Hi,
Where do you guys buy "speakers" ?
just the driver ... lets say 12" 8ohm 50W ... as an example ...
Is any local guy/company making cabs?
Cheers
D.
Where do you buy speakers
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d10221 For drivers @JGP (I'm tagging him in the hope he pops up on this thread - he knows his speakers!) - I think he work(s/ed) at Profaudio (http://www.profaudio.co.za/) and they do distribute Celestion amongst other things.
As for cabs, I'm not sure - have seen a few guys throwing together cabs on a facebook forum(s) (SAMIS - south african instrument music store is a good place to ask?)
Thanks V8
Yes we (Profaudio) are still the Celestion distributors and Musicmadness is our online portal.
D10221 you (or anyone else for that matter) can email me at info@profaudio.co.za for advice/suggestions on what you require. Where in SA are you based? JP of leRoux ampworks makes great cabs if you are in the Gauteng area.
Thanks.
I'll let you know as soon as I know what I want ?
Cheers.
D.
d10221 But ... I just bought an Amp ... is too f** loud for my place ... wtf was I thinking ...
Thought probably wasn't factored in - much like when I came home with a Marshall Super Bass 100W + 4x12 Cab which I couldn't take past '3' -0 neighbours became less than friendly. Two decades later, I barely take my 10W practice amp past '3' - now, my ears object! ?
d10221 FB has one redeeming feature. I was badly GAS afflicted and the sale groups were my dealer ?
"Yes, that could do ..
But ... I just bought an Amp ... is too f** loud for my place ... wtf was I thinking ...
I was thinking in making a 2x6.5 or 1x10 double the Ohm's
But I'm not sure yet "
What speaker is in the amp? Which amp is it?
Double the impedance (Ohms) will only make a 3dB difference to SPL at any given setting. 3dB is just enough to hear that it is softer. -10dB is half the volume
If it currently has a 12" speaker we could look at a 16 Ohm unit with lower efficiency which will make some difference but nothing massive. Maybe you are just having to drive everything very hard to get decent tone so we can look at that option as well.
Thanks
Its a Marshall CODE 100 2x12
It shouldn't be so loud (I thought), its solid state ... but... it is.
Or at least is load enough to be a problem, for my place and hours I want to use it ?
I use headset most of the times, or small studio monitors I got.
But the f**ckr doesn't sound the same as with it's own speakers,
which are not great quality BTW,
I'm guessing its efficiency is also on par (low).
It seems to me the speakers where chosen due to 'limited' range, its takes off a lot of the "modeling" defects.
Thats why I was thinking smaller speaker will make it sound "smaller" , thinner,
that amp has way too much low end, ...
and the "Master" volume is very sensitive,
on top the cab is closed, not open-back,
I thought about chopping it), but is still too new ?
Again .. thats why I though smaller speaker(s) could help.
But again not sure.
Thanks again for you sound advise, pun intended ?
D.
SAMIS. SA Music Instrument Store on Facebook.
https://m.facebook.com/groups/757090121042930?refid=27
Or Music Store SA
There are currently a few celestions on Samis page at the moment
Thanks Guido
Btw:
Today ... I think .. I need an IR , speaker emulator more than speakers
But I reserve the right to contradict my self tomorrow ?
d10221 Its a Marshall CODE 100 2x12
It shouldn't be so loud (I thought), its solid state ... but... it is.
A not loud 2x12? Ummm...errr....not really a thing I've often run into. Blame all those fender twins - though I did have a LAb Series L5 (70's Solid State 2x12) that played all right at low volumes.
Sell the code and get a Boss Katana 50, that does low volume (clean or breakup) pretty darn well.
d10221 Today ... I think .. I need an IR , speaker emulator more than speakers
But I reserve the right to contradict my self tomorrow ?
Is how we learn - though figuring out what we actually need vs what we want is almost all the journey (though don't believe me, I play bass!)
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V8 A not loud 2x12? Ummm...errr.
Yeah! , ...well .. I did bet into the "modelling" there ... it's kind of working
But the inbuilt CAB emulation seems to be tuned for the inbuilt speakers.
And the inbuilt speaker are NOT FR
V8 Blame all those fender twins
Funny ... my fav Amp ... not so much for super-clean as its famous for .. but the broken clean when cranked, but that is VERY loud.
I would def buy one again ... one day, maybe the new "Tone Master" .. if goes a bit down in price .. and it sounds as it promises
V8 Sell the code and get a Boss Katana 50
The Katana 50 doesn't have an fx-loop and I did consider it ...
I really tried to like the Katana ...and the 100 has an
FX loop I tried hard, it is def the Best value out there and its BOSS .
But for some reason didn't make me buy it.
I knew was possibly the long term "safe" choice, but again it didn't make buy it
on the other hand, the Marshall "twin" sound, "American Clean & American Crunch" I heard when tested
it was very very good, not pure "blackface", a tone of its own.
Enough to make my buy it ...
d10221 Want vs Need - took me some school fee's to learn that me'self!
That and tone <> volume. Though, I am a long time multi-fx user (I've had > 10 over the yrs), so the Katana makes sense to me. And it get's pretty decent tones at bedroom volumes and can hang with a energetic drummer (and still sounds good) - not that a good valve amp doesn't sound better, (Mesa 5:25 express is amazing. Laney's mid range valve amps are also great) - but it's 3-4x more $$$.
I'll never own a Twin - capricious beasts - too loud for 99% of jams/gigs I'd ever to get to play and always needing something, valves, caps, speakers, attenuators, friends to help carry ?