Lead sled revisited

How does it sound if you plug the PODXt Pro into the effects return of the Markbass and use it with the same cabinets?

 

Ugh!!!!

 

i've not tried a Markbass amp specifically but comparing my pre/power rig before and after a Class D transplant (DCM1000L) I feel no difference from the Mackie FR1400 it replaced or the DCM1000 that came before the Mackie. All feeding a 4Ω B2 per channel.

 

Fixed it for 'ya!

Glad you like it - after my HeartCore my favorite rig was an Alembic F1-X with a Crown K-2 (bridged) into a Whappo Jr. Heavy, but sounded great!

Dan K.

 

I have a Crest CA6. It sounds great with the variety of basses, pre-amps, and cabinets I have used with it, but it is more than I need 99% of the time, and in a 4-space rack with a couple of light pre-amps (BBE and A R T), the package clocks in at about 74 lbs.

I like my M9 because it has the same slam. Never could make myself like the svt, but they are great if it is what you want. The lead sled thing is great because it is just plain oceans of clean clear power.

 

Match the gains and test blind, you might be surprised.

 

+1

'Tis True!

 

I feel the same way.

Lead sleds have a mojo all their own.... kinda halfway between a all tube and a Class D. And just because some of your dont hear it (more feel it) doesnt mean its not there!

 

Forgive my ignorance, please. What is meant by lead sled?

 

Well whatever gear you've got, it's all good. Never walked out on a band because of their gear choices. But micros don't do what the lead sleds do. I actually like what micros do up to a certain degree and I'm sure I'll be using them in the future, but it just isn't tubes and big transformers. If you're getting the sound you like, that's what's important, and everyone will still like your band no matter what you use, but there certainly is a difference.

 

Just because you can't sense the invisible dragon in the room doesn't mean it's not there.

 

In tube and traditional solid state amps, they have big transformers which are coils wrapped around iron. That's why they're heavy, so "lead sled" became some sort of a nickname for them. Micros don't have any lead...they use fancy schmancy switch mode power supplies that are much lighter. I actually prefer micros to the lead sled solid state amps because a lot of them remind me more of tube amps than lead sleds, but they don't do what the amps with big transformers do. You won't get that razor sharp tightness of solid state or that fat concussive sound of tube amps with them, but they do a good representation of either of them if you can stand to compromise a little oomph for the sake of weight and space saving.

 

It isn't that mix & match cabs "aren't supposed" to sound good. It's that due to the overwhelming number of variables involved, they generally can't be reliably counted upon to sound any specific way in particular, with any degree of consistency.

So maybe you just did get lucky...

MM

 

... or not

 

I mess around w/ vintage stereos and with some inefficient speakers running a 100 wpc receiver on some speakers and then switching to a 100 wpc high current power/pre amp setup is noticible in how tight the bass is.

I think of it like a pressure washer....you can get one at home depot that's 1600psi....but it's the flow rate that really matters...you can buy an MI-T-M that is also 1600psi with a much larger flow rate, one will clean your sidewalk in 5 minutes and the other will take 35 minutes...

I was lucky enough to be in a Mars Music in Dallas back in the day when they had a rack so that you can switch between power amps with the same source and speakers and the Crest had more slam than any other power amp, I had just bought a Mackie 1400 at Guitar Center and returned it immediately.