Members BassDemon Posted February 20, 2006 Members Share Posted February 20, 2006 The Mesa Boogie 4x12 Bass cab is pretty damn loud. Sounds good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tonybagosmashed Posted February 20, 2006 Members Share Posted February 20, 2006 where was this topic a few days ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 82Daion Posted February 20, 2006 Members Share Posted February 20, 2006 I suspect that this would be loud.But, the 205-pound weight would be a deal-breaker for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xXSOURCEXx Posted February 20, 2006 Members Share Posted February 20, 2006 So would taking my front mounted ported 18' and building a folded horn cabinet be louder?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crescent Seven Posted February 20, 2006 Members Share Posted February 20, 2006 Originally posted by xXSOURCEXx So would taking my front mounted ported 18' and building a folded horn cabinet be louder?? It might be a little bit louder, but what I think you'll discover is, if you build the cab to the proper specs, you'll have alot more bass and it will sound more CLEAR.The bigger the cab, the better bass response you'll get. I don't know much about rear-mounted folded cabs, though, so if I'm wrong, somebody correct me.Building cabs is fun, too. C7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ampeg66 Posted February 21, 2006 Members Share Posted February 21, 2006 2) it really throws the sound way out in front of the cabinet - it is my understanding that the volume really starts to pick up at about 16 feet in front of the cabinet...It's great for playing loud gigs at small-medium clubs with no PA support for the instruments.-Yools This is key. Sound men generally do not like long-throw cabs at gigs where bass is run thru the PA. You can't hear yourself on stage, but you're killing the audience 20 feet out, and making it harder for the engineer to get a good mix. I do agree that there's really no other sound like 2 EV 15-Ls facing each other, 8 inches apart, with the sound shooting out the folds of an Ampeg V4B cab. Very round, a little compressed-sounding, and huge. Think Geddy on Farewell to Kings. As far as loud cabinets, the Aguilar GS412 is a loud bastage. Chewed up my (ex) Ampeg 810 and spit it out, in any way you'd care to mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ethyl glycol Posted February 21, 2006 Members Share Posted February 21, 2006 Acoustic Control Corporation 301 Nothing finer, nothing louder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ezstep Posted February 21, 2006 Members Share Posted February 21, 2006 Originally posted by Apendecto Is the the rear firing speaker housed? In that picture it looks like it's out in the open, but it could very well have something over it. In any event the sound hits the back of the cab and bounces around through all these sound chambers and then shoots out like a cannon? Am I close?Yo. The speaker is facing the BACK of the cabinet. Think of the front inside of the cabinet as a big "W" on its side (rotate counterclockwise 90 degrees). The speaker is centered at the mid-point (on a separate board) and fires the sound toward the back, and the "W" baffles bounce the sound out toward the front. The bass signals take several feet to fully develop, and the "W" folded horn helps develop it before it fires out. It also (I don't know the physics involved) seems to throw the signal out much farther than a traditional front-loaded cabinet. I'll look for a visual aid. There are other designs, but the "W" was very popular in the 70's and 80's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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