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    Bass Ports

    We have a winner! EBP is less of an issue for vented vs sealed than it is for vented vs horn loaded. The design of vented cabs and drivers works...
    Post by: Tuned, Apr 13, 2013 in forum: Amps and Cabs [BG]
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    Bass Ports

    I'm pulling up a chair for this one. I'm of the unpopular camp that deep bass is the job of subwoofers, and if you don't have them, having a fat...
    Post by: Tuned, Apr 13, 2013 in forum: Amps and Cabs [BG]
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    Xsonics Club

    Xsonics cabs are isobaric dual-driver designs. Isobarics perform no better than a single driver in a larger cabinet, but take twice as much power...
    Post by: Tuned, Apr 12, 2013 in forum: Amps and Cabs [BG]
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    Rack Equalizer in an Amp Rig?

    Rent first. 31 band EQ's subject the signal to a lot of circuitry, costs some life out of the sound even with it set flat. Start by comparing...
    Post by: Tuned, Apr 12, 2013 in forum: Live Sound [BG]
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    How Would You React? (BL Problem)

    I've got $50 that says the BL is a cancer - he tries to do everything to please people except figure out how. They can be very good musicians and...
    Post by: Tuned, Apr 12, 2013 in forum: Band Management [BG]
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    How hard to snap on a disorganized frontman

    So as I type, I've got two messages in with the frontman of one of my bands, which has good potential to step up to a national level next year...
    Thread by: Tuned, Apr 12, 2013, 10 replies, in forum: Band Management [BG]
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    Amp on stand?

    You hear with your ears, but you feel sound with your chest. Getting the cab up and close to your ribs gives you more feel without any increase...
    Post by: Tuned, Apr 12, 2013 in forum: Amps and Cabs [BG]
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    How much do you let your amp define your tone and over all sound?

    Yes, some engineers don't like post-preamp DI, that's why I just move the cable when they're not looking :) Yes, it has to be EQ'ed a bit, but so...
    Post by: Tuned, Apr 10, 2013 in forum: Amps and Cabs [BG]
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    Amp on stand?

    So the Easter bunny, Santa Claus, and an accomplished sound engineer that can't make a decent PA sound better than a bass rig walk into a bar......
    Post by: Tuned, Apr 10, 2013 in forum: Amps and Cabs [BG]
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    PA system recommendation for small-medium venues

    Yamaha powered mixers sound very good, but tend to be a little dainty. The Yorkville MicroMix 810 is a lot tougher and has more versatile EQ....
    Post by: Tuned, Apr 10, 2013 in forum: Live Sound [BG]
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    What amps are similar to the Acoustic B600H?

    Actually often a 4 ohm cab from the same manufacturer as an 8 ohm cab will be significantly louder from the same amp. The reason is that usually...
    Post by: Tuned, Apr 10, 2013 in forum: Amps and Cabs [BG]
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    How much do you let your amp define your tone and over all sound?

    I think there's a semantic issue here, the word "define" is misused in the OP. Of course we, the players, define the tone, the question is how...
    Post by: Tuned, Apr 10, 2013 in forum: Amps and Cabs [BG]