Members Jules@52 Posted June 21, 2013 Members Share Posted June 21, 2013 G'day to all, I have an opportunity to purchase a Peavy Triflex subwoofer from the early 80s, It contains 2 12inch Rola speakers, not sure of the condition of them. They are asking $175 aus for it, should be able to do a bit better on the price. If the speakers are no good what would be a good replacement? The cabinet is in very good condition. Hoping that some of you older guys may have some knowledge or experience with this subwoofer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members twostone Posted June 21, 2013 Members Share Posted June 21, 2013 Jules@52 wrote: G'day to all, I have an opportunity to purchase a Peavy Triflex subwoofer from the early 80s, It contains 2 12inch Rola speakers, not sure of the condition of them. They are asking $175 aus for it, should be able to do a bit better on the price. If the speakers are no good what would be a good replacement? The cabinet is in very good condition. Hoping that some of you older guys may have some knowledge or experience with this subwoofer. Might hit up the Peavey forum http://forums.peavey.com/viewforum.php?f=26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jules@52 Posted June 21, 2013 Author Members Share Posted June 21, 2013 twostone wrote: Jules@52 wrote: G'day to all, I have an opportunity to purchase a Peavy Triflex subwoofer from the early 80s, It contains 2 12inch Rola speakers, not sure of the condition of them. They are asking $175 aus for it, should be able to do a bit better on the price. If the speakers are no good what would be a good replacement? The cabinet is in very good condition. Hoping that some of you older guys may have some knowledge or experience with this subwoofer. Might hit up the Peavey forum http://forums.peavey.com/viewforum.php?f=26Cheers mate, thanks for the Link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted June 21, 2013 Members Share Posted June 21, 2013 Rola made cast frame, 4" vc 12" drivers at one time but they had to be rear mounted due to basket geometry. I don't recall any that were suitable as l.f. drivers however. They were also very heavy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Unalaska Posted June 21, 2013 Members Share Posted June 21, 2013 I remember them, crappy sound. I can't think of a situation where I'd use it over a pair of decent mains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jules@52 Posted June 21, 2013 Author Members Share Posted June 21, 2013 agedhorse wrote: Rola made cast frame, 4" vc 12" drivers at one time but they had to be rear mounted due to basket geometry. I don't recall any that were suitable as l.f. drivers however. They were also very heavy. Ok thanks for that, probably not worth the effort to restore, easier to buy new powered. I am considering a Cerwin vega CVA115 or maybe 2 of to cover venues of up to 150 people. Do you think that would do the job?Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted June 21, 2013 Members Share Posted June 21, 2013 Not heard the CV cabinets, but generally they are considered entry level type gear. They have not earned a pro audio reputation IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Axisplayer Posted June 21, 2013 Members Share Posted June 21, 2013 agedhorse wrote: They have not earned a pro audio reputation IMO. No AH, wrong. They HAVE, and it is generally not great. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted June 21, 2013 Members Share Posted June 21, 2013 My kindness is overshadowed by your accuracy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pro Sound Guy Posted June 21, 2013 Members Share Posted June 21, 2013 Dont ya remember the movie "Earthquake" in the 70's with the touring CV Earthquake subs?Everywhere the movie went the theaters would hook the CV Earthquake subs in with their sound systemto add to the effect. Kind of a marketing ploy from CV. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensurround Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted June 23, 2013 Members Share Posted June 23, 2013 In 1978 or 79, I did a series of trade show demonstrations for CV with one of the earthquake systems. Going from memory, there were 4 or 6 of the b-36 cabinets that were like 3' deep folded horns, CV-1800i amps, and a tascam 3300 reel to reel at 15 ips playing a sculpted noise track. Very efficient cabinets that went down pretty low clustered as long large mouth horns. Not something I would want to take on the road today. The CV of today is nothing like Gene's CV. They never had a good top cabinet however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jules@52 Posted June 23, 2013 Author Members Share Posted June 23, 2013 agedhorse wrote: In 1978 or 79, I did a series of trade show demonstrations for CV with one of the earthquake systems. Going from memory, there were 4 or 6 of the b-36 cabinets that were like 3' deep folded horns, CV-1800i amps, and a tascam 3300 reel to reel at 15 ips playing a sculpted noise track. Very efficient cabinets that went down pretty low clustered as long large mouth horns. Not something I would want to take on the road today. The CV of today is nothing like Gene's CV. They never had a good top cabinet however. Thats very interesting, sounds like they are riding on the coattails of their past reputation. Shame really because I remember being really impressed by the sensuround experience at my local theatre. I guess time will tell if the product they are putting out there now will stand up to the rigours of working bands. The range of speakers they sell here in my opinion are marketed towards the weekend warrior type bands and not the Pro Audio touring market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted June 23, 2013 Members Share Posted June 23, 2013 Correct, the rumble track on my demo system was on tape, a recording of the rumble generator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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