Members Dan Furr Posted December 15, 2005 Members Share Posted December 15, 2005 Why do they even make amps with an open back? to me a closed back sounds 100 % better. I suppose marshall cabinets are closed back............. right ? Are all VOX amps closed back ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dan Furr Posted December 15, 2005 Author Members Share Posted December 15, 2005 To me a closed back sounds 100% better............. is this typical.... if so, then why do they make so many combos with open backs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Casey4s Posted December 15, 2005 Members Share Posted December 15, 2005 Cause combos need ventilation for one thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danyeo Posted December 15, 2005 Members Share Posted December 15, 2005 Originally posted by Dan Furr Why do they even make amps with an open back? to me an open back sounds 100 % better. I suppose marshall cabinets are closed back............. right ? Are all VOX amps closed back ? Then why are you telling us? Call up Mesa Boogie, Avatar, Bogner, Marshall, etc, and tell them they don't know what they're doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators MrKnobs Posted December 15, 2005 Moderators Share Posted December 15, 2005 Originally posted by Casey4s Cause combos need ventilation for one thing... They could vent the head section and leave the speaker section closed. Some combo amps are set up this way. Terry D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CM1000 Posted December 15, 2005 Members Share Posted December 15, 2005 you said that an open back sounds better then you said a closed back sounds better. you're not making sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dan Furr Posted December 15, 2005 Author Members Share Posted December 15, 2005 Yeah, I screwed it up in my first post, Anyway, I was never happy with any amps till I discovered closed backs I can see the ventilation issue.. I guess I mostly wondered if other folks prefer closed backs.......... I'm all doped up today......... kneck injury at work......... I usually type better than this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted December 15, 2005 Members Share Posted December 15, 2005 I like closed backs. Doesn't mean others need to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lula Posted December 15, 2005 Members Share Posted December 15, 2005 I love my Mesa Road King 2x12" cab, one half is opened and the other one is closed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted December 15, 2005 Members Share Posted December 15, 2005 Originally posted by Lula I love my Mesa Road King 2x12" cab, one half is opened and the other one is closed! I have an old Peavey cab from the early 80's that was made that way. Bottom speaker is closed and top one can be either closed or open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rich Posted December 15, 2005 Members Share Posted December 15, 2005 I like the semi-elongated oval opening on Avatar cabs. It really lets sound get out of the cab and spead around the room. I have noticed that some speakers in an open baked cab can be alot brighter. Curently I'm using an old 1960a with greenbacks and it sounds damned good for a closed back cab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shiny_Surface Posted December 15, 2005 Members Share Posted December 15, 2005 Originally posted by Lula I love my Mesa Road King 2x12" cab, one half is opened and the other one is closed! I have a Roadking 2x12 and love it as well. I also have a standard Recto 2x12 cab and performed an A/B test and couldn't believe the difference when switching back and forth between them. The standard Recto 2x12 was darker and more boomier sounding while the Roadking 2x12 was brighter and more complex sounding, but still had plenty of thump for heavier music IMO. Clean tones were no contest, Roadking cab all the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rog951 Posted December 15, 2005 Members Share Posted December 15, 2005 Originally posted by Dan Furr Hey, you know you can go back and edit the original post, right? It'd save you the trouble of having to see a hundred posts disagreeing with you, when they actually agree with you! To me, closed back sounds better too. But, open back has its place; it's a looser sound that works for some things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SteveVHT Posted December 15, 2005 Members Share Posted December 15, 2005 I like chicks that open their legs, open their mouths, then when you get them horny enough, they open their ass for you... Hope this helps. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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