Double Bass little and lightweight active speaker suggestions

[tito mangialajo]

Hello,
I would like to have a small and lightweight active speaker with an 8" speaker (maximum 10") to use together with my Headway EDB 2HE and to use in small venues (small club...), with little space and where we want not much volume more than that of the acoustic double bass. For larger stages I have a GR Bass Cube Acoustic that I like. Do you have any suggestions?

 

[Eric Hochberg]

I'm not sure your Headway has the output to drive a powered speaker effectively.. @Ric Vice will likely
know.

 

[TheBassPreacher]

I have a little HeadRush FRFR 108 speaker that I got years ago. It is designed for guitar but it surprisingly works pretty well for bass as well.

 

[tito mangialajo]

I'm not sure your Headway has the output to drive a powered speaker effectively.. @Ric Vice will likely
know.

I think it works. I sometime used it on stage with speaker provided by the soundman

 

[Earl]

I'm not sure your Headway has the output to drive a powered speaker effectively.. @Ric Vice will likely
know.

I have used that Headway with a powered speaker with no problem.

 

[bassmanbrent]

I have used that Headway with a powered speaker with no problem.

Same here.

 

[LaFaro01]

I'm not quite sure where you are looking, but if you are looking in Europe, I would check with Invalid Link Removed...Hans Struck is building very fine cabinets and I love my 2x8.. and he also builds active versions using the Hypex module..

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[KenSmithFan]

QSC CP8 or QSC K8.2. I have both and they are excellent. I use them for stage monitors in big clubs and mains in small clubs.

 

[TrevorOfDoom]

I agree with the idea that you should just a PA speaker.
JBL makes a 8” with horn, 1300 watts (peak), 17 lbs.

 

[ole Jason]

Not cheap but the Barefaced 10t would be worth a look. I use the passive version with a Warwick Gnome, it's excellent for upright and can get surprisingly loud.

One10

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[Jazzdogg]

Hello,
I would like to have a small and lightweight active speaker with an 8" speaker (maximum 10") to use together with my Headway EDB 2HE and to use in small venues (small club...), with little space and where we want not much volume more than that of the acoustic double bass. For larger stages I have a GR Bass Cube Acoustic that I like. Do you have any suggestions?

I use two custom bass loudspeakers, built by Mike Arnopol, with composite cabs.

One is a 1x8, the other is a 2x8+tweeter. The 1x8 weighs about 9 pounds, and the 2x8 about 20 Pounds. I carry the 1x8 in a padded Meinl Cajon bag, along with my amp and cables. The 2x8 fits in its own Meinl Cajon bag. Easy carry.

They are both equipped with pole-mounting sockets. Sometimes, I use them on the floor, sometimes elevated. Sometimes singly, sometimes both together.

I like the sound of these cabs; the first I've had whose sound I'd describe as My Bass Only Louder. They can play surprisingly loud, especially when a VHPF is used.

Although Mike is no longer making them, I believe others may be making Crazy8 and Crazy88 cabs for sale, although the cabinets might be plywood instead of composite material.

 

[Happy Steve]

I have used a Headrush FRFR108 on 50 or more gigs, I am using a Tonedexter as a preamp to drive it. I recently bought a QSC CP8 which weighs the same and supposedly has half the power (1000W compared to 2000 for the Headrush). I have been very happy with the FRFR108. The CP8 just sounds so much more clear and I can really hear a lot more woodiness and less bass mushiness. The QSC cost me almost 3x the HR, but the HR does go up to 11

 

[Ric Vice]

Using a Realist or Fishman Full Circle with the EDB-2 H.E., Into a QSC K8 (500 watts) produced mixed results for me. The Headway doesn’t have the headroom that my Grace Felix does, so it can “run out of gas” Just my take of course results may vary.

Addendum: The newer QSC K 8.2 are technically “double the power” of my K8, so those might be idea but I have no direct experience with them.

 

[Sam Reese]

The QSC CP8 on a small speaker stand can serve you well under the circumstance you've described. I have both the preamp and the speaker.

 

[Quentin MCB]

I have the Alto TS408, which was a good compromise on the price. It lacks a bit in the low end, but on quiet stages I'm satisfied with it

 

[Pings Bass]

When I saw David Friesen recently, he had a tiny little round cab, which I think was passive and powered by an acoustic image amp. It might have been a Bose, not sure, but it was small. He put it on the floor in the middle of his trio. It was plenty for the small room with drums and tenor sax.

 

[Ric Vice]

The QSC CP8 is a less expensive version of the OSC K8.2 with 1,000 watts peak power divided between the 8” Driver and the 1.4” compression driver. The K8.2 is 2,000. watt peak and costs significantly more money. The Alto is 350 watts (peak?) and is the least expensive of the three. The frequency response for the K8.2 is 59 hz to 20 kHz CP8 53 hz to 20 kHz ( interesting) Alto 75 hz to 20 kHz.

 

[BassinCT]

I’m using the Headway with a GR powered 110:
Post in thread 'Powered cab recommendation'
Double Bass - Powered cab recommendation

 

[Earl]

When I saw David Friesen recently, he had a tiny little round cab, which I think was passive and powered by an acoustic image amp. It might have been a Bose, not sure, but it was small. He put it on the floor in the middle of his trio. It was plenty for the small room with drums and tenor sax.

That is an Acoustic Image Upshot cab. It is not active though.

 

[Pings Bass]

That is an Acoustic Image Upshot cab. It is not active though.

Yep that's it!