66 lbs for a 2 X 10 + inbuilt power amp just pushes the limit, I've set for myself, which is 25kg or around 55lbs. I've been tossing around getting a Wayne Jones set up, so I'd have to go for a 500watt 1X 10 at 40lb to get any joy. Anyone have any experience with Waynes 1 X 10?
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I hear you about the weight, I had a 55lb MAS cab with handles on the side vertically, and the horizontal handles on the Wayne jones help to lift it easier and make it feel lighter and then it has wheels. Anyways, I have not tried the 110, but from what I hear, it's pretty similar just less low end. I've got my 210 up for sale at a price that's just mind boggling, but it's a niche cab so I'm sure some people are gun shy, but worth a try if you're curious. Plus Wayne jones has the best customer service out there!
Just got a Wayne Jones powered 2/10, Also have Wj single channel pre.. it slams! Wow.. the clarity is especially impressive. Ive got an old Neve Di, it sounds great into the WJ cab. Very impressed, cant imagine how powerful 2 of them would sound.
The WJA stuff is just incredible. I down side my rig to a powered 1x10 with the pre and I am still blown away for the sound it comes out.
Shopping this right now... Saw that there is an insane sale as he moves operations back to Australia. Blowing out USA inventory at 50% off. I don't need a head, but $800 for a nice 2000w head is IN. SANE.
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That head is so ridiculously legit. So loud, so much flexibility. For 800 bucks it is an amazing deal.
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Hi,
I am looking for a new amp. WJBA2 is in my target.
Any of you may compare the tube preamp with a Genz-Benz Shuttle 6.2 preamp?
And what about the power amp? May you describe?
Thank you, and merry Christmas.
I am looking for a new amp. WJBA2 is in my target.
Any of you may compare the tube preamp with a Genz-Benz Shuttle 6.2 preamp?
And what about the power amp? May you describe?
Thank you, and merry Christmas.
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The wayne Jones 2000 watt amp is an absolute cannon. One of those power modules is louder than most amps, including the big shuttles imo. This amp has two of them and can be run in stereo or bridged.
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no, clean and linear, and very big in a direct/fast solid state way. Wayne at some point indicated that he drew alot of inspiration from the Avalon preamps, and I hear it in that way.
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I wrote a review for Bass Musician Mag a while back, and I talk about the preamp voicing a good bit.
I can't speak to the integrated amp or to its power-section -- by all accounts it's quick and hits hard -- but I did have the two-channel preamp for awhile and I've played through most of the Shuttle and Shuttlemax heads.
The WJ definitely has a less attenuated/rolled-off deep low-end than any of the Shuttles. Probably smoother throughout and more pristine (as Jake says) and sweeter up top, too. Super-articulate. I seem to recall getting a little compression and just a bit of breakup if I dialed the Gain up high (there is a series of green, yellow, and red LEDs indicating your input level), but it's not a pre you'd get if you were looking for tube breakup, especially not in any traditional sense -- not gonna cop any old Jack Bruce tones with the pre alone. Clean, fast, direct being its wheelhouse, I'd agree with Jake on. Same with it feeling "big" -- bigger than the Shuttles.
There is an (optical?) compressor built-in. Didn't play with it much, but, as far as built-in compressors go, seemed nice to me (then, I am no expert on compression).
Depending on your setup, you might find an HPF beneficial with the pre. The amp might have a fixed-frequency one built-in (I believe that the cabs do -- I don't know that the preamp doesn't but, if it does, it's set quite low -- might be more of a subsonic filter than "HPF" -- don't take that to the bank, though!).
The WJ definitely has a less attenuated/rolled-off deep low-end than any of the Shuttles. Probably smoother throughout and more pristine (as Jake says) and sweeter up top, too. Super-articulate. I seem to recall getting a little compression and just a bit of breakup if I dialed the Gain up high (there is a series of green, yellow, and red LEDs indicating your input level), but it's not a pre you'd get if you were looking for tube breakup, especially not in any traditional sense -- not gonna cop any old Jack Bruce tones with the pre alone. Clean, fast, direct being its wheelhouse, I'd agree with Jake on. Same with it feeling "big" -- bigger than the Shuttles.
There is an (optical?) compressor built-in. Didn't play with it much, but, as far as built-in compressors go, seemed nice to me (then, I am no expert on compression).
Depending on your setup, you might find an HPF beneficial with the pre. The amp might have a fixed-frequency one built-in (I believe that the cabs do -- I don't know that the preamp doesn't but, if it does, it's set quite low -- might be more of a subsonic filter than "HPF" -- don't take that to the bank, though!).
