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Mesa Subway D-350!
- Thread starter mmbongo
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I think this could fill the niche left by the discontinuation of GK’s MB 200. Hmmm…
The info comes at just the right time. Small club gigs with my D-800+ feel like overkill. I almost ordered a Genzler Magellan MG350 this week. But now I wait. Maybe there is a chance that the D-350 will come true.
Those are some mighty small shoes to fill!
Even though I’m perfectly happy with my 350 Watt Genzler, and would still buy it today over the Mesa, I’m glad they decided to jump into the lower power end of the pool with the Subway line. While I’m not knocking the other amps out there around that power level, for obvious reasons there isn’t as good a selection as you get in 800 Watt amps. It’s great to have more high end options available for those of us running smaller rigs.
I'm guessing that with the feature list of the Subway D-350 there won't be a D-350+. But will we see a Subway D-500 soon?
Lowendtech
Happily trending in my own peculiar direction.
YES! THIS head smashed into the Subway 112 cab with an extension cab out so I can bring along the 115 sometimes for poops 'n hahas. $1,100. Where do I send the check?
As soon as I can get the coin together I'm snagging one as my quick grab mobile rig
Yeah, bbbbut
Seems like owning a Ferrari but only doing city driving... that cab's driver won't even breathe heavy at 175 watts.
My wildly speculative fantasies have me thinking a modern kind of Baby Blue, "vertical 2x8 with removable head" vibe. Dreaming, right?
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Lowendtech
Happily trending in my own peculiar direction.
Vertical 210 (4ohm) combo would be pretty handy. Get 2 and slave them for a vertical 410.
I'd be down for that. Basically a better version of the current Elf stuff.
I actually kinda like my Elf110 cab, but hated the Elf amp. I use the Elf 110 with a Warwick Gnome iPro or TH500 now. Would quickly sell the Elf and Gnome is Mesa made me a sweet lil combo weighing in around 20-25lbs.
Although....
I wonder... if anyone with the trademark on a name like "Subway" would ever put out a D-100 rechargeable battery combo. Maybe a game-changing format like 3x5" built into a backpack.
There really isn't a clear hands-down winner in a battery busking rig. Lots of toys, a boat anchor and Bluetooth speakers is about it right now, yeah?
I wonder... if anyone with the trademark on a name like "Subway" would ever put out a D-100 rechargeable battery combo. Maybe a game-changing format like 3x5" built into a backpack.
There really isn't a clear hands-down winner in a battery busking rig. Lots of toys, a boat anchor and Bluetooth speakers is about it right now, yeah?
The real problem with battery powered rigs IMO is that it’s asking a lot for an amp manufacturer to come up with the power solution. You really need an entire range of solutions, which means you’re now effectively in the mobile power business.
I prefer to go to an amp specialist for my amp and a battery specialist for my power solutions.
Although not as handy as a combo, the best battery operated solution right now (IMHO of course) is a Quilter Interbass pedal head (33 watts into 8 Ohms) powered by any number of available aftermarket Li batteries (available on Amazon for a hundy) >>>small cab of choice. I use this head into a Barefaced One10 or PJB C2 in campfire context. It can get very loud (waaaay louder than that little Roland toy) and at adequate volume to back 2 loud acoustic guitars it lasts me > 2 hours. The more speaker you wanna carry, the louder/longer it'll run.
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God I hope they release a combo with this and the 112 or 115 inside. I already have a d800 and wd800 so I don’t need any more heads but a combo would be killer.
Jim Bergantino
Commercial User
To be honest, and no disrespect meant here, I just don't understand this logic. And you're not the first one I've seen post something like this. But given the size and weight of the current selection of 700/800 watt Class D amps, and the fact that they generally offer a deeper feature set then their 350 watt counterparts, AND they obviously come with a volume control, why would you "downsize", especially given you already own their 700 watt, more feature rich counterpart. I can totally understand if you're just starting out and own neither, but given you already own the D800+, I respectfully don't understand. Just asking as I'm very intrigued by this thinking, and I'm wondering as a designer and manufacturer myself if I'm missing something here. Also, no disrespect meant to Andy or the Mesa products either.
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@agedhorse I'm curious about energy efficiency. Generally speaking, would a 350W class D amp will draw meaningfully less power than an 800W class D amp when played at low volume levels (eg, living room or cafe), all else (preamp section and speakers) being equal? (I'm taking it for granted that at high levels the 800W will draw more power because it can and needs to.)
This isn't specifically about unannounced products, the question came to mind mostly because a D800 and a hypothetical D350 would be the closest to an apples-to-apples comparison that two products could get. Though if answering this would get you in trouble, don't get in trouble.
This isn't specifically about unannounced products, the question came to mind mostly because a D800 and a hypothetical D350 would be the closest to an apples-to-apples comparison that two products could get. Though if answering this would get you in trouble, don't get in trouble.
