Big E Speakers Part 4 - Quadraphenia

[spiritbass]

No, but the native voicing is like an aggressive version of smooth. In other words no deliberate peaks, but the general trend of the response curve is a bit on the aggressive side of neutral. This was Mike's idea, and the drivers he selected do it with relatively little overt persuasion on the part of the crossover. I wish my own crossovers came together as elegantly. There's only one actual response-shaping circuit in the whole crossover... ime that almost never happens when the goal is a well-behaved response curve. I think you'll find the native voicing of the cab to be a very useful "starting point" for whatever tone shaping you want to do. For instance my original Thunderchild 112 was arguably too smooth and laid-back - it was hard to coax a real growly tone out of it. That won't be the case here.

And this has nothing to do with the crossover, but the way the 18Sound woofer in this cab "pops" - delivers the leading edge of the notes with palpable impact - seems to be in the same league as the mighty Flex 210 (though nothing that I know of approaches the Flexibility of the 210). That pop is all Steve and Tom combined with Mike's obsessive wooferquesting and experience in what works and what doesn't. For those of you who may have been frustrated with Mike's rapid evolution of new versions and new models, this is how he has been able to cram many years' equivalent of R&D experience into about two calendar years.

Thanks for this very informative post, Duke. This one 'sounds' like a best-seller to me!

 

[mntngrown]

Yeah, I was just jokin around about new design envy. I am afraid to hear kesslari's 2x10 flex. I might want one. My 46 is loud enough for most of my indoor gigs. We play conversation is still possible blues.

 

[JxBass]

Didn't Al Green sing "If bein' louder than you is wrong, I don't wanna be right"?
Louder than the Flex - that's pretty effin' loud. Lordy, they're building some crazy shtuff.

Luther Ingram.

 

[johnnybass01]

Mike is probably knee deep in crossover building right now .

 

[Don Sibley]

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[johnnybass01]

I read that also, sounding real good .

 

[3rdcurve]

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Schweet

 

[wave rider]

MA112 ≠ MAS112?

I missed the differences somewhere, please illuminate me.

=wr=

 

[greenrositti]

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Mike--thanks for ruining my Fourth of July weekend ;-) Now I'm in danger of dying of symptoms related to GAS. I'll be sure to give my first impressions here, along with a full gig report after receiving my MAS112. I'm very excited!

 

[Don Sibley]

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't it just the performance and therefore cost of the drivers and crossover?

MA112 ≠ MAS112?

I missed the differences somewhere, please illuminate me.

=wr=

 

[3rdcurve]

MA112 ≠ MAS112?

I missed the differences somewhere, please illuminate me.

=wr=

MAS112 upgrades the mids from 3" to 4" with a Duke designed crossover. MA112 can be upgraded from the 3012LF to the 18sound 12, were it is standard on the MAS112. Correct me if I am wrong Mike, but I believe the Ciarre tweet is an option on both.

 

[wave rider]

Thanks! The options plot thickens...

=wr=

 

[Mike Arnopol]

Sorry guys
Up in Wisconsin for the 4th with limited internet access. On Monday I will map out the entire 112 business.

 

[3rdcurve]

Hope Mike didn't get kidnapped by an unruly group of cheese heads!

 

[mntngrown]

That would be "Looks like I got a tiger by the tail" scenario.

 

[MrBEAR]

Sorry guys
Up in Wisconsin for the 4th with limited internet access. On Monday I will map out the entire 112 business.

Awaiting the map so I may plot a course through the sea of options offered.

 

[Mike Arnopol]

Hey all

Back but super busy getting caught up on cabs.I'll post later (not here) today to clarify the whole deal with the various iterations of the 112. It's all solidified and done.

 

[kesslari]

The continuous rapid evolution of the MAS speakers would make Darwin blush!

 

[kesslari]

The continuous rapid evolution of the MAS speakers would make Darwin blush!

 

[Ewo]

The continuous rapid evolution of the MAS speakers would make Darwin blush!

Maybe it's not evolution, so much as _intelligent design_...


In any case, I'm saving up the shekels for an MAS112. Sounds like it'll work real well for the bar gigs I'm doing.