Been wanting to post this. Been really diggin it.
3 Acme B2 8 ohm cabs / Carvin B1500
I think around 500w each?
Haven't tried them vertically yet.
Very cool. That must rock.
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Acme Users Unite!!!
- Thread starter jokerjkny
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Very cool. That must rock.
Here's my Acme rig of doom...
And no, I don't normally play it this way but it was fun to try LOL
What IS that??? (2) B4s + (2) B2s???
Have mercy!
MM
What IS that??? (2) B4s + (2) B2s???
Have mercy!
MM
Bottom to top - Series I B4, Series II b4 and 2x Series II B2,
I have a pair of Series I B2s and another pair of Series II B2s. I mostly use the Series Is. For some reason I seem to prefer them.
Paul
+1 to that!!!
I'm using two B-2's with a Millennia STT-1 into a Crest CA-9...WOW!!! My alder Jazz with EMG's never sounded better. Pump the mids and highs a bit, roll off the neck pickup to taste. Tight as a drum low end, cutting and SOLID!
Andy just sent me a B2. It should be here this week. I am looking forward to hearing one of these first hand. 
IIRC Andy told me it was the same - but I could be wrong. However it's nothing to do with the teeter.
Paul
I thought there was something on the Acme site about this and Andy wrote that his Series I tweeter was discontinued but Audax had another one that worked just fine. The crossovers are different too (IIRC).
If you go to www.acmebass.com, click on "products" and click on the "Series II" hyperlink Andy discusses the tweeter and crossover changes between Series I and Series II.
2nd year in a row two pairs of B-2's supplied sound for daughter's dance recital. A pair of QSC PLX2402's are used for power. Here the pic from last year and I'll post this year's pics once I get them off the camera chip.........
OK, here are this year's pictures finally(050908 pm):
Controls:
Cheap EQ-> QSC2402's run parallel inputs(one amp per auditorium side).
The SansAmp, dbx, and QSC in one box are my small, non-Line6 amp.
ACME's on right side:
Unique addition = daughter's Behringer keyboard amp(15, mid, tweeter) as a cross stage/side fill. It helped those not used to hearing reflected-only sound:
OK, here are this year's pictures finally(050908 pm):
Controls:
Cheap EQ-> QSC2402's run parallel inputs(one amp per auditorium side).
The SansAmp, dbx, and QSC in one box are my small, non-Line6 amp.
ACME's on right side:
Unique addition = daughter's Behringer keyboard amp(15, mid, tweeter) as a cross stage/side fill. It helped those not used to hearing reflected-only sound:
I have since purchased another Series I Low B4 and, like BassmanPaul, I'm starting to favor my two Series I cabs over my Series II. I'm can't put my finger on it but they sound different when played side by side.
This purchase puts my total Acme cab ownership at 5 cabs: 2 Series II B2 8 ohms, 1 Series II B4 4 ohms, and 2 Series I B4 8 ohms. For some stupid reason I sold a 4 ohms Series II B2. I would have had six cabs!
This purchase puts my total Acme cab ownership at 5 cabs: 2 Series II B2 8 ohms, 1 Series II B4 4 ohms, and 2 Series I B4 8 ohms. For some stupid reason I sold a 4 ohms Series II B2. I would have had six cabs!
Andy just sent me a B2. It should be here this week. I am looking forward to hearing one of these first hand.
Congrats! Please be sure to break it in properly (I believe Andy provides instructions on this)...bad things can happen to your woofers if you don't...
Being that I am in an acoustical trio sometimes quintet with no drummer, I am considering a B1 powered by a Genz-Benz shuttle 3.0. I would be using this primarly as a stage monitor for us and DI or miking into the house P.A as usual. Since we fly so much to our gigs size is a huge consideration. What do you think of this combination for my applications? I appreciate your thoughts.
Ron D.
Ron D.
In my opinion you should get a B2 or two B1 cabs. We occasionally play without a drummer and I use a B2 and it is plenty. I think it would be too easy to overstress a single B1 in anything more than bedroom practice or small living room rehearsals. IMHO and YMMV of course.
I agree with Bassbrock, I think a pair of B1s would be better. I have played many gigs where I could have gotten away with one of my B2s but as I stack them vertically two take up the same real estate as one so I always use two.
Paul
Paul
A pair would be advisable for sure if B-1 is the way you want to go....but be aware that for a given net impeadance, two B-1's are even less efficient than one B-2.
How so? Doesn't the coupling effect of two B-1s stacked vertically compensate somewhat for the inefficiency of each one if used separately? Or if placed side by side? Such that the total efficiency would then be comparable to using a single B-2?
MM
How so? Doesn't the coupling effect of two B-1s stacked vertically compensate somewhat for the inefficiency of each one if used separately? Or if placed side by side? Such that the total efficiency would then be comparable to using a single B-2?
MM
Well, I hear where your going, and I'm no expert, but the B-1 is 90 DB and the B-2 is 93 db. The pair will certainly be capable of going louder than the single, due to the added mechanical surface and such, but 3 DB more effecient to the amp...Interesting point you raise.
Perhaps Alex or someone in the know could chime in here.
Acoustic coupling identical drivers provides a 3 dB gain in sensitivity. A stacked pair of B1s will be just as sensitive as a single B2. A pair of B2s will be as sensitive as a single B4.
