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NAD: Barefaced one10s
- Thread starter bassfootballguy
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Nice! I'm supposed to receive my One10 today. You could also post your pic in the One10 thread:
Barefaced One10 | TalkBass.com
Barefaced One10 | TalkBass.com
So.... how is the low end? More for jazz type gigs than general moderate drummer gigs, I suppose?
Plutonium,
Not at all. The low end is very strong. These are such unbelievably good cabs that I know it seems to defy logic.
But I get excellent low end, great volume and crisp highs from the concentric drivers.
If you're wanting a cab that holds up in loud situations by itself, I haven't tried that - because I have two. Next week I will be playing with a ham-fisted heavy hitter and I can't wait!
Not at all. The low end is very strong. These are such unbelievably good cabs that I know it seems to defy logic.
But I get excellent low end, great volume and crisp highs from the concentric drivers.
If you're wanting a cab that holds up in loud situations by itself, I haven't tried that - because I have two. Next week I will be playing with a ham-fisted heavy hitter and I can't wait!
Alright, lo freq, these tiny cabs are awesome. Used them at a full blown rehearsal in my garage with bad acoustics and they were fine.
I wouldn't play Wembley with them, but I would definitely play a club gig with them with or without PA.
The tone is mid strong, but the lower frequencies aren't really absent either. There is plenty of high from the concentric driver and I use an amp wedge to tilt the top cab up for more direct sound at me.
The band is a hard driving drummer, 2 loud guitars and me with 3-4 vocals kept loud. We do blues-rock, old pop and obscure stuff we like.
The ease of portability and substantial sound probably keeps these around for a while and I probably will add one of barefaced's 12 cabs to go with it.
Thanks for your interest!
James
I wouldn't play Wembley with them, but I would definitely play a club gig with them with or without PA.
The tone is mid strong, but the lower frequencies aren't really absent either. There is plenty of high from the concentric driver and I use an amp wedge to tilt the top cab up for more direct sound at me.
The band is a hard driving drummer, 2 loud guitars and me with 3-4 vocals kept loud. We do blues-rock, old pop and obscure stuff we like.
The ease of portability and substantial sound probably keeps these around for a while and I probably will add one of barefaced's 12 cabs to go with it.
Thanks for your interest!
James
Nice little rig. Those are exceptional 10" drivers. Wondering how a 110 on top of a 4-ohm 210 with a 2-ohm stable amp would sound? All 3 drivers putting out bass but only the upper two putting out mids & highs might add some low end push and balance the tone a bit more evenly.
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Not having a 210 yet but having chatted with Alex, this seems unnecessary. They should be pretty balanced.
You'd also need to get the power handling right. You could go 4ohm or 12ohm 210. In either case the power to the 210 won't match the 110. Not sure how meaningful the sonic difference is.
Post edited since your comment. A 12 ohm 210 wouldn't work. The 210 would have to be 4 ohm to insure equal power to all 3 drivers and get the power handling right. A 750 watt amp into an 8-ohm 110 in parallel with a 4-ohm 210 (2.67 ohm load with 2/3 of the power to the 210) would deliver 250 watts to each driver which should balance well. I think a 36" high light weight modular stack with a small 15" wide footprint that could handle 750-800 watts would sound great and be quite useful.
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Best cab under 30 lbs I have heard and it's only 15! It gets MUCH louder than my Shuttle 10, at a few pounds less, and sounds meaty. IME it's the lightest, most easily portable cab solution for "real" electric bass. The one I have is about as loud as an excellent 112 cab, for real.
I'll have a pair of retro two10 cabs in a few weeks. I had ordered them long before I found out that I was losing my job and already had the money aside. The state stepped in and now I'll have a job for 3 more years. I'm still looking for a new one though. Mine will be wired 4 ohms each, actually 3 ohms. I'll be trying a gk mbf800 and if I like it, ill have to wire the cabs for 12ohms each (which means ill lose a lot of watts) or else use it as a preamp into my carvin in poweramp. I liked the mesa d800 but, missed the feel and sound of my svpcl tube preamp.
Well, they must be 6ohm drivers to get 12ohms in series so, in parallel that would be 3. Close enough to call it 4 ohms.
I've just gotten a Mesa Subway D800 and it is sooooo impressive thru these cabs. I like 15s and 12s and will always look at barefaced first from here out.
90% likely to order a One10 this week.... it's a slightly shallower plunge at $500 than the BB2, which I think is still in my future. Thanks for all the reports/feedback. Sounds like you're digging the Subway D800 as well. Sounds like a great amp but, priorities... I'll prolly be running a Aggie TH350 through the One10. Was thinking about maybe getting a GK MB200 for the super tiny rig... cant get much smaller than a MB200 and a One10.
I'm about 45 minutes from you and have a One10 you could come check out. Sounds really good, and works great with a MAS 110 sub (which has a crossover so I can daisy chain the One10 and have everything over, say, 120 hz (not sure how it's set) go to the One 10 and the low stuff goes to the sub).
