stevie

I could use that. What do I have to do?

Bought a cab from Pete, which he had maintained in immaculate condition. It was well packed and shipped out quickly. The whole transaction was very easy with zero hassle. One of the good guys.

They're not actually worth the money they fetch (IMO), because it's fairly old technology and newer drivers can do a lot better. However, the LS3/5a has been praised so often by cloth-eared idiot reviewers in the hi-fi press that they have gained cult status and this status has been conferred on the drivers used in that box.

[quote name='noelk27' post='965829' date='Sep 23 2010, 05:04 PM']In fact, there's more information printed on a personal cheque than is usually required for direct bank transfer.[/quote] Thanks for pointing that out. I do believe you're right.

If I'm not mistaken, those drivers often fetch around £100 on eBay.

[quote name='Beedster' post='964328' date='Sep 22 2010, 12:03 PM']As Harry Callaghan would say "Check out the developing 'Help: Lichfield' thread, and ask yourself, do ya think that 4% would be worth it, do ya punk?" [/quote] I particularly liked the bit about the Swedish guy with no hair. I'd have more faith in him than PayPal but I see what you mean.

I've never had to claim but I've heard lots of stories about people who've tried to claim and were left high and dry. If PayPal provided reliable insurance against being ripped off, I certainly wouldn't mind paying them. EDIT No, I tell a lie: I did try to claim a small amount once but the seller had used weasel wording in his ad and I was unsuccessful.

[quote name='Beedster' post='964254' date='Sep 22 2010, 11:18 AM']..... to be honest, I don't think the change is a great loss.[/quote] Dunno about that. I found it quite useful. And if you have money in your PayPal account, somebody has already paid PayPal commission to put it there. Four percent commission makes cheques look attractive again. There's always bank to bank transfer but I'm a bit wary about giving a complete stranger my bank account details.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='964264' date='Sep 22 2010, 11:23 AM']Paypal balance to paypal was free, but if you were going via a card, gift just meant the sender gets charged instead of the receiver.[/quote] Aha - that's interesting. I only paid part of the amount with my PayPal balance. So maybe if I'd had the entire amount in my PayPal account I wouldn't have been charged.

I just tried to make a payment to a fellow Basschatter using the usual "gift" option and they've now changed it. It looks like they won't let you transfer funds for free any more. I expect Ebay is not making enough money.

[quote name='The Bass Doc' post='964117' date='Sep 22 2010, 09:17 AM']Allparts do the Badass III for £86.16p.[/quote] I got £72 for my used one on eBay last month. Which was quite a surprise, I can tell you.

Yes, that's the one. By William Perry and Leon White. It comes up on eBay occasionally.

The easiest song I ever learned was Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater. Three notes only. Play strictly on the one and three. If there's an easier one, I'd be surprised. EDIT: Aha - I see Thunderbird just beat me to it :-)

[quote name='spongebob' post='959727' date='Sep 17 2010, 05:54 PM']In the meantime, they rang Proel for a quote for a speaker - were given a price, but also told that in the case of a cab, speakers are not covered under warranty!![/quote] Interesting. B&C, which supplies MarkBass speakers and which Proel also distributes, actually offers a 3-year warranty on its products.

If you're willing to put in the time and effort, I'd suggest creating a decent vent area somewhere near the front of the case - probably on the top or at either side of the front panel. Then turn the fan round and have it pulling air in from the front and venting through the back. Block up any other vents at the back to prevent short circuits. Even with a slow, quiet fan you can pull half a cubic metre of cold air a minute across the heat sink to cool it down, which should be more than enough as the Trace heat sink is quite decent. Papst do temperature controlled fans with a sensor that could attach to the amp's heat sink. I think they cost about ten to twelve pounds. The temperature control would then be automatic rather than via a pot. You might need to experiment with this arrangement, but temperature controlled would definitely be the ultimate, as the fan would only need to get up to speed when you're hammering the amp. The rest of the time it would just be idling and would be inaudible. And I'd definitely install the silicon spacers as I described in my earlier post. A quid well spent IMO.

I got to the root of the problem. There was a very slight gap between the fan and the case, which caused the fan to rattle against the case. It actually sounded like the fan was buzzing and rattling but it was in fact the casing creating the racket. The metal case is also screwed very firmly to the MDF outer sleeve, which makes the vibrating area even greater. The only reason I discovered this was because Dave had supplied me with some silicon spacers for the fan. When I fitted them the racket subsided considerable, although I still had to use some thin foam to space the fan completely off the chassis - and that did the trick. Clamping the fan firmly to the chassis helped a bit, but not much - and certainly nowhere near as much as spacing the fan away from the metal casing. I ended up fitting a 2,600 rpm Papst that generates about the same amount of 'wind' as the original. All I can hear is the whoosh of air now. It's not quiet, but it's not an annoying noise like before. With a better design of case (i.e. a proper air inlet), I'm sure a 'silent' fan type would be fine.

If you can read at a reasonable level, you can pick the midi files off the internet, print out the bass lines and learn 8 songs of average difficulty in a couple of hours with the help of a midi player. You might not be able to memorize them in that time, but you can always take the dots with you to the audition. This doesn't answer your question, but my answer to your actual question would be 'it depends'.

[quote name='Chopthebass' post='952157' date='Sep 10 2010, 07:10 PM']What was the technical bollock he dropped? I watched part of the vid and most of the cabs sounded the same through my headphones![/quote] It would be interesting to know if anyone else noticed :-) It's not very far in. You could hear the differences between the cabs quite clearly on good phones but I wouldn't say the differences were earth shattering. The clarity and lack of colouration was impressive. Boogie has tended to go for high quality drivers in the past - and use 3/4" birch ply. Which is a recipe for a good box.

That's interesting - and very well done. I particularly liked it when the smooth-talking sales guy dropped a complete technical bollock which showed that he had no idea what he was talking about. That said, all the cabs sounded really good. I wonder who is supplying the neo drivers.

That's nothing! I'm working on a job that involves a car whose tyres cost $25,000 a set. And there's more.... To actually get the tyres changed, you have to send the car back to France, where they charge you $70,000 for the privilege. The world has gone mad I tell you! Makes Fodera sound quite reasonable actually

[quote name='flyfisher' post='948615' date='Sep 7 2010, 06:34 PM']I've often wondered why so-called 'top-end' gear is so highly priced. Do they really use more and/or highly priced components or is the high price just a reflection of the low production volumes? Or, more controversially perhaps, are they just adding sky-high margins because they can get away with it?[/quote] It has to be highly priced because otherwise it wouldn't be top-end. In the higher echelons, perceived value is more important than actual value. So, your third suggestion is more accurate than you might imagine.

[quote name='krispn' post='948106' date='Sep 7 2010, 11:06 AM']- smaller fans = less noise too right?[/quote] Exactly the opposite in fact. Fan speed is what causes noise. The slower the fan, the lower the noise. A large fan moving slowly will shift as much air as a small fan moving quickly but be quieter (less turbulence). That's why PC makers have moved from 80mm to 120mm fans.

This is the first amp I've had with a fan. I previously had a passively cooled power amp with a separate preamp, and before that, a Trace 200-watt head, which was passively cooled. I don't mind a quiet whoosh, but I can't stand this rattly buzzing.

[quote name='lojo' post='947543' date='Sep 6 2010, 07:28 PM']bet that puts out ![/quote] You mean it gives blow jobs too?