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03-15-2011, 11:42 AM
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After many years as a live and studio engineer and bass player, I came to the only conclusion, I want a sealed cab with a 15" for my small gigs.
I don't want to make one myself, I know my limits...
But I can't seem to find any manufacturers making them anymore.
Nowadays it is all about max power and earth shaking results.
It is actually quiet funny considering the number of bands who are really playing the big stages...
So if you know someone, somewhere that has a small work shop and makes good cabs, let me know...
Thanks
Oli |
03-15-2011, 11:45 AM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | ampeg's got a sealed 115 coming out very soon.
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03-15-2011, 11:56 AM
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that is what I was hoping for,
Thanks J, any ideas when?
Oli |
03-15-2011, 12:44 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | any day now  not exactly sure when, but the heads are out now, and it shouldn't be much longer for the cabs. it's called the pf115he.
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03-15-2011, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by la grange  Nowadays it is all about max power and earth shaking results.
It is actually quiet funny considering the number of bands who are really playing the big stages... | The trend isn't actually for max power and earth shaking results, it's about getting the most power out of a small package that's suitable for using in most of the practical applications that a gigging bassist will encounter. Things like the 3015LF based 15/6 designs are certainly capable of a lot of output at quite low frequencies, but they're not obtrusively large and work wonders on small to mid-sized stages. Big stages are absolutely not required to see the benefit of these types of rigs, but they would be equally at home on a large stage.
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03-15-2011, 01:08 PM
|  | Less Ebay, more Mel Bay | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Phoenix, AZ | | | There are not a lot of high quality woofers designed for sealed boxes. There are not a lot of advantages to sealed boxes for bass cabs. Hence you don't see a lot of sealed boxes.
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03-15-2011, 02:43 PM
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Editor-in-Chief, Bass Gear Magazine | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: North central Ohio | | | The companies which I can think of who offer sealed cabs are the following:
Ampeg (multiple options)
Ashdown (couple options)
Bergantino (NV series)
Hartke (HyDrive 410 & 810)
Markbass (CL series)
Reeves (4x10)
SWR (Marcus Miller 4x10)
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03-15-2011, 02:52 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Central Wisconsin, U.S.A. | | | Old School Amps
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Dale currently offers two sealed cab models both reasonably priced in black tolex.
1x18" + 1x8" two way and a 1x15" + 5" (irrc)
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Mr. BEAR |
03-16-2011, 05:49 AM
| | | | That's what I am talking about.
Thanks a lot Bear
Oli |
03-16-2011, 06:43 AM
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Originally Posted by tombowlus The companies which I can think of who offer sealed cabs are the following:
Ampeg (multiple options)
Ashdown (couple options)
Bergantino (NV series)
Hartke (HyDrive)
Markbass (CL series)
Reeves (4x10
SWR (Marcus Miller 4x10) | Thanks for the answer Tombowlus but, currently, for sealed 1 15" there is only Ashdown which I am not sure but all others are vented, sometimes rear ports.
I think old school amps or the new ampeg will be my answer.
Thanks guys
Oli |
03-16-2011, 06:49 AM
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03-16-2011, 07:00 AM
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Originally Posted by JimmyM ampeg's got a sealed 115 coming out very soon. | What'll be the difference with the current PF115HLF?
Tighter lows... that's it? |
03-16-2011, 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Devo-lution What'll be the difference with the current PF115HLF?
Tighter lows... that's it? | what I think will happen, and hope for, is a slightly slower transient but a more naturally compressed low end. The output will also be lessened as air moved= db. But who cares about the hey?
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03-16-2011, 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by la grange Thanks for the answer Tombowlus but, currently, for sealed 1 15" there is only Ashdown which I am not sure but all others are vented, sometimes rear ports.
I think old school amps or the new ampeg will be my answer.
Thanks guys
Oli | Ampeg has the PF115, which is sealed. The (discontinued) Berg NV215 is another option, though as you would expect from the name, it's a 2x15.
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03-16-2011, 10:01 AM
|  | Hey, what does this knob do? | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: New Hampshire | | | You don't necessarily have to purchase an already-sealed cab. You can often find used, incorrectly-ported cabs from the pre-Thiele-Small era which, when converted to sealed, and of course braced and lined, too, offer an internal volume that can work very well with some modern drivers. |
03-16-2011, 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by tombowlus Ampeg has the PF115 and Hartke has the HyDrive 115, both of which are sealed. The (discontinued) Berg NV215 is another option, though as you would expect from the name, it's a 2x15. | Hydrive 115 seems to be ported according to the Hartke site... |
03-16-2011, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by craig.p You don't necessarily have to purchase an already-sealed cab. You can often find used, incorrectly-ported cabs from the pre-Thiele-Small era which, when converted to sealed, and of course braced and lined, too, offer an internal volume that can work very well with some modern drivers. | Not that easy. Cab size requirement changes if you go from ported to sealed or vice versa. And not every speaker works well in a sealed cab... |
03-16-2011, 05:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: NE CT | | | I glued (with silicon sealant) a CD over the port on a small 1x15 cab I found used - works great!
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03-16-2011, 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Devo-lution Not that easy. Cab size requirement changes if you go from ported to sealed or vice versa. And not every speaker works well in a sealed cab... | It wouldn't be difficult to reverse engineer a sealed cabinet with a given volume to a suitable driver. Sealed cabs are much more forgiving than other designs. |
03-16-2011, 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by JimmyM any day now not exactly sure when, but the heads are out now, and it shouldn't be much longer for the cabs. it's called the pf115he. | Does anybody know of some videos of these cabs, on which the bass is not slapped ? I want to hear the tone of the cab, not the chops of the guy playing it. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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