A few times (back when I had a rack) I would set the rack on its side beside the bottom cab.
Sort of depends on how much you mess with your controls during a gig - for me very seldom.
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AudioKinesis Cabs Part VI...
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Sort of depends on how much you mess with your controls during a gig - for me very seldom.
I've got some small cabinets that I really enjoy using thanks to how they sound. I built a rack out of 1/2" plywood and covered it in Duratex. The small cabs get placed onto of the rack. The upsides are it gets the cabinet up off the floor and allows me to use a super nice head or pre and power set up.
Once I set level and trim eq in soundcheck I'm on to fuss with other things.
Once I set level and trim eq in soundcheck I'm on to fuss with other things.
I used a black cam buckle tie down over the rack, through its handles and hooked to each of the cabs handles. Super strong and only takes a few seconds to instal/remove. I use one like this and cut off the unneeded leinth of the strap: https://www.amazon.com/Highland-103...1479218183&sr=1-8&keywords=Cambuckle+Tie+Down
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I will check out the tie downs. I have put the rack on my pedal case was looking to see if there was an amp stand or something to make it more accesable.
Cool, the tiedown could probably serve double duty as an (over the shoulder) carry strap for your cab too...
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My Thunderchild cab fits underneath this stand quite nicely: WS-540 - Quiklok - Professional Music Equipment and Accessories
But I have found that the shallower SKB racks sit on top plenty securely enough for my playing situations with a small-ish piece of dual density yoga mat foam between the cab and the rack case. It fits inside the case for storage and I added some perforated shelf liner for more grippiness.
IF I have FOH support, AND I'm worried about the stack being unstable, I turn the cab on their sides (stacked) then place the rack (3U) on top of it. It is very stable in that configuration.
Otherwise, as long as the cabs are on a stable surface in a low traffic area, I simply place the rack on the (vertically stacked) cabs with a small towel between them.
I figure my rack is about as stable as a small head. It looks a little scary, but it works fine.
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I wanted to post for anyone concerned about the roadworthiness of the AudioKinesis cabs.
I have had mine (two 1203s) since September of 2014. They have held up just fine.
When I first got them, I didn't have covers. So, I pulled a couple of thick t-shirts over them for transport. That worked fine, and I never got around to ordering covers. Maybe if I were traveling more, covers might be an option. They have been used for all of my gigs (including several outdoor gigs) and rehearsals and still looks a perform great. I did use my older cabs for one gig that I just knew it was going to rain (but we were spared anyway)!
Oh, and they sound just as good now as when I first got them!
I have had mine (two 1203s) since September of 2014. They have held up just fine.
When I first got them, I didn't have covers. So, I pulled a couple of thick t-shirts over them for transport. That worked fine, and I never got around to ordering covers. Maybe if I were traveling more, covers might be an option. They have been used for all of my gigs (including several outdoor gigs) and rehearsals and still looks a perform great. I did use my older cabs for one gig that I just knew it was going to rain (but we were spared anyway)!
Oh, and they sound just as good now as when I first got them!
Took my new hathor 1203 to rehearsal tonight and it killed.
Awesome! Just got word last night that mine ships early next week. In this age of instant gratification, it's been surprisingly hard to be patient while Duke does his magic.
Duke emailed me last night, and I just sent my balance due payment via Paypal for my new Hathor 12. It's shipping today.
Here are a couple more pics of the Hathor 212 from the day it arrived. Unfortunately I've been out of commission for the last week with the flu so I haven't had a chance to push this thing at rehearsal. Sounds killer at home though at moderate volume levels. I'm taking it with me on Monday to rehearsal so I crank it a little.
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Thanks for posting those pics Trent.
Just in case anyone is wondering about the relatively thin areas in between the cut-outs on the back panel, each of those areas is reinforced with a solid wood brace (not plywood). I do that in my other cabs as well when there's a relatively thin area in between cut-outs.
Just in case anyone is wondering about the relatively thin areas in between the cut-outs on the back panel, each of those areas is reinforced with a solid wood brace (not plywood). I do that in my other cabs as well when there's a relatively thin area in between cut-outs.
Nice!!!! Looking forward to hearing a review of that bad boy.
Here was my rig for a short live looping set tonight. The TC500/TC112 sounded excellent. Perhaps I don't need to look into the Mesa... Keeping the Drive knob at zero definitely helps clean things up. The TC112, of course, was stellar and perfect for the venue, a very small theater/performance space.
Here was my rig for a short live looping set tonight. The TC500/TC112 sounded excellent. Perhaps I don't need to look into the Mesa... Keeping the Drive knob at zero definitely helps clean things up. The TC112, of course, was stellar and perfect for the venue, a very small theater/performance space.
I did a casino gig tonight and used my passive Reimer Pro5 with Nordstrand pups, the engineer commented it was the best bass tone he had ever heard. Played 90% of the time on just the P pick up. Half our songs with a pick. Switches up.
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The two have similar maximum sound pressure levels, but the 212 takes twice as much power to get there. In return, you get a more solid low end, deeper & more impact, with the 212 (two motors instead of just one = more impact). The mids on the 1505 are more aggressive in "growly" mode, and there is a greater difference in voicings between the two midrange settings with the 1505. The 212 goes higher with its pair of 3" mids.
A couple of weeks ago I showed the Hathor 1533 at a GTG in the Dallas area. I mention it here because it figures into the same general ballpark as the two cabs you asked me to compare. The 1533 combines the top end of the 212 (which is of course quite similar to the 1203) with the more growly upper mids of my custom 15" woofer. So in some ways the 1533 sits "in between" the 212 and 1505 as far as voicing goes. Low end of the 1533 is identical to the 1505, but because the more beefy 5" mid allows more overlappage in the crossover region, the 1505 is a bit more aggressive than the 1533 in "growly" mode.
People who own the 1203 have told me that the 1505 (or 1533) has a bigger bottom end. It does seem to sound that way, but actually the 15" Hathor cabs are -4 dB at 64 Hz, while the little 1203 is -3 dB at 64 Hz. The shape of the low-end response curve of the 15" cabs probably averages a bit higher relative to the rest of the spectrum, and my guess is that that accounts for the perception of "big low end" on the 15" cabs.
The 1505 and 1533 have the "4/8 ohm" switch, so they can be set to "8 ohm" mode (at the loss of about 1 dB of efficiency) and safely paralleled with another 8-ohm cab if needed. If you don't need that feature, the switch can be omitted, saving you about a pound in weight.
If there is one area in particular that you'd like for me to go into more detail about, let me know.
