Amp vs Speaker Wattage

[bongomania]

GAHHH... Clipping is not ever DC. For the Loud CS guy to say that, is a damn shame and an embarrassment for Loud.

There is such a thing as DC offset due to hard clipping, but that is not what he was saying.

 

[dincz]

GAHHH... Clipping is not ever DC. For the Loud CS guy to say that, is a damn shame and an embarrassment for Loud.

There is such a thing as DC offset due to hard clipping, but that is not what he was saying.

Agreed. You might expect this kind of misinformation from a salesman but not from a manufacturer's customer support.

But let's be charitable and assume he's learned a lot in the last 7+ years.

 

[Bass_Pounder]

But let's be charitable and assume he's learned a lot in the last 7+ years.

Yep...........

I should have noted in my response earlier that this is a zombie thread to avoid more confusion.

 

[JimmyM]

GAHHH... Clipping is not ever DC. For the Loud CS guy to say that, is a damn shame and an embarrassment for Loud.

There is such a thing as DC offset due to hard clipping, but that is not what he was saying.

That was years ago. I'm pretty sure he's learned by now.

 

[Jaco who?]

Hooked them together nice, now its clipping when I play certain notes, especially around the 7th-12 frets. For some reason the woofer cant handle it and I get a warped metallic clipping sound .

How does your bass sound with a different amp/cab set up?

It could be a set up problem, either not enough neck relief or your pickups are too close to your strings.

What is your input gain set to (11:00, 1:00 O'clock, etc.) and where is your bass EQ set?

 

[Downunderwonder]

How does one crank kHz?

 

[Kulcha]

How does your bass sound with a different amp/cab set up?

It could be a set up problem, either not enough neck relief or your pickups are too close to your strings.

What is your input gain set to (11:00, 1:00 O'clock, etc.) and where is your bass EQ set?

honestly it has no problem at any volume. I have boosts on the volume and tone controls of my bass. Have a Yamaha D-Bass combo, sounds perfectly fine and boomin with it (Squier Jag bass mod). Im getting the metallic clipping sound even at 3-7 on the master volume control.

 

[Kulcha]

You just learned two valuable lessons......

1 - You CANNOT just throw any speaker into a cab because it is the "right size". There is science used in cabinet design, and the cabs interior dimensions and porting need to be done around the speaker being used.

2 - Wattage ratings on speakers are thermal limits. Real world results are about 1/2 the wattge rating depending on use of low end EQ.

this is odd...considering every bass player Ive spoken to in years past has told me they have no issue with reconing their cabs. I overstand there are ported and sealed cabinets. But what is this science behind it???

Ive tried to address this in other threads and been met with 1 positive response (amongst some off beat sarcasm) but Im assuming this might be a structural issue over technical. Just looking for help from my low end breddrin....

 

[ArtechnikA]

this is odd...considering every bass player Ive spoken to in years past has told me they have no issue with reconing their cabs.

It is a far different thing to recone with a cone assembly (voice coil and paper bits) from an identical, engineered driver than it is to simply toss in a _completely different driver_.

Some are designed for sealed cabinets - some for ported. Different drivers have far, far different excursion and resonant frequency ratings. This is the science - the volume of the box, the excursion of the voice coil, the resonant frequencies, and the power handling.