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Swr workman question

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Randomite said:
I found it and I'm blown away it almost feels like I won't ever need any distortion or overdrive pedal
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Cool beans :thumbsup:

I used a pair of Wkmn's 2x10 cabs for a while when I no longer had access to a van that could carry my Wkmn's 4x10. Those did the job pretty well for me for at least a few years until I got the itch to get some different 2x10's. As it turned out, one cab that I found was an SWR Goliath Jr. Sounds terrific and runs fine with another 2x10 from another company - both have the same wattage and resistance ratings.

One thing that's been a huge help for me when playing in certain spaces is a high pass filter - our pals here refer to these as HPF's. If a certain venue is prone to too much "boomy-ness" where my lows want to run a little out of control, an HPF can be really great for cleaning that up. I honestly thought that this was snake oil until I tried it myself.

I only bring up the thought of an HPF for your new rig because you have twice the number or speakers on hand to shake the air as I do with mine. On occasions where your lows can easily misbehave and make it tough to put out decent sound when you turn up, an HPF can bring the special sauce that lets your sound shine.
 
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groove pump said:
One thing that's been a huge help for me when playing in certain spaces is a high pass filter - our pals here refer to these as HPF's. If a certain venue is prone to too much "boomy-ness" where my lows want to run a little out of control, an HPF can be really great for cleaning that up. I honestly thought that this was snake oil until I tried it myself.

I only bring up the thought of an HPF for your new rig because you have twice the number or speakers on hand to shake the air as I do with mine. On occasions where your lows can easily misbehave and make it tough to put out decent sound when you turn up, an HPF can bring the special sauce that lets your sound shine.
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I recently bought this one- high quality, small, simple, inexpensive, works great!

They have fancier units if one is so inclined. :)

https://www.broughtonaudio.com/product-page/always-on-high-pass-filter
 
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Marko 1 said:
I recently bought this one- high quality, small, simple, inexpensive, works great!

They have fancier units if one is so inclined. :)

https://www.broughtonaudio.com/product-page/always-on-high-pass-filter
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Yep, that's the same little guy that I found from a local seller on Craigslist. As soon as I tried it for the first time at a show, a couple of the band mates and pals who come to see us thought there was something "right" going on with my sound. I don't always need it, but it can be a huge help when I need to tamp down the boom.
Randomite said:
Thank I'm gonna look in to it! I've always thoughts my lows were getting a bit mischievous lol
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This particular unit from Broughton isn't expensive :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: and it's the sort of thing (at least for me) where I didn't appreciate what it could do for my sound until I actually used it and could hear the difference.

When I first heard about HPF's, I thought that they were a fancy alternative to just turning down the lows at the eq on my amp, but this Broughton seems to be a big more "surgical" in terms of cleaning up the muddy component of my sound while still letting me sound like a bass.
 

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