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#341
EduardoK said:
I have this too. Best combo everIMO
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It even has its own thread around here.

I bought mine in France, and when I moved to the US, there was absolutely no question of replacing it, but outboard power converters are a pain in the behind, so I wrote to EBS asking what it would take to convert my Drome to 120V US mains AC. They replied that it was a transformer replacement, and gave me a reference number to buy independently as well as a price to buy it from them. It was less than 50EUR with shipping, so I was more than happy to buy it from EBS. It turns out that the Drome is so well designed, you don't need a soldering iron to convert the power supply - just a wrench and a screwdriver. I love those guys.
 
#342
Sid Fang said:
As was touched on in the "EBS Drome" thread around here somewhere, several EBS users, myself included, have had problems like this that appear to have been due to crud accumulating on switching jacks, such as those for headphone output and effects loop returns. I don't think the TD650 has a speaker muting headphone output, but it does have an effects loop, so the first thing to try is to just plug a cable from the FX send to the FX return. If that solves it, give the return jack - heck, give *all* your jacks, a good cleaning with compressed air - DeOxit - plug/unplug a bunch of times - more compressed air. I had this on my Drome 3 years ago, but after a cleaning, it's been perfect since.
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Thx for the reply! Some compressed air will be bought
 
#343
My Drome was serviced by EBS recently, replaced the input stage because of weak levels and hissing, and a couple of scratchy pots.

To tell you the truth I'm not overly impressed by the quality of EBS gear (I've had problems with several pedals as well) but when they do work it's good stuff.
 
#344
a2zbassman said:
SWEET! I looked thru your cab build thread, nice job! I went with the fEARful 12/6/1 kit build, and have to agree . . . that EBS sound just sings through a full range cab like these. They are a great match!!!

Here's my Reidmar/fEARful head and cab:...
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Wow, thank you! I'm glad I'm not the only one who uses a Reidmar specifically for a 12/6/1. I've paired the amp with several different cabs and it worked well with every single one, but the flat fullrange cab is definitely the best.

Your rig looks good! I couldn't live without a tiltback position anymore, though - but that's got mostly to do with keeping stage levels down.
 
#346
Shardik said:
Thanks! R U scandinavian, BTW? (The use of the word "Endelig!" just triggered my curiosity).
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Sorry, I'm French/American, and don't really speak any more of any Scandinavian languages than "øl" and "tak" (which are Danish, but I'll wager you understand ;o). I just felt a little bad about insisting that you post a photo, and I noticed that you were in Norway, so I took advantage of on-line dictionaries to try to personalize your welcome a bit!
 
#348
Thought I'd post a pic of my EBS "Tower of Power":
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Which really isn't as monstrously powerful as all that. My main gigging rig is the HD350 plus one of the Neo212s, but I found a deal a couple of years ago on another 212 and jumped on it for a matched pair at outdoor gigs, and then found myself with the conundrum of wanting a backup amp smaller and above all lighter than my vintage SVT head, but having a 2 Ohm speaker stack, and not being quite wealthy and eccentric enough to buy another HD350 just for backup. The solution came when dominickc of TalkBass decided to sell off his EBS-1 pre-amp. I bought that, called in a store credit for a 3U rack, and found a good deal on a Crown XLS1500. The resulting rack weighs fractionally less than the HD350, cost me less than $700 to put together, and gives me ~500W per cabinet in the stereo dual-cab power amp configuration. The EBS-1 pre is very different from the HD350 and Drome front ends, and lacks the "Drive" MOSFET distortion circuit, but it's got that transparent EBS sound, and you can do really interesting things with the tone stack. The output of the EBS-1 isn't hot enough to drive the Crown to full power, but my objective wasn't maximum power/volume, it was sounding good loud enough for as little money and weight as I could manage, and the quality/weight/price on the Crown was hard to beat.
 
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#352
Just bought myself a TD660. I'm looking forward to being #64! I'm also in the cabinet market as well so my head will have to sit and wait until I decide on a cabinet. I've been looking at the Tecamps or the ClassicLine 2x12 (due to price constraints). Does anyone have experience with those?
 
