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[quote name='bassmayhem' timestamp='1498924331' post='3328025'] Then you will need some kind of power conditioner, that always feed the correct voltage regardless of source... [/quote] AFIK a power conditioner can't increase a low voltage.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1498845966' post='3327563'] [media]http://youtu.be/KQgo3Fbmsf8[/media] [/quote] That sounds bloody awful!

The compression thing is all to do with how the signal is processed to appeal to the market. This is totally independent of the reproduction method - except that the CD allows you to compress more and still be able to fit it it on a CD, whereas an LP cannot support that degree of compression. If you copy an original vinyl to CD through half decent gear then you won't know the difference on play back, it will all be there, complete with surface noise and scratches. The good news is that a half decent CD player costs a fraction of a half decent record deck, and the CD will still sound the same in 20 years time, whereas an LP won't (if you've played it at all). An LP might sound good, or even better, according to taste, but to claim it's amore accurate reproduction is just silly.

Saw the Foo Fighters, Royal Blood and Iggy Pop on the same bill at the MK Bowl a couple of years ago. (in the Dave Grohl broken leg period). Foo fighters: boring. Royal Blood: get a band. Iggy Pop: stole the show for me.

Brilliant news!

The audience won't care what strings you've got on (unless it's another bass player).

Was watching some 'Family' at Glastonbury 71 on Youtube earlier tonight. To be fair I am a Die hard Family/Streetwalkers/RC fan, but what a contrast to the whole Glastonbury thing these days (not a go at Ed Sheeran, but loopers, really? Get a f***ing Band.) For those interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dG8zRb9P5M&list=RD-dG8zRb9P5M#t=0 Sound quality is not good (1971), but what a performance.

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1498308772' post='3323780'] and Debbie Harry [/quote] The shields to keep Debbie Harry off? Now that I can understand.

[quote name='Nicko' timestamp='1498225248' post='3323280'] It was me what done it. It was a critique of the ad, not the thread. The fact I posted on the thread is evidence I find it a useful discussion. [/quote] Just to point out that my comments weren't aimed at any individual, just a general comment.

As I see it some one said 'the worst ad you've posted', and others took it to mean 'the worst thread you've started', i.e. an attack on Blue rather than the ad. I really don't know - I could be wrong (after all, there's a first time for everything). At the end of the day it's athread on the internet,. If you don't like it, or you would have done it differently, then you can always just ignore it. Keep it up Blue. I find your thoughts on stuff interesting, especially as it often highlights differences between the US (well Milwaulkee at least) and the UK 'scenes'.

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1497655567' post='3319907'] No doubt amazing quality but just doesn't need to be that expensive. [/quote] Yep. Can't see him selling many, but then at that price he won't need to. Edited to add: But then again, I guess that if you're a pro £1600 for the right amp is probably justifiable, even if an amp at £600 gives you 90% of what you need.

Has the Aurora been discontinued? Couldn't find any trace of it on the Vanderkley site.

Depends on the amp in my (limited) experience. Marshall DBS7400, Marshall B150 combo - lots of effect when you blend the Valve pre-amp in. Not just marketing Carvin BX ??? - no noticeable change between valve and SS preamps. Seems to be marketing led. Might as well have just taped a valve inside the case so they could say it had one.

Using an LM3 at the moment, but the best amp? Marshall DBS7400. Weighs a ton, but superb tone. Valve/solid state blend that actually does something. 400W at two ohm, but with a peak of 4000w.

I have the Mp-BT1, and also the GTR1. Use the GTR1 mostly as it has additional features - notably recording! Also has rhythms etc., which can make practicing a lot more satisfying. The BT1 has a few more specialised bass features. Thankfully I'm not a great fan of effects, because the built in effects seem pretty horrible. Yes, all this stuff can be done on a PC, but why would you want that when a pocket sized unit will do it all for you? I would be without one.

The band I am currently in has a sax player that doubles up on piano. Generally plays Alto which is great, but when she gets the soprano out and starts "duelling" with lead guitar it sounds amazing. If the Sax player is a sax only then when not playing he/she could do what the singer does when not singing.

[quote name='Trueno' timestamp='1496575376' post='3312355'] To answer your question, if I heard of a local band playing the likes of [b]Lizzie [/b]and AC/DC with a sax player.... I think I'd give it a miss. [/quote] Have you heard "Live & Dangerous"?

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1495956179' post='3307691'] Since then working on the Mk2 we've found that a single port gives a lot less port noise than a group of four with the same cross sectional area. I'm not keen on four corner ports for that reason, but it does help stiffen the cab. Balloon wrestling again. [/quote] One thing (possibly the only thing) I remember from my Physics degree is that at the same pressure doubling the diameter of a pipe will increase the flow by a factor of 16, not the 4 times that the actual area might suggest. So, although 4 ports of diameter X will have have the same area as a single port of diameter 2X, the flow through the single large port would would 16 times that of a single port at X, or 4 times the flow of 4 ports of the same total area.

Way too much musical snobbery on this site. Some really cracking songs been mentioned; Mustang Sally, Hoochie Coochie Man, Sweet home Alabama. All cracking songs that audiences love, yet people jump on the band wagon of slagging them off. Anyone here written a song that audiences will still be requesting 40 or 50 years? ...... .... No, I didn't thinks so.

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1495816666' post='3306864'] It's gonna hate w***el Rotary Engine, then. [/quote] But at least you can still sat 'Twat'

[quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1495692513' post='3305830'] Yes it was. A pity, because it's a good venue. [/quote] I think it changed hand a year or so ago didn't it, when it became rebranded as the "King Billy Rock Bar". My lad has played there numerous times, including since the change, but I don't think I've been there since (as a punter).

I guess that Rythm Stick must be in the running somewhere

Apologies if I'm being stupid, but unless playing in large venues, isn't the bass reflected around the room so much that the original speaker dispersion has very little effect?

Now you see, that just shows how deceptive a graph can be. A cording to that graph you had one FR800 the middle of last week, and one and a half FR800s a day or so after that! Did they deliver them to the doorstep and then slowly push them through the door over the next week?

Not yet, but just started the process. Had the preliminary hearing test last week and the results were quite a shock. So, nothing to offer as advice, but I will be watching others responses carefully.