BassmanPaul

Stack the 15 atop the 4x10 where you will be able to hear it's cries of pain as it fails to keep up with the far more able 4x10.

I played through a Rumble 2x10 combo a few times at a jam on Queen Street here in Toronto. I was very pleased how it handled everything that my six string threw at it. It was the first Fender amp I actually liked!

Personally I think my Ampeg B15NF looks lovely at the bottom of the stairs to my basement 'Studio.' He sits there like an old time Troll and makes me happy every time I see him!

Every extra feature adds a cost to the unit. YOU might want the features you mention but how many others would like the same thing. Manufacturers always have a guessing game about what to build into a unit to make it attractive to the most customers. Most times they get it right but not necessarily for everyone.

For a 100W amp 1/4" Phone jacks will work fine. It's when the power levels go up the problems arise especially with Solid State amps. As you insert this plugs a momentary short occurs across the speaker jack. This can damage such an amplifier. If you have a choice ALWAYS use Neutrk branded Speakon connectors as the Far East versions can damage the socket.

For amps with higher power the 1/4" Phone plugs are not up to the task. They were originally designed for Telephone Switch Boards running at 48V DC at a few hundred milliamps.

2 minutes ago, Frank Blank said:

Basschat does exactly what it says on the tin, there.

 

Problem solved - no horse s***.

 

Textbook.

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I would be a little concerned with the low power of the amplifier. I feel that you would need a cabinet with high sensitivity to avoid running out of head room too early.

8 hours ago, obbm said:

Sorry I've rambled on for too long but happy days. 

Happy days are few and far between. No need to be sorry for that!!

Call Dave again? Good luck getting it sorted. 

On 21/10/2023 at 03:36, Pirellithecat said:

So not long to wait now!   I'll just have to de-GAS for while longer

 

 

 

 

Beano is good for that I hear1!

6 hours ago, bremen said:

True, but it doesn't help that the Synq amp pictured above describes itself as 'digital' on its face.

Like a pair of headphones I once owned, a panel heater on the wall over there, and probably several of the onions in my fridge.

Marketing departments! You can't live with them...period!!!!

2 hours ago, fretmeister said:

 My last rack, many years ago.
 

It was very heavy! 

 

It certainly looks it!!! LOL

@sifi2112 You location gave me a smile and a memory. My Mother and both my sisters attended your teacher training college. I visited Bingley  many times as we visited them. 

Off topic I know but please humour me. As we get older many 'blasts from the past' take over. ;D

just to be picky with the OP, Class D amps are not digital they are analogue.

I use a 2KW capable  Class D stereo power amp driven by a full tube pre-amp I designed and built for that purpose. In a four space SKB rack case I can lift it with just two fingers.

I'm glad you got the problem sorted. Now play the amp and enjoy!

I took a look at our Amazon here in Canada. They had a suitable transformer for under $100. I couldn't find a UK version of Amazon and the .eu site didn't seem to be navigable. Maybe they work adifferently over there. 

I see Swee Lee is a company in Singapore.  Sorry I've not heard about them before. The moral of the story is that when ever buying from abroad you should specify what voltage you want to operate the unit on. there again Singapore operates on 230V 50Hz close enough to the UK standard.  Did you try contacting the company to see if they can do anything for you?

I feel that a step down transformer is the way you'll have to go in this case. 

For interest how did the seller use the amp?

Post a picture of the back panel please. I went through the manual on Aguilar's site but could find no mention of changing the mains voltage. It might be that this is accomplished by changing out the power transformer. If this is true you might have to resort to using an outboard 240V to 120V transformer.

For a SS amplifier a reasonable guesstimate would be it will output approximately half its output power at 4Ω into an 8Ω load. This is not the whole story of course but it does enable a player to ball park his/her amplifier's performance. TCE have been known to fudge their ratings in the past but not this time I believe.  As advised above adding a second identical cabinet to your first will all more performance due to coupling of the cabinets. Add to that the fact that the amp will be able to output its maximum power into the 4Ω load the two boxes will provide. A win, win situation.

That's an 8x8" cabinet not an 8x10.  I've played through an 8x8 cabinet, Traynor, and it handled the Low B on my six string just fine. LOL

Thank @agedhorse I believe he designed them!!

David, why go looking for problems where none may exist. One player's wooly tone could well be another's delight. Try all the configurations that you'd like to use and see if they work for you. Best of luck.

Sub woofers are more aimed a PA use. Their job is to reproduce low frequency content from a PA source. They do NOT make good amplifiers for bass guitar. A lot of your harmonics would be lost so too the timbre of your instrument. You're no where near the first to have this idea, not even close. If it was such a good idea don't you think that more players would br doing so??

I have just learned that I lost another musician friend. Tony Priestly played guitar in Liverpool's Earl Preston's Reflections and in the Realms earlier than that.  He passed away after a battle with Cancer.

When the band broke up Tony left Liverpool and came to Toronto. After an economic down turn my family followed. To get through that first winter I took a job servicing high end stereo equipment on Yonge Street.  My Engineering qualifications were deemed of no value unless I went back to school for two years.

Looking in the Telephone Directory I found Tony and renewed our friendship. He made the suggestion that I enter the Drafting field and gave me a contact number. I followed the suggestion and was shortly working as a contract draftsman for Ontario's electricity generating and distribution system Ontario Hydro. Truthfully I didn't even know what pencil to use!! LOL

A couple of years later I was invited to join the Hydro staff.  This set me up with paid vacation, a pension and a wonderful benefit package.  Essentially we were set up for life.

Thank you Tony and rest in peace my friend. I'll certainly miss you.