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Am I... Asking the impossible???

#82
overit said:
OP wants to buy a combo.
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Yeah. It would have been nice if things had just started out that way...

"I want to buy a small combo for home practice. I'm not up on all the models out there...so, what are people digging these days? I'd like to get the most "full and rich" sound possible at low volume. I know this can be done with good headphones, but I truly do not like headphones."
 
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#83
I was super impressed with this bass combo. A 1-15 speaker for those low Bs and open Es. Only weighs 39 lbs. Designed in Denmark. $349 delivered to your door!

Ya hate headphones but it's got the jack for it anyway.

As for your neighbors, you'll just have to keep the volume down. What else can ya do?

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I can play a 410 with my Electric or Peavey 400 head at low volumes, hell I've even played both of them running together many times, in an apt and not get complaints and it still sounds great.....

Other than that, I can use my Ampeg B50R and it does the job well enough. Although I'm not sure if it will handle the low tunings that well. Maybe a B100R will get you there with it's 12. The 50R has a 10 I think...
 
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#86
I guess the lesson here is that I’m just a spoiled brat after being able to crank my doom rig and I have to learn to live with my beard not rippling majestically in the soundwaves.

And check out some GK rigs. The notion of a small head and a small cab or two appeals to my aging back.
 
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#87
Anyone said Acme yet?
Uncle Hanky said:
sound pretty decent with the low A on my fiver
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A used Acme Low B-1. Better if 8 ohms (to be used with one of your current heads, whose power rating I have zero clue about, so 8-ohm is safer, given the 150W max power handleable by the cab.)

It's quiet (90dB at 1W/1m), it's said to be awesome for 5-string bass (-3dB at 41Hz, -6dB at 31Hz, I'd guess about -8dB at 27.5Hz), it should might set you back as low as 200-250 bucks if you can find one.

Yeah, no, it isn't a combo. But you did say low A. Something's gotta give.
 
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I've been researching combos.... My stage rig is a Mesa Impulse 600 and a Mesa Powerhouse 1000. There's no way I can haul the cabinet to the basement so it sits in the garage. So, I rely on combos for practice. Currently I have a GK 700RB 2x10 combo. Sounds good at low volume and low b reproduces fine.

Reason why I am looking other combos is that even the GK is getting heavy for me for those gigs that don't require my Mesa rig.

So the GK MB's are attractive, sure, but I've been more interested in the following simply because of the weight to power ratio and what I perceive as the latest in bass speaker tech:
  • TC Electronic RS 2x10 and matching amp
  • Trace Elliot Elf systems
  • Genzler BA10-2 combo
The idea of small driver vertical arrays and small amps and cabinets are really attractive. Need more? Just add another small / lightweight cabinet. Moldularity over a single monster cab. Genzler is at the top of my list. I've no doubt it will reproduce what my Modulus Q5 outputs. If I buy in I may go ahead and get a TCE pedal for the tone prints. Eventually I could get another Genzler cab and I could have a new rig for small clubs, the Mesa being regulated to larger venues or even sold.

Point is, bass tech has advanced a lot so IMO if your looking at gear the above should be considered (tech in general, weight, power, modular components). Quantum leap in tech considering you're moving on from what you have pictured.
 
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#94
The A0 fundamental frquency is 27Hz. There is basically two ways to aproach this. Either you go for comercial bass amps and hence skip on frequencies below ~45Hz. Or you use a larger studio monitor or hifi system that is spec:d to reproduce 27Hz. The latter option will generally play "home practice"- loud. You did not ask for "band with hard hitting drummer"- loud but that would involve big amps, big cabinets and lots of driver piston area.
 
#97
Downunderwonder said:
What is wrong with turning it down?
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I do not think it is meant as a joke. I have a Gallien Krueger 800 RB pushing 300 watts and a Traynor SB500H head pushing 500 watts either one of those hooked to a Hartke HD 112 cabinet. I live in a two bedroom apartment. My rig is in the living room. I sit at 90 degrees to the speaker; 2 feet away from the cabinet and I turn down and it is just fine. I find the tone much more satisfying that using a 25-50 watt combo amp.
 

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