All Activity

I apologise, I did not see that before I posted. Rean are a subsidiary of Neutrik, and although they are normally not specified for as many insertions as the Neutrik equivalents, they are usually reliable. I would suspect the socket based on my own limited experience.

The drummer from my gig on Saturday was talking about them. They're playing locally to me supporting Gong. The drummer saw them earlier on the same tour and when they appeared on stage his heart dropped seeing the costumes, but he said they were excellent. I've watched a live set from Glastonbury on YouTube. Not 100% my thing but closer than most of the acts there. 🙂

The actual output is affected by quite a number of things. Speakers are inefficient things half the output is from the rear of the cone and the main job of the cab is to stop that from reaching the sound at the front andcancelling it out. with half the air pushed forward and half back you get no movement overall and very little sound. You can try this at home just put a signal into the speaker before you mount it and all you get is a very quiet tinny sound. The speakers work by increasing pressure in front of the moving cone. That 'squashes' the air which then expands back when the cone reverses direction. Those pressure changes are then turned into sound waves but this in turn is inefficient. Bass instrument speakers are typically 1-4% efficient with large cones more efficient than small ones, all else being equal of course. You can check that too, just pop across to Blue Aran and check the reference efficiencies. Horns increase efficiency by acting as 'acoustic transformers' decreasing the high pressure at the throat to low pressure at the mouth so more energy is turned into sound. Doubling the cone area with two speakers couples them and you get 3db from increased efficiency. Power compression is a seperate phenomenon. Coil temperatures can reach 232deg C (Fahrenheit 451, and I had paper coil formers catch fire in the old days) and you can lose 5-6db with copper coils at these temperatures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_compression In practice of course we don't put pure sine waves through amps and music at 225W peak isn't the same as a test signal. Different speakers also address heat dissipation with different levels of success so temp rise is always different between drivers but 3db loss isn't unusual. All of this isn't needed to know that a pair of 8ohm speakers gives a huge boost to your sound compared with a single driver with the same amp and 6db is what you'd roughly expect.

I have always found Andertons to be very fair on this type of thing and have had replacements within the 30 days. One of the things to remember is that in this case the problem is with two connectors, and it may be unclear which has caused the problem. Those Anderton's cables would be fitted with what are considered cheap connectors, however, I have seen low cost XLRs that are very good. In saying that, a non-branded XLR got stuck in a Citronic power amp I bought. IMHO it was the socket fitted to the amp that was at fault but as both XLR connectors were os unknown origin, who knows As for the EV speakers, I cannot see what connectors EV/Dynacord use but if they were also not Neutrik, Amphenol, Switchcraft, Cliff or HiCon, I would be uncertain who is to blame. Of course, it could be the Wetware!

Nice....sssssssss

This is a good shout. But, am i correct in thinking they only make Roundwound? Thank you

Yeah, I saw those, but I'm still wary about investing that sort of money into this bass if I'm still not going to love it. Not to mention, I downloaded the schematics, and it left me very confused. Wiring basses goes over my head. I could handle soldering a couple of wires to an existing pot, but EMG's solderless kit looks overwhelming, and I have no idea how to integrate with the existing preamp. Even if I could figure out how to intergrate them into the existing preamp, it looks like the EMG's are active only. I want to retain the passive option. Nice, but more money than I want to spend. The Hils ticks the right box in terms of value for money.

I have a Sadowsky pre amp which is excellent. So effective it almost makes my Cort sound like a Sadowsky.

I know right! I’m dying to find out

Assuming they go back on @ped's agreement, and to be fair, they have form, you can't go wrong with Newtone strings, made in the UK

Thank you mate, and yeah 4s look so tiny compared to 6s. That 4 has a super skinny 36mm nut too to be fair though.

I had the Road Ready 115EV (and 210EV) version and permanently damaged my back. At one point I stupidly tried to buy this 215 cab but couldn't even get it into the car on my own!!

Very cool, there must be some hisssstory to this ..

I swapped the bridge pickup wires. The sound is fantastic. In the middle, both pickups seem to be working at full power, with almost no loss of volume. Lots more bass than before, and much more sustain.

I use DT770 pro's and have just noticed this freebie App that I'm going to investigate in the next few days. I thought it might also be of interest, or curiosity to other Beyerdynamic users: beyerdynamic HEADPHONE LAB

Does that mean actually made in the UK? Supporting the Chinese and US economies is something we should all be questioning these days.

Might just be a improvement, you never know ..... 🤔

Ahem. *Coughs in Yamaha*

Could be your new kitchen chopping board? 🤔

All sorted - I gave him a call and explained

Alan continues to make some of the best sounding and looking basses on the planet (I may be a touch biased). Don't 4 string necks look skinny next to 5 and 6 stringers? Lovely bases, congrats.