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Double Bass Anyone playing a David ?
- Thread starter godoze
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I'd like to hear if anyone's tried one, too. But at 50 watts into a 6" driver and 30 watts into the tweeter, it's hard to imagine it being useful for anything but the lowest volume drummerless gigs.
Don Zebrauskas said:
Disclaimer: I am not sure this is going to help much.
I did try one, at Musicora 2004 (music dealer show in Paris), on a carved Chinese bass with a SatB pickup, but in a tiny sound booth. Nice and tight sound, lots of preamp and phantom power to mix all the pickups and mics you can think of. You can plug an additional bass cabinet called Bass for extra ooomph. The whole package is cute and can generate a sizeable amount of G.A.Z. It's expensive, Velvet/Schertler likes to shoot for the hi end of the market. It sounded really good and clean in the sound booth at Musicora, so I would appreciate a fair field test report for that thing (hence the disclaimer to start this post).
Don, I prefer the pub280 over the Unico. More power and I
like the flexibility of using different preamps instead of the
multi-channel Unico with reverb. The pub280 does weigh
more though.
like the flexibility of using different preamps instead of the
multi-channel Unico with reverb. The pub280 does weigh
more though.
The last price I got from Chris at Schertler USA was $1000
list. I'm not positive the pub280 is still available in the US
but he might have some in stock.
list. I'm not positive the pub280 is still available in the US
but he might have some in stock.
I just checked out some of the docs but was not able to find the cutover frequency. Here's the thing: the Pub 1/380 bass extension extends the Pub 2/280 at 120 Hz. It's a ridiculous amount of extra weight to carry just for 120 Hz and below. Not one person who I've asked about the 1/380 - including one of the 2/280 endorsers, thinks it's worth the trouble and instead you're much better off using two 2/280s like Monte does. According to the doc, the Side is the recommended "companion" speaker to the David but that is a full range speaker not a bass extension like the 1/380.
I guess my point is that I think if you investigate this further (and I did) then you'll work out that a 2/280 is the better way to go. When I was buying my 2/280, the David was just being announced and I looked at it well as the Unico, the Side, and all the original equipment made by SR Technology in Italy who make these speaker systems for Schertler. The SR Tech systems called the JAM combos are the ones that the David and the like are based on.
Anyway, I concluded that I was just better off getting a Pub 2/280 and I did.
I guess my point is that I think if you investigate this further (and I did) then you'll work out that a 2/280 is the better way to go. When I was buying my 2/280, the David was just being announced and I looked at it well as the Unico, the Side, and all the original equipment made by SR Technology in Italy who make these speaker systems for Schertler. The SR Tech systems called the JAM combos are the ones that the David and the like are based on.
Anyway, I concluded that I was just better off getting a Pub 2/280 and I did.
I have not actually had a chance to try the Unico or the David. On specs alone and for my own purposes, I determined that the Pub 2/280 was the best way to go. In terms of money, I think it's the best value for money too of all the Schertler speaker offerings. I think it very much depends how much amplification you need but for me, while the Pub is quite powerful for it's small size (although it is heavy), I don't think I would want substantially less power.
