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fearful 15/6 vs lds 15/6

#61
SactoBass said:
Well, maybe I need to remind myself that I am not in need of ear bleed volumes (our band does not play "Behemoth" style music complete with hair twirling). We play classic rock covers at moderate volume levels. So maybe a pair of LDS 12/6 cabs would work. Would that be loud enough in a rock band that plays at moderate volume levels?? (assuming no PA support for the bass).
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Dude. Moderate levels? 15/6 would be plenty. I play in a LOUD rock band with 2 loud guitarists and a loud drummer. My 15/6 keeps up, but that's with 600 watts.
 
#65
SactoBass said:
Thanks Thud. Do you find that to be true in an outdoor gig with no PA support for the bass guitar?
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Depends on the outdoor gig. I have done outdoor gigs with a more "moderate volume" band with my 2 avatar 1x12 cabs, and they were plenty. My 15/6 is louder than those 2 cabs.

I wish I could comment more on that but I can't, since I play with a much louder band now, and haven't done any outdoor gigs with them (or the 15/6). Just a lot of indoor bar gigs... 100-200 sized venues with no PA support for the bass.

A 15/6 is probably between a 4x10 and a 6x10 (with 500+ watts).

I have to say, I'm pretty much expecting mine to keep up at a moderate outdoor gig... considering my current band has no PA subs.
 
#66
SactoBass said:
Thanks Thud. Do you find that to be true in an outdoor gig with no PA support for the bass guitar?
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Though I have yet to play my 15/6 outdoors, I am going to say "yes". I have played in clubs with about 500 to 600 capacity (with pa support). I also played a huge indoor car show with no pa support in this venue.
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We could have used PA support for sure, but we were plenty loud for our given area of the venue (near the beer garden of course!). Bass had no pa support and my 15/6 pushed by my 1000w poweramp was thumping loud.
 
#67
GregDunn said:
Tim Paterson, Seattle Computer Products. He wrote 86-DOS and then sold distribution rights to Micro$oft, who renamed it for their own brand. He did use the published CP/M APIs to make his OS somewhat upward compatible, which led to a legal wrangle with Gary Kildall of Digital Research.

He must not be broke, either, because he races sports cars in SCCA today - definitely not a money-making career. :D

Back on topic - I'm enjoying the discussion of cabinet designs, as I hope to build one of these eventually.
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It was originally called QDOS or Quick and Dirty Operating System. Still makes me chuckle...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86-DOS

And gosh, these cabs look great!
=wr=
 
#69
pearcey said:
My huge tube amp fits quite well on top of my BFM too (20"wide):

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Great Googly Moogly!!!

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#71
SactoBass said:
Sheesh......it sounds to me like a single 15/6 fEarful design (with 3015LF and the 18sound mid driver) would be sufficient for just about any gig (assuming sufficient wattage is sent to the cab).
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Never say never! These are my nEarful variants with 600 watt BMS 15s BTW. The gig was just a drummer and me. :ninja:

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#75
SactoBass said:
Now I know why you are called BurningSkies. You could not only level buildings with that rig, you could set the sky on fire.

I'll bet the audience in the first ten rows feel their hair being blown back with each note played.

I love it!!!
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I'm waiting for the new Peavey IPR 3000 to come out...Right now I'm only putting out a loud 250w per cab, but I want the headroom that only a high wattage amp can provide. The gig that the second photo was taken at, they pulled me out of the PA subs because my rig was cleaner and louder and just as low. I would guess, from my memories that the dual fEarful rig is about the height of a 8x10 but definitely a different vibe and easier to move.
 
#76
BurningSkies said:
I'm waiting for the new Peavey IPR 3000 to come out...Right now I'm only putting out a loud 250w per cab, but I want the headroom that only a high wattage amp can provide.
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Good call, even though I'm sure it sounds great as-is. The rig for the cabs in my picture was 900 watts for the 15s and 550 for the top box. I also have the option of going 550 per 15 and 330 for each of two top boxes (still haven't tried two top boxes on a gig yet though). Biamping is big fun with these cabs. :cool:
 
#77
Passinwind said:
Good call, even though I'm sure it sounds great as-is. The rig for the cabs in my picture was 900 watts for the 15s and 550 for the top box. I also have the option of going 550 per 15 and 330 for each of two top boxes (still haven't tried two top boxes on a gig yet though). Biamping is big fun with these cabs. :cool:
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Some of the posts at the Peavey board show that while it's not a monster @ 8ohms per side giving 560w, it supposedly is bridgeable at 8ohms for roughly 2000w. If that's true, I'm liking it as an option at under ten pounds.
 
#78
BurningSkies said:
Some of the posts at the Peavey board show that while it's not a monster @ 8ohms per side giving 560w, it supposedly is bridgeable at 8ohms for roughly 2000w. If that's true, I'm liking it as an option at under ten pounds.
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You actually meant bridgeable at 4 ohms, no? The Crown XLS 1500 seems like a great option too...
 

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