AudioKinesis Cabs Part VI...

[anderbass]

I did! Thanks for posting all that. No way will I do phase 2, but phase 1 doesn’t look too bad. The cab is working for me now obviously, but more natural low end would be welcome. I usually just boost lows a bit on my amp.

Cool your welcome, both phases of the mod are well worth doing yourself, or finding someone to help out with phase-2 if needed. I'll bet you wouldn't even have felt the need for purchasing that new custom-order cab from Duke if your 1544 had both of these mods preformed...

I used to try boosting my amps lows after only performing phase-1; It definitely helped a bit, but my 1544 simply couldn't reproduce very much deep-lowend until phase-2 of the mod was preformed. My 1544 still wont reproduce sub-woofer type lows, but my lower E-string notes all ring out in a very balanced way with authority now.

The 'Acoustic Filter Chamber' of Duke's 1544 was a very cool/unique design feature added to more closely simulate a sealed cab. I think he was really onto something extraordinary there. I truly believe the only short coming to this design feature was caused by the 1544's fairly small-physical size, this greatly limited the available space that was remaining for the lower chamber containing the 15" driver.

I really think Duke should experiment with building a new cab utilizing the Acoustic Filter Chamber feature again, but simply build it into a taller cab this time, so it could have a larger 12' or 15" speaker chamber....

 

[slagheap]

mon dieu! Mole Rat is pretty good.

 

[smperry]

I'll bet you wouldn't even have felt the need for purchasing that new custom-order cab from Duke if your 1544 had both of these mods preformed...

Nah, it was good to have an excuse to get another.

Edit: Maybe when the other one comes, I can rotate out the 1544 for that work. Right now, I need it too much with my band. Low lows aside, it has a clarity that I just didn't get with other cabs...maybe it's the low midrange that's working so well, but it's working.

 

[JohnnyBottom]

Thoughts?
As a backup...Can an MB200 push a Hathor 1203 in a respectable way?
or forget about it and just get another Quilter when possible.
(I do have 2 hathors but use 1 sometimes)
Thanks

 

[Al Kraft]

Thoughts?
As a backup...Can an MB200 push a Hathor 1203 in a respectable way?
or forget about it and just get another Quilter when possible.
(I do have 2 hathors but use 1 sometimes)
Thanks

My opinion is based on my experience with my C112T 8 Ohm cab, but I think the 12" driver is the same or similar. The cab seems to like some power to really sing and while the MB200 is a great little head (I own one), the 140 Watts it can muster at 8 Ohms is about half what I would consider necessary to get into the zone. At lower volumes, if you go easy on the bass EQ, you might be okay.

 

[JohnnyBottom]

My opinion is based on my experience with my C112T 8 Ohm cab, but I think the 12" driver is the same or similar. The cab seems to like some power to really sing and while the MB200 is a great little head (I own one), the 140 Watts it can muster at 8 Ohms is about half what I would consider necessary to get into the zone. At lower volumes, if you go easy on the bass EQ, you might be okay.

Thank you. I had a feeling.
So I have a Magellan and a Quilter.
Quilter is the backup for the Magellan but, I do use the Quilter a lot and
I just dont like 'throwing the ' Magellan in the trunk as a backup for the quilter. Just not right.
So... another quilter would be ideal but that Peavy minimax $307 - 15%
is a no brainer to keep in my car as a backup for the quilter. I might even like it.
And a Hathor is a back up for the Hathor, but we know Ill never need that
2 of everything. Gas free for now. Thanks.

 

[slagheap]

hi, Duke. hope all is well with you & yours. here's something to kick around in your non-existent spare time:
what intrigued me about your description of the H1505 was that among the Hathors it responded the most dramatically to the switches, a bit like two cabs in one. i'd like a 15" AK cab, but it seems to me a 1533 would, for all practical purposes, duplicate my current 2 x H1203 stack ( which i love, ) while a Thunderchild wouldn't be optimum for my P bass and the blues, boogie, rock, r&b, country, rockabilly, stuff i typically encounter. have you ever modeled, for instance, an H1506, with a character similar to the old H1505 in mind? just wonderin'.
thanks, Duke.

 

[John D Harris]

hi, Duke. hope all is well with you & yours. here's something to kick around in your non-existent spare time:
what intrigued me about your description of the H1505 was that among the Hathors it responded the most dramatically to the switches, a bit like two cabs in one. i'd like a 15" AK cab, but it seems to me a 1533 would, for all practical purposes, duplicate my current 2 x H1203 stack ( which i love, ) while a Thunderchild wouldn't be optimum for my P bass and the blues, boogie, rock, r&b, country, rockabilly, stuff i typically encounter. have you ever modeled, for instance, an H1506, with a character similar to the old H1505 in mind? just wonderin'.
thanks, Duke.

There is the Hathor 1863 - the Thor Hammer!

 

[DukeLeJeune]

what intrigued me about your description of the H1505 was that among the Hathors it responded the most dramatically to the switches, a bit like two cabs in one. i'd like a 15" AK cab, but it seems to me a 1533 would, for all practical purposes, duplicate my current 2 x H1203 stack (which i love, ) while a Thunderchild wouldn't be optimum for my P bass and the blues, boogie, rock, r&b, country, rockabilly, stuff i typically encounter. have you ever modeled, for instance, an H1506, with a character similar to the old H1505 in mind? just wonderin'.
thanks, Duke.

I do plan to replace the 1505, because I think the basic concept fills a niche, just as you pointed out. And chances are the replacement will be a 1506 just as you suggest, but I haven't looked at all the possibilities yet. And by "look at", I mean, buy the mid and measure it.

