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I agree but XLRs are rated at 10 amps whereas many jacks are rated much lower and XLRs are locking.

The cab in the first post was designed to go with my supercharged Ashdown After Eight. It is much better than it ought to be. I believe the design of the easy build is being drawn up as we speak, but the computer is very old and is driver by six heavy horses. Sadly one of the horses has gone lame but once it has recovered, the design drawings will be ready (I think).

If you have a good comppression driver/horn crossed over properly you do not need a driver angled upwards.

It was about 30 years ago Bill.

Good Shout.

XLRs were used by a number of manufacturers for speakers, to overcome the current and mechanical limitations of 1/4 jacks.

Harsh to describe Talkb*ss like that.

fill the thread with vaseline.

Mine has not worked for some time.

To be fair, I was reading the graph incorrectly. The Sensitivity at 1KHz IS 97dB.

I would love to have come, especially as @stevie is debuting his new 10". It is his first commercial cab that I have not seen/heard in development, so I await all your comments with anticipation. However, look at the Monza and Monaco too. I have been gigging the 12" Monaco for a while and love it. When I heard the 10" Monza before launch, it was great. Enjoy! Oh and give my regards to Frank Black, you were missed at the SW Bash Frank.

The more like 95dB if you read the graphs correctly.

As I said, I have a lot of respect for Alex, and he makes great cabinets, but at the end of the day, Barefaced use similar drivers to many others. Thee laws of physics dictate that a ported or bass reflex cabinet cab only output so much noise, and unless the sea air in Sussex has magical properties, they cannot be significantly louder than any other bass reflex cabinet with the same drivers.

Applying your finish with wire wool will give you that finish. I am not sure whether it works best with oil or lacquer/stain. The Crimson Finishing Oil is apparently better than Tung Oil.

Don't fall for the marketing BS. Barefaced are fine cabs, but there is no magic fairy dust.

They have a weird mid response. I don’t know if it is a phase issue or a dip in the response at the crossover frequency but having hear them live with “solo” singer ( paid karaoke singers) there is something so don’t like.

One day I will take my 8 to rehearsal, just to see the look on their faces. They were shocked when I initially turned up with a single 12.

Those switches have mains voltage lamps, not LEDs. If they are OK, then the internal lamp (mains) may work without connection to the resistor.

You are correct but we must all try to think of an HPF as a necessary pre-shaping of the bottom end rather than an effect. The ultra low end of bass is not musical and an HPF cleans up the mud and stops excess power being sent through the amp to the speaker. This means that the speaker runs cooler* as does the amp if you are using a Class A/B amp. It also means that the drivers do not over extend. It is win win! *As speakers warm up they gradually quieter due to a phenomenon called power compression.

As long as people pay me to play, I will. As for fighting, I'm a lover......

Got it in one.

Little Mark on top of a Gnome? I found a picture of Little Mark on a Gnome's shoulders!

When I am not gigging, you will find me at The Legion on a Saturday watching other bands. The bassists are invariably more accomplished than me, but I often get cross because of fills. So many good, or at least very competent, bassists that seem to put fills in songs that really don't need them and in one case, the fill was actually too long and meant he was always late getting out of the chorus. Now, I get bored playing root and fifth occasionally, but does the song need a fill? Does it fit? I am not saying that I always get it right, but when I do, the drummer smiles. I have instant feedback. Now I would say I am a member of the Mediocre Bassist Club on Talk Crap (I can never remember the name of that site) and there is little chance of me leaving it due to an amazing leap in technique. However, I do try to get the bassics right.