#353
I don't know MarkBass that well, since I never owned one (but tested in shops on several occasions), but I really like the honest and powerful sound. Ironically I ended up with my Reidmar because there never came a Markbass amp that I could afford in the second hand market. I am really, really happy about my EBS Reidmar, though, and I think there are some similarities. But having owned an EBS Classic Session 60 combo before, I think EBS have an attractive preamp that not only gives honesty, but also a really appealing enhancement of the good bits when you need it.

I don't know enough about the LMII to say how it compares to the Reidmar. My guess is that the power specs tells most of the story since they do not sound that different. They both have a specified RMS power in 4 ohms, and here the LMII is 500W, while the Reidmar is 250W. The LMII don't specify a peak or dynamic power, while the Reidmar spec says 470W dynamic power. To me that suggests that the LMII is the loudest of the two.
 
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#354
The Reidmar definitely only has a 250W amp module in it, and my guess is they do add some compression to it (not unlike TC does), because IMO this is a LOUD amp. I don't know the limits because I never dared to push it that far, and that was with a single 4x10.

Also, seconding Shardik's opinion of the Reidmars preamp. It's just fantastic. Only thing I'm missing is a second mid control, but that's a minor complaint... (the Classic 500 has one, but it's huge, heavy, and twice as expensive).
 
#356
eukatheude said:
I'm thinking of trading my LMII with a Reidmar. How does is compare volume wise? Is the power amp module the same like many class D amps?
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Having both the LMII and some EBS gear, I can not see how or why getting the Reidmar would make you happier.
The LMII is known as one of the flattest, "truest" amps in the market, especially in its price range. It has a great reliability record, four band eq, nice sounding DI, very little fan noise, convenient VLE and VLF knobs and it is smaller and lighter than the Redimar, in spite of being twice the power. When pushed hard, it has a fairly good limiter to protect your speaker in a non-intrusive way. It is also made in Italy, and you already own it.

The Reidmar has a three band EQ, half the power, has a harder, more colored voicing, lacks a bit in the lows and once cranked, it gives up more lows to maintain spl. It is probably less "maintainable" and it is made in China. It has a headphones out and a compressor, though.
 
#357
No limiter on the LMII that I know of. When I thump or slap the strings I can see the speakers excurse A LOT. The Reidmar has a para mid though, and I like voicings. Mainly I'm unhappy with the LMII because the EQ bands don't affect the sound in a way I'd like. But that's more a cab issue I'm afraid.
 
#358
If you are using that MarkBass 410 in your profile, that could be the answer. The MarkBass cabs seem to lack all "common denominators" in sound - the different models sound nothing like each other. So, with Ampeg or SWR, one can hear their "signature sound", but all MarkBass cabs are more or less "unique".
Having tried a couple of their cabs, I found I did not much care for any of them - and so say many others here. I would recommend you try your amp and bass through some other cabs before you "paint yourself into a corner" by trying to compensate a very "coloring" speaker with another amp that adds a different color.
Start with a cab you think sounds right with minor eq and go from there.
 
#359
AlexanderB said:
If you are using that MarkBass 410 in your profile, that could be the answer. The MarkBass cabs seem to lack all "common denominators" in sound - the different models sound nothing like each other. So, with Ampeg or SWR, one can hear their "signature sound", but all MarkBass cabs are more or less "unique".
Having tried a couple of their cabs, I found I did not much care for any of them - and so say many others here. I would recommend you try your amp and bass through some other cabs before you "paint yourself into a corner" by trying to compensate a very "coloring" speaker with another amp that adds a different color.
Start with a cab you think sounds right with minor eq and go from there.
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Yeah that's very likely what I'll do. My cab has a bit of "honky" nasal sound which I don't like. Never heard they are so unconsistent, but I did notice a lot of difference in sound between new and old versions.
I've put my 410 on trade so we'll see what offers pop up. I'm oriented towards a (maybe couple of) 2x10 or 2x12 so I can carry it on my motorcycle if need be. I don't have a car, can't afford one and borrowing my girlfriend's each time I need to move the cab is a "menata" how we say here.
 

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