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I hope I will do. Inrush current is the extremely high instantaneous current that happens at switch on. It is determined by the power supply design and/or technology. It wan't make a jot of difference to your sound but, if not controlled may affect the reliability. Slew rate is the speed at which an amplifier can change over time. Usually measured in volts/uS (micro seconds).. As far as I know, most modern amps have an adequate slew rate for bass. Early op amps like the 741 used in many early SS amps had a slew rate typically of 0.5V/uS. Generally considered too low for audio. Industry standard Audio opamps like NE5532 have a slew rate of 9V/uS. Of course the slew rate of a complete bass amp is more important than an individual component, and is rarely quoted.

Can't say about the round wounds bu I put Fender Flats on my peavey as the shop was out of Picatos. The low E went "soggy" in a week.

[quote name='dincz' timestamp='1446486503' post='2899773'] Their rated powers are measured differently. [/quote]No it is not that simple. Lets take say a 400W SS and a 200W Valve amp. If we measure them both at 200W into an 8 ohm resistor,* they may well both have a distortion of under 1%. There is no standard for distortion for MI use but 1% is the figure I used when I decided on the power unit for my amp. If they are well designed the output will be almost identical. Push them harder and the SS amp will start to sound nasty and the valve amp will "compress and distort" in a more musical way. TC electronics add this effect to their amps to claim much higher perceived power than the real power of their amps. So you will get a little more usable power from the valve amp and it sounds louder. Louder in the same way the adverts sound louder than the programmes on TV. Assuming the valve amp has 4 ohm tap on the output transformer, we connect both to a 4 ohm speaker. Now the Valve amp will again output something over 200W but the Solid State amp will be outputting 400W, This would be almost 3dB in power terms and as as 1 db is a just noticeable change in level, 3 dB is obvious but not earth shattering. Of course what is earth shattering is the weight of the 200W valve amp. * a resistor is used because loudspeakers are coils of indeterminate values and the impedance (ac resistance) at each frequency differs from driver to driver, cabinet to cabinet.

Bill is right 600W solid state is usually quoted into 4 Ohms and the will give you 300W into * Ohms providing the watts are not "marketing watts". Add the increased power due too compression in he valve amp and there will be little difference. If it is a Behringer or Bugera, the Valve head will be louder. However set the valve head to 4 ohms and the 600W SS into 4 ohms will be louder but not by much. Of course the issue here is that compression is distortion and any amp will be louder with distortion. So if you want a loud SS head add a little fuzz an pitch of compassion and your there (don't forget the lead weights top if you want a "vintage" valve sound).

Well I have the chance to buy many small practice amps from reputable makes and they were with tosh, expensive or both. The was cheap and a bit tosh

Has any one got any service info on these? It works but has horrid pop on switch on.

On many digital systems there is a reset button or sequence of buttons to reboot/reset the processors. You might find it in you user manual.

After my eye op I have had trouble as my new lens is quite different to my other eye.That is due to be operated on next month. So no need e work has been done. I have been running the power amp on its own using my Korg AX3000B as a preamp. Although the AX3000B has a reletively low output but the amp iseems to have so much in reserve. I was a little concerned earlier when the amp got a little warm. However I realised it was in the sun all day. One thing I have confirmed is that the Powercon for the mains. That is the blue plug in the pictures. It locks really well and fils you with a confidence that the IEC does not. You can also see the speaker cable (Orange) connected via the speakon/Jack combo connector. The Orange cable is 2 metres of 2 core mains cable. Over the distance from amp to cab there is no need for a monster cable.

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1446341314' post='2898722'] Now that's not quite true... It's just spelt differently & means something completely different. [spoiler]Homage[/spoiler] [/quote]I give homage to you. Are you Wictionary in disguise?

I get all my screws from TR Fastenings you have to buy 100 min but when I bought 100 M3 x 6MM machine screws they charged me £1. The same as many places charge for 10 screws. Of course they are about a mile from my house but they have branches all over. If not them look for Fastener Suppliers in your locale.

On a passive bass the pickups are "loaded" by the pots, cap, your lead and the amplifier input stage. The tone control affects the top end and the volume control affects both volume and tone and the lower you have the bass volume, the more the treble is cut. [size=4]A good preamp takes out some, or all,of these and lets the pickup sound come [/size]through unaltered.[size=4] Of course the passive sound is what most of us are used to and so the natural sound of [/size]the[size=4] pickup sounds too bright or [/size]zings[size=4]. The biggest load on the pickup on a passive bass is the volume pot and the 250K resistor that is added is the same as having a 250K pot set to max volume. In other words it gives you back (most of) your passive sound.[/size] [size=4]I understand that some of John East's [/size]preamps also have a preset mid scooped sound pre set. It may be worth chatting with John re your options as few know as much as him about preamps and sound.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1419937406' post='2644048'] If people still wish to imply that TC amps only put out 200 watts, I'll continue to relate my experience of them, that they are easily the equivalent of 500 and 750 watt amps. The yawn is because the continued misinformation from a few people is getting very boring. [/quote]Sorry for resurrecting this thread. The misinformation is that 200 Watts is 200 Watts. No amount of processing can multiiply watts.

