !!!

[DavePlaysBass]

Its all about design margins. If they do it right, there should be not problem. If they did not do it right, it's a crap design. I bet Aguilar has done it right.