Barefaced Compact Review - Light, Loud & Low.

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I'm assuming you mean my LDS 112?

If so the Compact beats it in most ways. More efficient, more low end, lighter and easier to move (30LBS vs 27 for the Compact). The 112 is more punchy though and it looks better. Of course the Compact cost me $850 and I'm selling the LDS 112 for $350 so...

 

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One merely has to model the drivers in WinISD in appropriate box sizes to see that the 3012HO and the 3015 are not that similar in the way they deal below 200 Hz, and look at the Eminence datasheet FR graphs (superimposition is good for those who can't put them side by side) to see how they differ above 200 Hz.

Roughly speaking, there isn't much difference in sensitivity - just that the 3015 presents its similarly wide FR profile lower in the spectrum than the 3012HO does, going lower and not reaching as high, especially once off-axis response is factored in. For a lot of bassists and depending on the style of music, the 3015 will be percieved as louder because it "fills" more below 100 Hz, though the 3012HO might appeal to those who listen more to the upper mids where the 3015 has lost the plot.

Visually this stuff is so simple to comprehend, and once you look at things you go "Aha!" when you see how it corresponds to what one would actually hear.