Alex, Duke le Jeune places his ports to enable chimney effect cooling. Have you tried this, and is there any evidence that is works? If it does of course, the benefit would be that the heat itself causes the movement of air not the low notes.

[quote name='Merton' timestamp='1446374376' post='2898808'] Speaking of frequency-related hearing loss I tried that little slider and can hear nothing below about 35 Hz and nothing above 12kHz. I swear I did a similar test last year and still got to around 15 kHz, maybe my memory is also going :/ [/quote]You are lucky mine cars out at 10KHz

The OP asked when is a WATt not a WATt. Try this: What is a Watt In terms of DC direct current then the measurement of one watt is easy. One watt is 1 Volt across 1 Ohm. For AC one watt is 1 Volt RMS across 1 Ohm. Why 1 Volt RMS? Heat! To get the same amount of energy in the form of heat, into a 1 Ohm resistor as 1 V DC you need 1 Volt RMS. So how does this affect my amp? Well for years amplifiers were measured in terms of watts RMS. Now this is slightly wrong as there is no such thing as a watt RMS. It is a Watt or at least the equivalent of a watt. So our 1 watt is fixed, no quibbles! 1 Watt is one watt. What idiot told the marketing department about peak and peak to peak. If we look at the peak voltage at 1 watt we get 1.414V peak. Using Ohms law, I = V/R where I is current in Amperes and R is resistance in Ohms. Note! There is no such thing as Amperage or Ohmage! Now we have a voltage of 1.414 Volts and a current of 1.414 Amps. (short form of Amperes) and as Power = Volts X Amperes then our peak power is 2 watts. If you take peak to peak values, the power would be 8 watts, Transfer that to an amplifier and marketing might call a 500 Watt amp 1000 or 4000 Watts. If you think this is exaggerated. The Burgera Veyron thread should put you right. Of course it is not as simple as that but that is another story.

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1446326126' post='2898649'] Just tried that link, but it seems to go against your third sentence, as I found around 7000 Hz by far the loudest. almost painful at a volume where the mid range sounded pretty quiet. [/quote]What phones were you using?

I bought a fiver some years ago, a Washburn and it played really well, nice tight Low B, nice acton Unfortunately I did not, Nice to see that most use them to go below E, To hear some fiver evangelists, Low B is the only note worth playing.

That exaggerated peak at 2.1KHz and is in the "presences" area making that driver a contender for a guitar speaker. The 3KHz peak added to the 2.1 KHz peak may explain the exaggerated mids.

Phil I am impressed. Yes a full metal grille will improve things but that looks nice. BTW if you double click the pictures that are big enough.

If you go on TB there has been a lot of discussion about the variability/quality control on Modulus. I have no opinion #justsaying/

Glad you got Black Velvet fixed. It was always my Bette noir. I know trace liked MDF for cabs as they thought it sounded better than Chioboard or ply. That was from one of the engineers there not the marketing dept.

you would need a tansfomer costing minimum of £50.

I preferred A in the first two sample. In the rehearsal, I can forgive your hesitation. Black Velvet is a deceptive song in that if is all about the bass and the passages ate the end of the chorus are a B. I read that the bass line on the record was a mixture of real bass and synthesised bass. Or maybe that was my excuse as I found it hard, On second and subsequent listenings the B speaker seems mid heavy or bass light. I am using AKG 450 headphones from an old macbook pro so the quality should be OK.

A lot of sense on here as usual. However a number of so called pro mixer monkeys* seem to think that the kick drum is all that needs to be heard. I was at the Engine Rooms jn Southampton to see Glenn Hughes on Saturday and when the drummer hit the kick you could feel it in your guts. iI was loud and obviously heavily compressed. The effect was that when the kick drum was hit, it drowned out the vocals, bass and guitars. Ironically the worst sound in the room was staring directly behind the mixing console. So if you cannot hear the drums (or more importantly the audience cannot hear the drums) put them through the PA but not through the Mackies. Mic choice and placement is vital as Phil said earlier in the thread. Also try to remember that it is the overall sound you are aiming for, although as you had the wherewithal to ask for advice, you are probably half way there. (*they like to be called sound engineers but that is a misnomer)

Just out of interest. Was the 19mm Ply birch? I have some 19mm spruce ply (slightly softer but lighter then birch) in the garage and was wondering if that would sound much different.