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fEARful part 13: the bad luck's done, son

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CTC564 said:
They look great!!!

Do the controls for the mid and tweeter allow you to further "tailor/mix" your cabinet as you like?

What's the advantage of this vs. eq'ing your amp?
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Absolutely. The mid pad is set at 0, -3dB, -6dB and off, while the tweeter attenuator is infinitely adjustable. The advantage of having the different levels for the mid is so you can put it at 0 dB when using both cabs, and -3 or -6 when using just the one. If you wanted to use them both as subwoofers, you could turn the mid and tweeter off entirely and have a nice PA sub on your hands.

Just gives you more options to tailor the sound. I'd still recommend an eq to get the most out of a fearful.

Robby
 
#883
CTC564 said:
Thanks Robby...can that feature be installed on a 1515/66/1?
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Absolutely. It would just need higher power resistors to be able to dissipate the extra energy from the second midrange. I actually found and used a rotary switch that was 'new old stock' from the 60's simply because all of the new switches I found were underrated to handle the power or way too large and expensive. They don't make em like they used to....:p

Robby
 
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Robby Hoinsky said:
Absolutely. It would just need higher power resistors to be able to dissipate the extra energy from the second midrange. I actually found and used a rotary switch that was 'new old stock' from the 60's simply because all of the new switches I found were underrated to handle the power or way too large and expensive. They don't make em like they used to....:p

Robby
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Looks great. I look forward to seeing pictures of mine next week or so!

Ken
 
#889
Curious about the 1/4" jacks. I asked about them once before and was replied to with comments about them being less than optimal because they allow the air to vent and escape. I'm assuming that is not an issue which is material to these cabs or their owner?
 
#890
monsterthompson said:
Curious about the 1/4" jacks. I asked about them once before and was replied to with comments about them being less than optimal because they allow the air to vent and escape. I'm assuming that is not an issue which is material to these cabs or their owner?
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Monster, I have them on mine too. I haven't actually used them, but I have them.

As someone who's been in many many different gigging situations, my rig and attitude is "ready for anything". That means, while I carry two regular 1+/1- Speakons, and my bridging cable, I also carry standard quarter inch speaker cables just in case. You never know when something might go south in a hurry and having the option to change out cables quickly is good. Also if someone is going to use my cabs and only has an amp with standard quarter inch outputs, they can still plug in (though I'd rather not). It didn't take that much extra work or effort to install them, and they're 'sealed' so no whistling through them.
 
#892
Speakon is the way to go for connections. I'm hesitant to even agree to put 1/4" jacks on a high power cab, but sometimes it is better to have it available in a pinch. Combo speakon/1/4" jacks would work, but my supplier doesn't carry them and having the extra jacks works just fine. I sealed the backs of them, so no whistling noise is going to happen.

Robby
 
#894
singlemalt said:
Beautiful work! Can't wait to see the grills!

Great idea on the variable mid. Does the switch route through two different Lpads?

What was the finished weight?

I need to spring for a gallon of the white Duratex and do some color!
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Essentially, yes - two L pads and a bypass - but it is a bit more complex in the circuit layout.

I actually didn't weigh them, but the 12/6/1 felt about 30 lbs and the 12sub about 20-25 lbs. You can see me holding them in the video and I haven't hit up a gym in years ;)

Don't get the white Duratex, get a paint chip and have Acrytech make you a custom color. White will just get you a pastel or a greyish solid at best.

Robby
 
#896
Robby Hoinsky said:
Speakon is the way to go for connections. I'm hesitant to even agree to put 1/4" jacks on a high power cab.......
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I just switched everything over to Speakon cables for that very reason. My super duper high power Crest has binding posts, and my Mesa Boogie has 1/4 jacks (which is fine for that one as it is a mere 200 WPC).

What I did was made two sets of adapters. There is now a female in-line Speakon available, so it was easy. The adapter for the Crest is 'female Speakon to banana pins'. The new female Speakon has really beefy solder-only lugs to connect the 14 ga wire, and the banana pins have two set screws so there is plenty of contact area on each end.

The other adapter is the same female Speakon to a male 1/4" TS from the Shack. The 1/4" TS has an oversized barrel so I can get beefy wire into it. I finished off the wire exit end with some sections of shrink tube.

Both adapters are about 8" long.
 
#898
Robby, I already have two 15/6/1s, but if you ever start builidng the 8 inch cabs that Greenboy is working on, I would love a superlight practice cab.

The idea of a 15-20 pound micro cab would be awesome for coffe house gigs and low volume practices.
 
#900
domestique said:
Robby, I already have two 15/6/1s, but if you ever start builidng the 8 inch cabs that Greenboy is working on, I would love a superlight practice cab.

The idea of a 15-20 pound micro cab would be awesome for coffee house gigs and low volume practices.
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It's more like 11 or 12 pounds with tweeter, and Mike Arnopol will be building them in composite or wood very shortly. Read more about that on the fEARful forum. Pole mount/tilt-back will add maybe another pound. It'll do real jazz gigs or bluegrass or whatever with exquisite fidelity. Better get those acoustic instruments back in biz, it's not just about the 'lectric ; }
 
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