I'm still going to build the cab from the plans I got from you...but it will have to wait until I get enough cash for a different speaker as I want to put my speakers back in the 410TVX if I decide to sell it in the future, or I'll keep them in my new custoim built cabs.
It is a very interesting design to say the least.
I've been playing bass professionally and semi-pro since 1979. I've played through most every piece of gear to come out. I have played through and heard quite a variety of speakers and speaker cab setups in the past 25 years.
I seriously doubt I'd be amazed. However, while I know my cab/speakers are not the best, they sound great to me. I've played through professional cabs loaded with JBL's, Eminence, EV, etc, etc., etc. Having said that, the speakers in my Peavey cab do not distort, the lows are quite clean, even at a fairly loud volume. And in side by side comparisons, my 410TVX has bested the likes of SWR, Eden, GK and others. And of course, I know how to EQ and work a system to get any sound a cab can deliver. But that is my subjective opinion...and, of course, how they sound to me, is all that really matters to me.
My current gear is more of a reflection of my income and the fact that I have three kids and another on the way, than it is about not wanting to have the "best" gear. If I had the money I'd probably go a different route. And at some point, I'm going to get to those plans of yours, because it seems a very worthwhile pursuit to have that small of a cab deliver that big of a sound. Though I'll have to actually hear it to know how much I'll like it.
Perhaps my speakers do distort, perhaps they don't handle the low end very well...perhaps they are just junk speakers. Apparently the specs tell me, and everyone else, that my speakers are cheapos that can't handle the low end. My ears hear otherwise. In fact, I only expected this cabinet to be adequate for me. What amazed me was how good it actually sounds.
Aside from the weight and size, I like it. But I need something easier to haul around. I ain't getting any younger.
Interestingly enough, the guitar player in my band uses 4 Peavey SP2's for the PA. He's tried every PA cab there is (he used to work at a music store and still has connections and access to everything out there). He's one of the most respected musicians around Wisconsin and he's friends with top notch musicians all over the country. Every single gig we play, musicians ask what he's got loaded in those Peaveys, because they all say we have an awesome sound. They are just plain old Peavey's...nothing special about them. But he does know how to work them.
And maybe that's what it all boils down to. Put cheap speakers in the hands of someone who knows how to actually use equipment and they might sound great. Conversely, put top of the line equipment in the hands of a novice and that gear might sound like crap.
It is a very interesting design to say the least.
billfitzmaurice said:
I've been playing bass professionally and semi-pro since 1979. I've played through most every piece of gear to come out. I have played through and heard quite a variety of speakers and speaker cab setups in the past 25 years.
I seriously doubt I'd be amazed. However, while I know my cab/speakers are not the best, they sound great to me. I've played through professional cabs loaded with JBL's, Eminence, EV, etc, etc., etc. Having said that, the speakers in my Peavey cab do not distort, the lows are quite clean, even at a fairly loud volume. And in side by side comparisons, my 410TVX has bested the likes of SWR, Eden, GK and others. And of course, I know how to EQ and work a system to get any sound a cab can deliver. But that is my subjective opinion...and, of course, how they sound to me, is all that really matters to me.
My current gear is more of a reflection of my income and the fact that I have three kids and another on the way, than it is about not wanting to have the "best" gear. If I had the money I'd probably go a different route. And at some point, I'm going to get to those plans of yours, because it seems a very worthwhile pursuit to have that small of a cab deliver that big of a sound. Though I'll have to actually hear it to know how much I'll like it.
Perhaps my speakers do distort, perhaps they don't handle the low end very well...perhaps they are just junk speakers. Apparently the specs tell me, and everyone else, that my speakers are cheapos that can't handle the low end. My ears hear otherwise. In fact, I only expected this cabinet to be adequate for me. What amazed me was how good it actually sounds.
Aside from the weight and size, I like it. But I need something easier to haul around. I ain't getting any younger.
Interestingly enough, the guitar player in my band uses 4 Peavey SP2's for the PA. He's tried every PA cab there is (he used to work at a music store and still has connections and access to everything out there). He's one of the most respected musicians around Wisconsin and he's friends with top notch musicians all over the country. Every single gig we play, musicians ask what he's got loaded in those Peaveys, because they all say we have an awesome sound. They are just plain old Peavey's...nothing special about them. But he does know how to work them.
And maybe that's what it all boils down to. Put cheap speakers in the hands of someone who knows how to actually use equipment and they might sound great. Conversely, put top of the line equipment in the hands of a novice and that gear might sound like crap.
