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NAD! Ampeg B15R
- Thread starter TheDialog
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Congrats! Had one, loved it! (except when I had to carry it).
Now do a search here and look at all the discussion about porting the cab to make this thing really speak. Enjoy!
Now do a search here and look at all the discussion about porting the cab to make this thing really speak. Enjoy!
That amp is so clean. I miss mine too, but like ddbassGA said, it is heavy. I would start doing squat tabatas.
Can't wait to see more pictures and hear that thang!! I've been pining for one myself for awhile now.....came *this close* to buying ddbassGA's.
Hey, if you ever do a demo of it on vid, see if you can show the difference between 100w and 60w with the same settings. Always been curious about that.
EDIT: Or another one...
EDIT: Or another one...
Awesome! Didn't take you long to make a video review of it after arrival either. Well done.
I'm actually going to try the 300w, 4ohm speaker upgrade in mine today. Should be fun.
I think you just created some more GAS for the B15R.
Enjoy!
I'm actually going to try the 300w, 4ohm speaker upgrade in mine today. Should be fun.
I think you just created some more GAS for the B15R.
Enjoy!
Awesome! Didn't take you long to make a video review of it after arrival either. Well done.
I'm actually going to try the 300w, 4ohm speaker upgrade in mine today. Should be fun.
I think you just created some more GAS for the B15R.
Enjoy!
Let us know how the upgrade goes.
I tried a basic speaker upgrade to an Eminence Legend CA154 300watt, 4 ohm speaker today. Honestly, at 60 and 100 watts, it was very difficult to tell the difference at all, if any. BUT, that was until I changed the Phase Inverter tube from a 12AU7 to a 12AT7. That's when I noticed some difference. The speaker seemed to handle the increased gain better than the stock speaker. I would then assume changing the PI tube to a 12AX7 tube for even more gain would be an even greater difference in speakers.
BeansOnToast stated that a 12AU7 is about 40% of a 12AX7 and a 12AT7 was about 70%. That simple tube swap is a huge difference in the B15R, and I like the new speaker with that tube in the PI slot. Otherwise, with a 12AU7 there, I would say almost no difference at all. Perhaps better 300 watt, 4 ohm speakers would make even more of a difference, but I'm fine with the CA154 for now.
