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Double Bass New Acoustic Image 'DOUBLESHOT'

#61
shwashwa said:
Is it possible to orient this so the 5 inch speaker points straight up? Would that sacrifice the output of the low end in anyway?
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You could do that BUT the Speakon plug would stick out too far and it would be pointing at the floor. You'd either have to:

1. Move the Speakon jack, or
2. Put Longer Feet on the cab, or
3. Use an 'L' shaped Speakon plug.

I'm not sure you would need or want to do this, however, as you can place the cab just slightly away from you (3-4 feet) and aim the 5 inch speaker right at yourself.
 
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rickwolff said:
You could do that BUT the Speakon plug would stick out too far and it would be pointing at the floor. You'd either have to:

1. Move the Speakon jack, or
2. Put Longer Feet on the cab, or
3. Use an 'L' shaped Speakon plug.

I'm not sure you would need or want to do this, however, as you can place the cab just slightly away from you (3-4 feet) and aim the 5 inch speaker right at yourself.
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I'm thinking about situations where I don't have three to five feet. Seems like he missed a great opportunity here by putting the speaker Jack where he did.
 
#64
There was a Doubleshot in the room I am presenting in on Friday. If it is still there tomorrow, I'll fool with it as I am setting up for my presentation and see what I can hear from the little speaker in that orientation. Maybe set it on a chair as well. I'm very curious about the speaker in front/back orientation because I wonder if at high volumes the waves from the speakers in side/side orientation will be too close to the body of the bass and start to create a disturbance. I suppose people who own and use the speaker can chime in on this.
 
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Chris Fitzgerald said:
Ran into Rick Jones at ISB today and had a nice chat swapping stories about all sorts of things. He's a super nice and genuine guy of the sort the world could use more of. I decided to go grab my bass to try out the Double Shot. It sounded really great and natural, and I may end up grabbing one of the speakers to go with the old Focus 2 I still have as a backup. Here's a pic of Rick and "Mary Ann".

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It looks like that thing should scoot around vacuuming your carpet and carrying plans for the Death Star. :laugh:
 
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Martin Wind used the Double Shot on his Legacy Recital today at the convention inportant to note he was using a Nadine Mic only into the Double Shot. He played his concerto, and duets with Bill Mays. The cabinet sounded quite wonderful full and very articulate and Martin can really put an amp through sonic challenges. The Double was more than up to challenge.
 
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Hi Folks,

I absolutely love AI stuff, and when I saw this a million questions popped into my head (e.g. how can I afford this? how can I justify this to the wife? how much is my left kidney worth on the open market?)

However, one question that was a little more serious that I wanted an answer to was the following, quoted from an email I sent gollihurmusic.com:

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The Coda EX is very similar in price yet is heavier and has fewer drivers. How do the two compare, tonally and with respect to SPL? From the looks of it there would be no reason to choose the EX so I'm interested as to why it still exists!
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I received a really quick response (thanks, gollihurmusic.com, you're fantastic)

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Yes, I think that between the Upshot and the Doubleshot, that the current EX cabinets' days are numbered. The Doubleshot, as far as volume/SPL and sound is closer to the Ten2 EX than the Coda EX, with two drivers onboard (we have one of the preproduction models here and have been playing with it.)
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I thought this would be of interest to this thread, so am sharing it.
 
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Ric Vice said:
I wasn’t close enough to the stage to hear what was coming from the amp.
Since their were two linear arrays on eithier side of the stage that’s the sound coming back into the house mix. That said, they set the amp way up on a pedistal for Ron to use as a monitor.
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Ric,

True enough! At least the DI from the Clarus sounded like RC to me. Lol

It was nice to meet you in person! Hope you made it home safely.
 
#79
Michael Drost said:
So, I might be pressing my luck, however, I think a pole mount on the Doubleshot would be amazing. I don't know if Rick Jones can fit one in there. I sent him an email anyway. RC elevated the cab as usual, and others used it on a stool etc.
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Rick’s white papers at the AI site strongly emphasize the floor interactions as central to their cab designs. I can’t see a pole mount as being consistent with that.
 
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jmlee said:
Rick’s white papers at the AI site strongly emphasize the floor interactions as central to their cab designs. I can’t see a pole mount as being consistent with that.
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I wonder if those papers are referring specifically to the Doubleshot? The reason I wonder is because I was front and center in the 2nd row for almost every concert, which allowed me to hear the stage sound while effectively being behind the arrays on the sides of the stage. When Ron Carter played, the sound was very full even though he had the amp about 4 feet off the stage on a road case with the mids driver pointed right at him. The sound I heard was exactly Ron's Labella sound.

In my experience - admittedly not a technical or scientific measure by any means - raising any cab off the floor acts like a natural high pass filter as the amplified sound decouples from the floor. All of the AI amps I have ever played have needed a HP filter to thin out the low end, and I think Rick knows this all too well, hence the built in variable HPF on every amp of his I've ever seen. When I was playing at his booth, he even rolled the bass EQ knob down because he said he was trying to mimic the tone of my bass, only louder. It sounded pretty damn good to me! I bet that raising the amp off the floor would have a similar effect.
 
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