I am using 500W @ 8ohms, Orange BT500. Works great. Just don't ask a single 1x12 cab to do more than it is designed to do. Be sensible. That's all.
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Baer Amplification Megathread!
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I am using 500W @ 8ohms, Orange BT500. Works great. Just don't ask a single 1x12 cab to do more than it is designed to do. Be sensible. That's all.
Honestly Gary, I couldn't be happier! It is a pleasure to play through and truly inspiring.
I've powered a pair of ML112s with an Aggie TH500 and a Mark Bass F500.
But I never needed to run the amps wide open! Plenty loud, way before that point...
Pretty much what Ken has said here. The puma seems to be a very popular amp with our cabs and I haven't heard anyone comment on a loud hiss before. Almost all bass heads have some inherent background noise form the preamp, but it shouldn't be to the point of being distracting. Try switching everything else in the signal chain first. Different bass, cable, amp and remove any pedals from the signal chain.
Also... everyone might know this already, but pretty much any time I get any noise at all, it's because of the room I'm in.
My house is only 8 years old, so the electrical in it is pretty modern and "up to code" and I still get some weird hum stuff when I'm in the music room in my basement when I crank it up nice and loud. I'm assuming it's because I'm basically surrounded by a spiderweb of 15 and 20 amp electrical circuits, light bulbs, TV's, computers, Ninetendos, WiFi routers, etc., etc., and my bass/amp/cables are all really just giant powered antennas.
If hook everything back up somewhere else (different room in my house or completely different location altogether), I might get no noise at all... or even more noise... but it's never, EVER so bad that it would affect a live band performance... and it happens with any bass and any amp I use, regardless of cables, pedalboards, effects, etc.
I'm honestly a little more surprised when I hear dead quiet through a loud thumping rig than I am when I get a little hum or whatever.
My house is only 8 years old, so the electrical in it is pretty modern and "up to code" and I still get some weird hum stuff when I'm in the music room in my basement when I crank it up nice and loud. I'm assuming it's because I'm basically surrounded by a spiderweb of 15 and 20 amp electrical circuits, light bulbs, TV's, computers, Ninetendos, WiFi routers, etc., etc., and my bass/amp/cables are all really just giant powered antennas.
If hook everything back up somewhere else (different room in my house or completely different location altogether), I might get no noise at all... or even more noise... but it's never, EVER so bad that it would affect a live band performance... and it happens with any bass and any amp I use, regardless of cables, pedalboards, effects, etc.
I'm honestly a little more surprised when I hear dead quiet through a loud thumping rig than I am when I get a little hum or whatever.
The thing is I'm not getting hum... No 60 cycles here... This is hiss. Funny, Donovan at the Fretspot (great guy!) who sold me the Puma suggested trying another power source. I've never experienced hiss noise before due to bad electric. And my other rigs do not have this problem, so I don't think this is an electrical issue. Also, when I listened to the headphone out of the Puma, I heard the hiss as well.
Now will anyone notice this, including myself, when playing live? Definitely not. But I've yet to listen to the DI out to see if its there too. If so, then it's a whole different ball game.
Shipped out our first cabinet to a happy customer in Malaysia last week. We now have cabs in Australia, UK, Italy, Costa Rica, Switzerland, Canada and Malaysia. Can't tell you guys how cool it is that the cabs are so well liked and making their way around the world! Exciting to think of what the future holds!
Just picked up a Mpulse 600 to pair with the Baer ML112s. I have a Puma 900 that kills with it, but just want to compare with an older heavy weight. Gigged the M6 for years with the Berg AE410, but thought the Mpulse would pair up better with the ML12s. I will also have TC electronic RH450 soon as part of a trade. I doubt either will kick the Puma out of #1 spot, but we will see. Any thoughts? Oh BTW, no cab GAS at all!!
Congratulations Roger. That is very cool!
Now if only you would stop tweaking the ML115 so you will have a cab in Orchard Park, NY as well!
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Hope your Mesa pairing works out. The M6 and ML112 wasn't my cup of tea. Never tried the mpulse.
Mpulse600 is a very different thing from the M6. Closer to the Streamliner... big, fat, tubey, warm, creamy sounding. Should be a killer combination, if a bit large and a bit heavy.
The first pre-production run is coming along well. Boards are being loaded as we speak. Spent the last week at the box company designing the box and foam inserts for the amp. Yes, everything has to be engineered and I do mean engineered. This insert was designed in CAD and then the amp and box were put into a computer program that runs various simulations on it the see how the packaging will react to being dropped and crushed during transit. Proper packaging needs to meet specific UPS and FedEx requirements in order for them to honor a claim against damage during shipping. If your packaging doesn't meet their specs, good luck trying to get them to pay a claim on a product like this damaged during shipping.
We will be taking deposits on those first 10 units here in a week, or so and I expect to be shipping those units out before the end of June.
Congratulations Roger. That is very cool!
Now if only you would stop tweaking the ML115 so you will have a cab in Orchard Park, NY as well!
AND?????..........
If we're getting close on deposits, do you have a number in mind for what MSRP is going to be yet?
