Recent content by billleeee

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    Yet another thread on heads, cabs, watts and amps

    I haven’t finalized, but yes, the ones I’m looking at would be from the same manufacturer, and the same line from that manufacturer, so similar speaker construction, drivers, etc. It’s quite possible I’m old fashioned, but I do feel like I hear a difference between the 15” speaker I have at home...
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    Yet another thread on heads, cabs, watts and amps

    I’ve considered it, and have purchased both used and new gear in the past. It’s your last part that is the tricky one - often tough to tell when something has been merely used vs abused. I’m also somewhat picky about the condition of my gear, and I’ve not come across too much used gear that...
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    Yet another thread on heads, cabs, watts and amps

    Thanks. I’m not necessarily set on matching the amp maker to the cabinet maker, but absolutely would match the cabinets to each other for all the reasons you note. It’s a bit odd to me that GK would only make full power available by using a pair of speakers with different impedance, and it’s...
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    Yet another thread on heads, cabs, watts and amps

    Thank you for the very diligent and well thought out reply. I suppose the problem with asking for opinions from “smarter minds than I” is that I may lack the processing power to fully comprehend your response. Can you please clarify what I should be taking away from your calculations? Is it that...
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    Yet another thread on heads, cabs, watts and amps

    Apologies if this has been addressed, but after much searching, I’m not finding the answer, so I figured I’d ask the very specific question and hope some smarter minds than I can shed some light (and based on 2025 knowledge). Have played for about 30 years but always had combos. Looking to move...