 

[shrigg]

There is the Hathor 1863 - the Thor Hammer!

@DukeLeJeune, don't you have an all-new version coming out of the highly anticipated Hathor 18xx?

 

[McFarlin]

Since it came up, I had to find a picture of the beast.

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@DukeLeJeune, don't you have an all-new version coming out of the highly anticipated Hathor 18xx?

I think that's it, above your quote, shrigg.

 

[mexicanyella]

What with Duke having cabinet names like Hathor, and everyone's basic familiarity with the Marvel Cinematic Universe and its certain propagation of general knowledge about Thor and Norse mythology...shouldn't one of these cabinet designs be called the Mjolnir?*

*I don't know how to put an umlaut over an "o" on my tablet keyboard, but there's supposed to be one. A cab with an 18, a Norse mythology name and an umlaut would be so badass as to transcend metal, and all other badass genres of music too. It almost wouldn't have to sound good.

 

[DukeLeJeune]

@DukeLeJeune, don't you have an all-new version coming out of the highly anticipated Hathor 18xx?

Yes, but I'm still working on it. Or, more precisely, working to get caught up enough so that I can spend the several days still needed on it.

I think that's it, above your quote, shrigg.

That cab ended up being a step along the way.

Since that cab was built, a company sent me a pre-production sample of a new cone midrange driver. It is larger than I would have normally picked but I really like it.

My current plan is to do two 118 cabs, a Hathor-style cab similar in format to the one in the photo McFarlin posted, and one that will be more Thunderchild-esque.

I am also hoping to recess the woofer enough that the grille doesn't pooch out beyond the face of the front baffle.

One of the challenges is, finding a way to keep the build time from ballooning. That has happened to me before. Time is the thing in shortest supply for me, and time translates into price.

Along those lines, I have renewed my search for a semi-local woodworking shop that can cut boards for me on a CNC machine. I have been cutting all the boards myself for the past three years. There are tons of cabinet-making shops with CNC machines in the Dallas area, but because of the booming economy they are all so busy building kitchens that literally I have not found a single one willing to even have a conversation with me. I have managed to meet with a few one-man-show woodworkers but they either balked at what was involved or their prices were too high. I'm meeting with a woodworker next week who seems promising, so hopefully this will be the solution.

 

[bonin in the boneyard]

What with Duke having cabinet names like Hathor, and everyone's basic familiarity with the Marvel Cinematic Universe and its certain propagation of general knowledge about Thor and Norse mythology...shouldn't one of these cabinet designs be called the Mjolnir?*

*I don't know how to put an umlaut over an "o" on my tablet keyboard, but there's supposed to be one. A cab with an 18, a Norse mythology name and an umlaut would be so badass as to transcend metal, and all other badass genres of music too. It almost wouldn't have to sound good.

I was under the impression that Hathor was Greek, not Norse.

 

[mexicanyella]

I was under the impression that Hathor was Greek, not Norse.

I meant Mjolnir was Norse...Thor's hammer.

 

[bonin in the boneyard]

I meant Mjolnir was Norse...Thor's hammer.

Yes. I only thought you were conflating Hathor and Thor somehow. Carry on!

 

[mexicanyella]

Google informs me that Hathor is in fact an ancient Egyptian goddess...which, as I type this, I begin to recall from waaaay back in the AK thread, concerning a possible logo design with a cow motif or something (since Hathor was sometimes depicted as a feminine form with the head of a cow).

How about a subtle shift in AK cabinet-naming stragegy towards intentional jacking up I mean conflating of mythological figures? That could be fun. I'm picturing a logo that looks like the hammer of a Norse god, but with the head of a cow, eight arms protruding from the handle, and some legs to suggest the lotus position, and maybe a halo. The umlauts would obviously have to be placed over consonants instead of vowels, and maybe one or more characters in the name could be the exclamation point as the click consonant in some African words.

A click consonant would go nicely with an umlaut over it, really.

There. Go.

 

[DukeLeJeune]

What with Duke having cabinet names like Hathor, and everyone's basic familiarity with the Marvel Cinematic Universe and its certain propagation of general knowledge about Thor and Norse mythology...shouldn't one of these cabinet designs be called the Mjolnir?*

I gotta be able to spell it and pronounce it!

It turns out that "Hafthor" is a real Nordic name. Here's what a Hafthor actually looks like:

I was under the impression that Hathor was Greek, not Norse.

The epic saga of how the name Hathor ended up being used for a bass cab line is told here (warning: amateur home movie content):

AudioKinesis Cabs Part VI...

 

[Guitarodeo]

I gotta be able to spell it and pronounce it!

It turns out that "Hafthor" is a real Nordic name. Here's what a Hafthor actually looks like:

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The epic saga of how the name Hathor ended up being used for a bass cab line is told here (warning: amateur home movie content):

AudioKinesis Cabs Part VI...

This is how I feel about my 1203. Pound for pound a heavy hitter.

 

[bonin in the boneyard]

I gotta be able to spell it and pronounce it!

It turns out that "Hafthor" is a real Nordic name. Here's what a Hafthor actually looks like:

View attachment 3094416



The epic saga of how the name Hathor ended up being used for a bass cab line is told here (warning: amateur home movie content):

AudioKinesis Cabs Part VI...

That guy's AT LEAST Haf a Thor.

(Ba-dum, tss!)

A veritable MOUNTAIN of a man.

(So sorry!)