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Big E Speakers Part 4 - Quadraphenia
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I am still loving my Purple Tank. What I find fascinating is how good the cab sounds even at noodling while watching TV volume.
I have only cranked it a few times when the neighbor wasn't home, but it's hard to get a good feel for the tone because everything in my Apt is vibrating and rattling.
I'm going to try and get it into an open mic on Thursday night.
I have only cranked it a few times when the neighbor wasn't home, but it's hard to get a good feel for the tone because everything in my Apt is vibrating and rattling.
I'm going to try and get it into an open mic on Thursday night.
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I just talked to Kevin. Ok-I'm starting to get an education as far as tube stuff. He checked with Mercury and they said that the transformer he is using should be ok as far as providing enough current for the 120's. He hasn't tried the 120's and thinks that there should be enough room to adjust the bias for the 120's, but couldn't be absolutely sure until we try it. He agreed that it might yield a bit more power just switching tubes, but to get substantially more power would indeed entail modifications to the power supply. He said that he's running at 540 volts---knowing that other amp manufacturers run at higher voltages. He said that in terms of marketing he might be shooting himself in the foot by not getting 200 watts out the the 88's but felt strongly that the amp sounded better (to his ears) at that voltage and that power output.
Back to speakers!
Back to speakers!
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Ok----I WILL get the 700 out to you this week. Trust me---night and day in comparison. (to clarify---as a friend I'm loaning my ICE 700 module amp to Jake).
Zoran from SF is sending me the tone control circuit next week!
Passinwind
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I dig that module more and more as I get more playing time in with it.
Thanks Mike, when the $ comes I'll let you know, but don't hold your breath. My daughter starts high school in the fall and she's in band, ugh.
Here's another idea to stir up some GAS - ever thought about a SuperFlex made from 2 12's, 2 6's for mid drivers and three tweeters? Imagine two of those for a PA...
(Yeah, I've got problems - I know.)
Raz
I think a Flex-type cab with one 12" instead of two tens could be cool, but it would either be very tall or the waveguide would have to be significantly reconfigured. A mini-Flex with one or two 8" drivers and the fives from the 25? Or the impending Eminence 5s? Or a 112 with a vortex-loaded 5" or two. Lots easier to come up with goofy ideas than to develop them, but that's what they (and by "they" I mean "nobody") pay me the big bucks for. Mike's cab line is already pretty crazily diverse, but it's fun to consider the possibilities.
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It's hard to believe that the limiting factor with this rig is the puma 900's power section, but after hearing/feeling the new 700, the 1000 and the hypex, it's pretty clear that the 800w ice module in the puma has been surpassed as the high water mark for class D/micro power amps. Makes me wonder how the puma's preamp would sound with a more robust power section, ICE or otherwise.
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Ps for those who don't know, the low end coming off a single 10 in these flex cabs is astounding. Bass players have been shocked at gigs to learn there's just one 10 pumping out the lows that it does. It's a bigger, fuller, rounder low end than any 112 can I've owned, that's for sure.
Take an excellent driver and put in a superior enclosure and the results are ear and mind-boggling in the best of ways.
In the process of chasing down the source of some randomly occurring distortion in my home rig, I took my newest 110 Flex to the church sanctuary to make sure it was okay. It is. At one point I had both of the cabinets connected to the Reeves. That was fun! 
Take an excellent driver and put in a superior enclosure and the results are ear and mind-boggling in the best of ways.
I experienced that distortion in the force, but my suspicion is that the Purple Tank is just distorting my apartment!
For anyone looking for some solid discounts on MAS cabs, Mike just posted some demos for sale on facebook.
I could have done that without bringing out law enforcement, but one of the variables I was wanting to eliminate is the electric supply in my house. When I brought the cab home and plugged everything back in, the sound was pristine - absolutely no noticeable distortion. Intermittent problems are irritating.
Reminds of a classic garage rehearsal story when I was a teen.
We were rehearsing at the lead singers house in his garage. We had the door shut, but we were no doubt still pretty loud. We had just finished running through Good Times Bad Times for the umpteenth time, and realized that a mob of neighbors had amassed outside the door and were banging on it. They were rather unruly and demanded to see the lead singer's parents. After much kvetching, and us assuring them that we didn't know we were that loud and would endeavor to be more quiet, one of the neighbors began insisting that we had said over and over that we didn't care what they thought. After puzzling though it for a minute, I asked him how we could have said that given the door was closed and that this was our first encounter with them.
He said I heard you say it, over that thing (pointing to the microphone). It took me about 15 seconds to realize that he had assumed the line, "I don't care what the neighbors say" was directed at them. We eventually were able to convince them it was just one of the lines in the song and not the affront to them personally that he had assumed.
Good times!
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Your turn to be witty, I see!They were obviously NOT up on their 'Zep lyrics! Communication Breakdown...
