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Acme Low B1 - [url="http://www.acmebass.com/"]http://www.acmebass.com/[/url]

That's a 10 inch woofer, midrange speaker and tweeter all in one box. Sounds like a much bigger cab. Great prices and service, too. Been using mine for small gigs and as a stage monitor on larger gigs three or four times a week for the last two years. No problems at all - the thing is indestructible and sounds gorgeous.

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I used to build custom cabs.

Materials costs for a cab would be £30-£50 for a basic finish + about 6 hours labour for a one off cab. All very approximate as it depends upon the cab design and to a lesser extent how much expensive gear you have to speed up the build. The box is going to cost £100+ to build.

A cheap Celestion or Fane driver will be £30-40ish up to £100 for a Precision Devices driver of someting else a bit better for a 10" unit.

Add in the time it takes to market, talk to the customer, deliver,test, provide after-sales support etc. Also allow for the costs of renting and equipping a workshop and it is pretty difficult to produce a speaker for under £200. Add in the costs of shipping and the profit margins of the retailers/wholesalers and/or importers and you get a retail price of £400.

Mass production in China can cut the costs to half of these prices but such speakers are usually engineered to keep costs low with a compromise in performance. Having said that the engineering is usually well thought out and great value for money.

Sadly very few people in this business from the musicians upwards make good money, we all do it for love first and sometimes manage to scratch out a living.

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[quote name='Spoombung' post='939299' date='Aug 29 2010, 12:06 PM']Thanks for suggestions, guys. Just spotted this at £170:



[url="http://www.basscentre.com/bass-cabs/eden-ex110-cab.html"]http://www.basscentre.com/bass-cabs/eden-ex110-cab.html[/url]

Anybody got any experience with them?[/quote]

Now that's very cool, and great value!
I don't think you can go far wrong with Eden...

Eude

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[quote name='eude' post='939683' date='Aug 29 2010, 11:22 PM']Now that's very cool, and great value!
I don't think you can go far wrong with Eden...

Eude[/quote]

I'm well inetersted in the Eden ex110. Anyone seen a review or played through one?

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[quote name='funkle' post='940624' date='Aug 31 2010, 08:02 AM']I'm well inetersted in the Eden ex110. Anyone seen a review or played through one?[/quote]

I think it's a pretty new product, never noticed it before.
Launched in Jan as it happens >> [url="http://www.eden-electronics.com/info/pr/pr_ex110_ex112_text.htm"]http://www.eden-electronics.com/info/pr/pr..._ex112_text.htm[/url]

Can't find any reviews on the usual sites.

Who's going to take the gamble?... :)

Eude

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