Mr. Foxen

Bear in mind the wattages you quote are thermal limits, not breaking limits, plenty enough power there to break both those cabs if you don't listen for them complaining.

Have you tried running each cab alone? Do you prefer the tone of either better than the other or the combination of the two? Also, doe sit sound consistent as you move around the room? Those are pretty far different cabs and attendant phase issues would be expected, which show up as you change relative position to them.

The point of the laminating is to render them more consistent when using a not consistent material. So the inconsistency of material you suggest will have its effect minimised, that's a whole bunch of the point of laminate construction, an inconsistency in a single component laminate will average out to be minimally detrimental to overall consistency.

Bring up the sample size to a a representative sample, and the laminated construction ones will exhibit greater consistency for given material quality because of the nature of laminated construction. Could probably assume Fender use a higher grade of wood to start with mind. The reason laminates and composites are used in mass production is because of this increased consistency.

[quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1339871418' post='1695774'] This may also explain the whole 'nitro paint allowing a body to breathe' myth, which I'm not so sure about. [/quote] That one was totally killed by the pointing out that Fender used a sealer under the nitro coat. Plus the body breathing would be a total fail of warping. [quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1339887844' post='1696036'] If you took your bass that has a maple board & played an open A, then swapped the neck for a rosewood board & played an open A, would the fretboard make them sound different? [/quote] Important bit would be swapping a single piece of wood to a multiple density laminate, which is a fairly significant structural thing.

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/13848-ampeg-svt-2-pro/ Although you must be mistaken about the Ampeg being broken, because of the classic tone and the lengthy list of endorsers they have.

Retrovibe with R-Bomb: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bass-Guitar-with-Rickenbacker-Shape-only-played-a-few-times-/140776124304?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item20c6e92f90

Unless your pickup is around the 12th fret, 30hz isn't as relevant as you probably imagine.

Oh yeah, and if live, have it after your DI to front of house, since that sort of lows isn't that useful for monitoring anyway, and let sound engineer deal with rest. You'll find you can crank your rig crazily with no farting.

If thats starting to roll off at 75hz, prob be OK, depends how steep to an extent. The SVT 8x10 is rolling off from about there, but relatively gently.

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1339767072' post='1694018'] Yes, but they just dont really work like that do they, they do have variations of 'on-ness' whereas digital doesnt. There is the number of and frequency of neurones firing to maintian a given level of 'on-ness'. Which may seem similar but I'm not sure that it is quantifiable with a simple sample rate analogy. [/quote] Maybe as a variable bitrate, depending on how hard you concentrate. Plus really dense sounds with lots of information tend to block out everything else and are hard to ignore.

Its tone that matters more than watts, bigger deal. The Marshall will get louder but be dirtier, and maybe less bassy when it gets there. Depends if that tone is what you want. If it is the tone you want, but too quiet, get more cab. Does sound from sig that cabs might be weak point.

Sounds a lot for a Westone, but at the same time, you'd have trouble getting that much guitar for that price any other way.

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1339788753' post='1694521'] +1, and by that same token you may use processing to get that same result with any SS amp. +1. Few 210s can actually make use of even 150w, so anything more than that put in won't get any additional out. [/quote] Get a bunch of distortion and compression if you put more in, so might be a win if you like that. Until they break.

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1339765191' post='1693973'] In terms of perceived volume, my 100w valve amp is easily as loud as my previous 350w ss amp. Both played through 2 x 10" speakers. Hope this helps. [/quote] Bunch of that would be down to the 2x10 not actually being able to convert much more than 100w into spl.

Main thing is that watts isn't a useful figure to use anyway, for massive amounts of reasons, mainly with SS amps that it depends on external factors (load impedance) and the total lack of a relationship to SPL (which is the point of amplification).

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1339756667' post='1693758'] apart from the weirdness I always thought thats what dead spots were? the resonant pitch of the wood and the string leading to cancellation or something [/quote] Its actually resonance that does dead spots, the structure is resonant at that frequency and takes the energy from the string. Its like that thing when people say somehting is 'more resonant' when they mean 'less resonant'.

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1339753893' post='1693688'] String vibrates because its part of a stiff structure. [/quote] The lack of stiffness in the structure (and other resonant properties causing damping etc) is what effects the vibration of the string.

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1339669037' post='1692219'] Coming back to the audio amplifier, unless it involves some sort of DSP circuit, such as the preamplifier in the TC RH450, there is no analogue to digital conversion and thus the signal stays in the analogue domain. Effects units, such as those by Line 6 are digital as they rely wholly on A/D, DSP and D/A conversion. It's pretty safe to call them digital. [/quote] [quote name='silddx' timestamp='1339673089' post='1692361'] But still no-one can tell the difference between those and analogue [/quote] [quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1339699711' post='1693040'] Of course they can. as long as they see it or are told it's being used [/quote] [quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1339709726' post='1693309'] Or are using it. [/quote] [quote name='silddx' timestamp='1339754278' post='1693699'] Nope, still don't understand. User experiences of what? Different between what? [/quote] I hope this way no new data will have to be assimilated.

100w with bunch of compression and distortion and bandpass filtering.

The body radiates sound, its a much larger speaking area. Its the same artifact as the acoustic output of any other instrument.

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1339743273' post='1693496'] What was the question again? [/quote] I was saying that the user experience differs significantly. You appear to want to argue, citing differences in user experience as support.

Becoming even less related to topic.

Not quite sure how that statement relates. Choosing different things is down to them being different, not because there isn't a difference.