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  1. Bill Fitzmaurice
    When it was used with a ten and two sixes?
  2. Bill Fitzmaurice
    The 15L and 15B were literally the guitar (lead) and bass versions. The primary difference was Qes, 0.25 for the L, 0.30 for the B. Lower Qes gives stronger highs, at the cost of lows. Loaded in a TL606 cab the knee frequency of the L was 100Hz, the B was 80Hz. The high end knee of the L was 5kHz, the B 3.5kHz. Why Mesa would have used the L for bass, especially in a three-way cab, is puzzling.
  3. Bill Fitzmaurice
    That's what you pay to Clapton, McCartney, Entwhistle and the like. Drivers have impedance. Peavey lists the 1502-4 Black Widow in the TNT 160. Specs are Fs 43Hz, Qes 0.38, Qms 7.9, Vas 192L, Re 3.2 ohms, Xmax 2.8mm. Many drivers come close enough to that to work, though I'd look for one with at least 4mm Xmax.
  4. Bill Fitzmaurice
    Alternate opinion, they remind me of what we used to say about the F4 Phantom : Put in a big enough engine and you can make anything fly. If the OP wanted to go to the trouble he could have the EVM-15B that's been hanging from a nail in my workshop for the last 12 years. That's how long it's been since it was worth my lugging it around.
  5. Bill Fitzmaurice
    You can get a recone, but it won't be cheap, and you'll still end up with a forty year old driver that, by today's standards, isn't all that good for electric bass.
  6. Bill Fitzmaurice
    I'd sell it as is. A replacement driver close to the capabilities of the original will cost you close to what the cab is worth.
  7. Bill Fitzmaurice
    I don't see any 410s on their site, nor any indication of what they use for drivers.
  8. Bill Fitzmaurice
    That's not a good thing. The Beta 10 is barely adequate for electric bass. With only 3mm xmax it's displacement limited to only about 50 watts. Many 2x12s will produce as much low end as a Beta 10 loaded 4x10.
  9. Bill Fitzmaurice
    You very well could have burned out the power transformer and a lot more. If you're very lucky you might have only blown a fuse.
  10. Bill Fitzmaurice
    Sealed or not a 15 doesn't have the dispersion of a 12. It may have less low frequency output than a ported 12, but the ported 12 is still more likely to distort at a lower power input. That said I'd rather matched 12s. You probably find that the 12 and 15 sound better together than either does alone, but that's the case with almost any cab pairing.
  11. Bill Fitzmaurice
    You want the cab with the wider midrange dispersion and lower excursion limited power on the top. In this case it's the 112. The the case of a 410/115 it's the 115.
  12. Bill Fitzmaurice
    What it means specifically could be just about anything. For decades Fender drivers were labeled 'Fender Special Design' and the only special about them was the label.
  13. Bill Fitzmaurice
    In the case of Eminence you tell them what you want for the basic frame/motor and a ballpark performance goal, so the conversation would start something like 'What do you have that's similar to the 2512'. Eminence will provide you with a few data sheets for the 2512 frame/motor with various cone, spider and voice coil options for you to choose from. If you see one you like they'll send you a sample for you to test. In most cases it won't be much different than the stock driver, nor any better. When Eminence introduces a new driver line they test dozens of versions, and the one they think is the best of the bunch is the one that ends up in the retail catalog. One notable exception is the 3012 family. I worked with quite a few OEM 3012s that had specs in between the 3012HO and the 3012LF. IMO they were better than either the 3012HO or LF for electric bass applications, and they did make their way into some cabs that I designed for manufacturers, including one voted 'Best New Speaker' by some sources.
  14. Bill Fitzmaurice
    Or other manufacturers over-rate theirs. In any event where the maximum output of a speaker is concerned the primary spec is xmax, not watts, so until manufacturers start revealing their xmax figures you simply cannot make a valid comparison between cabs.
  15. Bill Fitzmaurice
    If it is 2512 loaded that means it will take two of the Aggies to equal the output of one BFST. I'd say that it probably is 2512 loaded, as a Kappalite based driver would be at least 450w each, and they wouldn't miss out on the opportunity to advertise the new 212 as 900w.
  16. Bill Fitzmaurice
    Setting up a PA desk is different. The last thing you want is to have clipping at the input stage, so that procedure would be more or less correct, at least as far as the individual channels is concerned. However, a good desk would not have the 0dB setting the max, either on the individual channels or any of the outputs. 0dB would typically be at least 10dB below maximum. Also, you wouldn't start with both the desk outputs and the power amp attenuators at 0dB. Doing so might result in the input gains being too low for acceptable signal to noise ratio. A knowledgeable engineer uses the input LED readout to be sure that the applied gain puts the signal strength in the Goldilocks zone.
  17. Bill Fitzmaurice
    I don't know why they say that either. It has nothing to do with Class D.
  18. Bill Fitzmaurice
    Chinese gear using the name of a long defunct American brand. Nothing special.
  19. Bill Fitzmaurice
    Chances are that tone control is the same as the one in your bass, a simple high frequency shelving filter. You can change its knee frequency by changing the value of the capacitor, but nothing you can do will turn an inexpensive guitar combo into a capable bass amp.
  20. Bill Fitzmaurice
    This could be an example of because you can do something doesn't mean that you should.
  21. Bill Fitzmaurice
    I still have mine, but those aluminum heat retainers came off it before ever seeing a gig. One has to wonder if the designer had ever seen a heat sink, let alone understanding the concept.
  22. Bill Fitzmaurice
    You can't tell anything definitive by the position of the knobs, as there are many other variables, for instance his Fender J passives.
  23. Bill Fitzmaurice
    If an amp gets that hot and it doesn't have a decent fan it should. Even if it's not hot enough to cause short term damage it will probably cause long term damage. My Superfly was horrid, the aluminum handles/'heatsinks' didn't dissipate heat, they held it. I got rid of them, out the amp in a rack case with a 3" fan, no more heat.
  24. Bill Fitzmaurice
    There's no such thing as altruism in business. Offering amps and cabs that will still work with older gear is a business decision. It's not necessarily a bad decision, but if regulatory agencies were paying attention they wouldn't be allowed to put them in amps or cabs that their current rating isn't suitable for. They're not paying attention because it's a very small industry in the grand scheme of things.
  25. Bill Fitzmaurice
    That it will, and it will work as well as it ever has since its invention circa 1878. The issue is that for the last thirty years there has been a better option. If you're content with what you have, use it. If not, welcome to the 21st century. The only 'vibe' is to continue making sales. They don't want potential buyers to go elsewhere for the lack of having 1/4" inch jacks. They'd still offer banana jacks too if they thought that they could make more sales, and there wasn't the slight inconvenience of their having been banned in Europe.
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