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Topic: Which speaker for bass amp? |
Bill Ford
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Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 29 Apr 2008 1:59 pm |
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A bass player friend has a Beringer BX1200 bass amp with a 12" speaker and at times would like to use a 15" extention speaker instead of the 12". What would be a good choice for a speaker?
Thanks..Bill
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Jim Bob Sedgwick
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Clinton, Missouri USA
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Posted 2 May 2008 7:48 pm
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| Peavey Black Widow 1502-4. Or it might have to be the 8 ohm speaker depending on the amplifier. |
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Bill Ford
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Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 3 May 2008 5:27 am
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Thanks JB, I was thinking PV but was not sure of mod#
Bill
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Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 3 May 2008 5:44 am
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The Eminence Delta 15 is a good 15" bass driver at about half the price of the Peavey.
But one factor is the the cabinet - cabinet types for bass speakers are a critical component. Also, 15" bass speakers are not really as popular as they once were; they can get very mushy and unfocused compared to a pair of good 10" bass drivers in the right cabinet. An Acme low-B 2x10 cabinet will blow away most 1x15 setups; on a more economical level, Ampeg 2x10 cabs are not expensive and sound very good.
A 2x10 cabinet might be a vast improvement over the stock 12 in the Behringer, but I would not expect miracles; that's a real low-budget bass amp and very low-powered; it could not even drive the Acme cabinet, and personally I think a different speaker cab is a huge waste of money (and a decent cab might cost twice as much as the amp did!) - he'd be far better off buying a better bass amp.
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Ron Randall
From:
Dallas, Texas, USA
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Posted 3 May 2008 11:04 am
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| Consider an Ampeg. Either an amp or a speaker. |
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 3 May 2008 8:28 pm
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| Hey, Bill, check out the little bass amps at the Shrine club in a couple of weeks. I'm pretty sure they're 12's, but we can find out who made 'em! |
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