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Double Bass New 2x8 Aguilar cab

#41
Ric Vice said:
In maters electronic I'll defer to Bob's knowledge as a engineer.
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Please don't! :) I'm only sharing what I know and giving my opinions like everyone else here. Also I'm not a degreed electrical engineer, just an old audio guy.

Ric Vice said:
Based on what Bob tells here then it's quite possible that EA is wrestling with the problem of trying to get a two way cabinet to to emulate the sound of the VL 208 that had 5 speakers and a 3 way design. That's got to be a pretty tricky indeed.

Ric
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I think it's going to be very interesting how the new EA 208 turns out when it becomes available. While I'm sure it will be an excellent speaker cabinet, as all of EA's designs are, I'm also sure it will have it's own unique sound. Can't wait to hear one. Having moved my VL-208 quite a bit recently, the neo 208 should also be very welcome from a weight standpoint. And hey, it's cute...
 
#45
I'm confused about the sensitivity rating that you see in writing. I just tried a bunch of cabs that varied from the Epifani 1x12 with a rating of 100db to an Aguilar 1x12 rated at 95db. I didn't notice a difference in volume and, for that matter, I thought the Aguilar had a fuller warmer tone. Someone please explain this to me?
 
#55
basss said:
Yes a 2x8 would SOUND different from a 2x12.
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Milk tastes different than water too!;) Harpo Marx would have sounded different playing an antique Andean Harp rather than a Concert Harp as well. Lets see, maybe we could compare the grillcloth color of an old Peavey cab with the impedence specs of an old Bose 801 after 10 years on the road with Rufus Reid, C extension and all:) And someone of great note in the world of jazz music once told me that Coltrane sounded like a blown Harley Davidson muffler after he had rode through Georgia on one.

Still waiting for an opportunity to try this cab myself. And hoping that someone will post any real life experience with it,in the meantime.
 
#56
MR PC said:
Mit rückseitigen Reflexöffnungen. With rear reflex openings.

Lautsprecher: Speaker:
2 x 8" Full range, 1 x 6,5" Midrange driver 2 x 8 "Full range, 1 x 6.5" midrange driver
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Belastbarkeit: Load:
300 W 300 W

Impedanz: Impedance:
4 Ohm 4 ohms

Frequenzspektrum: Frequency spectrum:
40 Hz - 5 Khz 40 Hz - 5 Khz

Schalldruck: Sensitivity:
95 dB / 1 W, 1 M 95 dB / 1 W, 1 M

Gehäuse: Housing:
13-lagige baltische Birke 13-layer Baltic birch

Anschlüsse: Connections:
1 x Speakon Buchse, 2 x Klinkenbuchse Speakon jack x 1, 2 x jack

Gewicht: Weight:
ca. 27 kg About 27 kg

Covering:
Classic black Black Classic
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Well there is the reason it's so heavy...it's got one set of English components then the same thing again in German ;)
 
#57
MR PC said:
Milk tastes different than water too!;) Harpo Marx would have sounded different playing an antique Andean Harp rather than a Concert Harp as well. Lets see, maybe we could compare the grillcloth color of an old Peavey cab with the impedence specs of an old Bose 801 after 10 years on the road with Rufus Reid, C extension and all:) And someone of great note in the world of jazz music once told me that Coltrane sounded like a blown Harley Davidson muffler after he had rode through Georgia on one.
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My original comment was intended as smug/sarcastic and not as a serious comparison between two totally different speaker cabinets. I guess you didn't catch that.
 

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