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Old 07-22-2011, 07:54 AM
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Need of your advice! TC RH450 vs Aguilar DB750(751, AG500) vs TF750(550) ?

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Good day to all TBrs!
Need of your advice, already head spin from GAS!
Set out to change the bass amp and hope your experience and personal opinion.
The last couple of years i use D-class amps and started to ask myself the question - whether all honestly there at the out. The biggest problem as always - is the inability to listen and compare .. so we have to choose blindly.At the moment I'm playing on TC Electronic RH450 - someone praises her - someone spitting. I personally like this head - but everything is known in comparison. There are all lower class bass amps at hand - but it is not that level.I honestly it has attracted more convenient features done and dimensions than the sound. Listen live her I was not clear opportunities. But the principle the say that I do not like, I can not. But as always GAS and all that))
In terms of tools I already like how to identify and understand that with proper gain all this may sound more interesting ... So I want to try the real power, on a real transformer. And so ... )
After reading a lot of the web, forums and other things about saw (but then again only theoretically) that I can enjoy it. I now have the original jb '69 on steel strings (sometimes flat) and a U.S. 5-string Spector - generally classic and modern meat. Play (as best I can of course) absolutely everything - from snooth jazz to extremal rocks. Volume also can be different - sometimes you have very quietly, sometimes loudly.
So ... )) The sound you want above all - truthful sounding instrument, because the basses are very good (I tried the
m a great many). On the one hand, squeaky clean, but on the other side and so was the fat. I would like to properly transmitted dynamic, fast notes and were not lost in the mix.With the right tubes I do not know so I can not say exactly what I like - tube or solid state.
I now choose between Aguilar DB750 (751), Aguilar AG500, Thunderfunk 550, 750.
So question about TF750. Are you satisfied with the amplifier? )) As it passes the sound of the bass? What are the cabs it use? It has a tubes (here I am this way and did not understand) or they are built using transistors (there simply switch solid state / tube, but specifically not found or there is a tube)? By weight - is it tnasportable normal? It can work properly at a low volume (sometimes have to play almost chamber)? How it with compare the Aguilar DB? Praised both, but I was more confused by Aguilar that it must sound loud, and sometimes not possible to do it (maybe i wrong of course). And his weight ( From the sound of writing that Aguilar is warmer due to tubes, TF precisely due to the proper circuit. There are thunderfunks with markings A and B, or simply without them. What are the differences?
How TF750 feeling the TF550 by chance? He strongly loses 750 on objective parameters, or there's only a matter of different power (super powerful amp I basically do not have to, nowhere to accelerate to full anyway).
Or may not be to f*ck my brains and let TC electronic yourself? But I have sneaking suspicion - rh450 brush the sound with something digi ?!. The difference with Thunderfunk 750 (550) is so big?
I will stick amp to two cabinet TC Electronic RS210 and RS212. How Thunderfunks and Aggies sound with their? Maybe someone try..
I would be very grateful for the advice! Very important to me!

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Old 07-22-2011, 05:03 PM
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Old 07-22-2011, 05:23 PM
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Are you using Google translator or something? Also, there's nothing wrong with paragraphs.

I had the TF750, and I actually think the clean sound of the TF and the TC heads are quite similar. Personally, I like the tone in my RH750 better, then there's the light weight, amazing features...TC all the way for me. The TC sounds more tubey than any hybrid I ever tried IMO.

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Old 07-22-2011, 05:37 PM
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I'm a big Aguilar fan, and a use the DB750. For me, it's everything I loved about the Ampeg SVT sound, and a little something extra. The sound has a weight and thickness to it that is just perfect (IMO). This amp has a distictive sound, but varies some depending on which cab you use. With a DB410, it's very punchy and powerful. With a DB210, it's a little shy on the low end, but sits nicely on top of the kick drum in a busy mix. With a DB115, the sound is beautifully full-range and fills out the mix really nicely when there are only a few instruments.

That's been my own experience. I haven't played the other amps to be able to offer a side-by-side comparison.

Quite a few people have said that the DB750 is a perfect match with the Bergatino NV610 cab.
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Old 07-22-2011, 05:41 PM
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I haven't had an AG 500, but I've owned a DB750, a TFB750-A and a Classic 450 (and now a couple of RH750's).

IME, the RH450 has the least high-end extension of the bunch. The DB750 has lots of upper-bass, lower-midrange punch, but it isn't particularly crisp or "airy" on top. (And it's really heavy!)

Depending on how you adjust the TFB750-A, it can sound really punchy and get pretty airy too. I think it's the most flexible of your choices, and it would be my choice.

I prefer the high end of the RH750 to any of these (at least at the moment). It's really powerful with plenty of high-end extension.

Good luck,
Greg

PS Cabinets are a whole other subject! I'm currently using Bergantino AE's now. Of course, that has a lot of influence on my amp preferences.
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Old 07-23-2011, 12:58 AM
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Thanks folks! Want to try Thunderfunk TFB750. Maybe it will be mine thing
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