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BassmanPaul

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  1. Whatever the cab is if it has a pair of drivers stack the cab so that they are vertically aligned. It's better that way.
  2. Well you can't have everything!! LOL
  3. Stack that one the other way up! QED.
  4. Using both outputs into the same cabinet is not always safe. Some SS amps have two power amps always wired in bridge. The outputs are not the same and connecting both to one cabinet will destroy both power amps.
  5. Only if you have poor quality speaker cables and have suffered failures in the past. In my sixty odd years of gigging I have yet to have a speaker cable fail on me! Truthfully, as I make mine myself, I'd be insulted if one failed! LOL
  6. Both connections are basically the same. Make sure the combined impedance does not fall below the MicroVR's minimum impedance.
  7. I should also mention that all my power amps are 2Ω stable per channel.
  8. Hi @Roger... welcome to the world of the bass. You will find that it's completely different from that of the guitar. Don't try to get a cabinet that fills out the amplifiers impedance to its minimum. If your amp will handle a 2Ω load then a 4Ω cabinet gives you room to add another 4Ω cabinet down the road. If the amp has a 4Ω minimum then look for an 8Ω cabinet. so you have room to add another. I don't know of the Gnome series products, I use a pair of Acme B2 2x10 three way cabinets each 4Ω stacked on their ends for a vertical 4x10. I am able to hear myself easily and dispersion out into the room is much improved by the vertical array. Good luck with your venture into Bassdom.
  9. As soon as you sell that Ampeg unit you'll come across a band to play with and have to buy again. You could use a trick from the guitar players and pull the two outer power tubes and run the amp at half power., not an ideal match but at practice volumes you should be fine.
  10. In solid stae amplifiers it's vital that the output devices are cooled. that requires either large heatsinks or smaller with a fan pushing air across them. It's what we have to live with. Class D are more efficient and generate less heat that is more easily disposed of.
  11. I never understood why they called it Football when the oval 'ball' seems to be carried most of the time! the US has the National Football League NFL and here in Canada we have the Canadian Football League CFL. Edit: At school I was required to play Rugby. I hated the game! Grammar schools seemed to play Rugby whilst lesser schools played football. I always wondered about that! I knew that if the ball ever came to me it was prudent to get rid of the thing before I was crushed by burly guys on the other team! The 'Beautiful Game' is called Soccer. At the moment the ladies teams are being badly treated by the league and haven't even been paid yet for the 2022 season. Disgusting!!
  12. Their tube amps were popular as a chassis for modifications and customization. I've done a few myself.
  13. Built in the town of Pickering a couple of miles further East along Kingston Road from where I live.
  14. Loads of them over here!
  15. Since I started stacking my Acme B2 2x10 vertically I wouldn't go back.
  16. Personally I feel that all too much attention is given to fan noise. Solid state output devices need to be cooled to be safe to operate. A fan is the easiest and most efficient means to do so.
  17. It does help if you understand how an amplifier operates and what the controls will do.
  18. We're above freezing at the moment. Unusually warm in fact! LOL
  19. Fridge is a sore subject in my home. One of ours died and left us with a pile of food to cook or give away! Replacement arrives sometime on Saturday the 11th. Bah Humbug!!
  20. Charlie you're using a Canadian amp manufactured a couple of miles east along Kingston Road from my home!! Whoda thunk!
  21. Or it could be a lady selling off a naughty husbands property at dirt low prices.
  22. For me, I wouldn't play through an 8x10 if you gave it to me!
  23. @rogo Don't put a water bottle on top of your amp. If it tips over and spills water into your amp it could be toast - so to speak!
  24. Gareth even the best of us make mistakes!
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