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Topic: NV400 for bass? |
George McLellan
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Duluth, MN USA
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Posted 26 Jul 2010 9:04 am |
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Has anyone used a NV400 for bass on small venues? I've used mine for a few and it worked out quite well.
My question is: will it damage anything as long as I don't go nuts on the volume?
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Roger Crawford
From:
Griffin, GA USA
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Posted 26 Jul 2010 4:53 pm
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| Any time you play bass through an open back cabinet you run the risk of blowing the speaker. It doesn't take a lot of volume to do it, either. |
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Raybob Bowman
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S. Lake Tahoe, CA, USA
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Posted 26 Jul 2010 5:09 pm
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I've used my Session 400 many times for bass. Works just fine.
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Jerry Roller
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 26 Jul 2010 9:32 pm
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I don't want a bass played thru any of my speakers.
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George McLellan
From:
Duluth, MN USA
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Posted 27 Jul 2010 3:20 am
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First of all, thank you for your responces.
Roger, why does the open back make such a differance? I have a Fender '59 RI Baseman I've played bass through for several years with no problem, even back in the early 60's when I had an original when there was no "mic'ing" of amps it worked fine.
Jerry, why don't you want a bass played through any of speakers? When a person was purchashing a new NV112, there was a lot of people recommending that CD's be played through the amp for several hours to "break in the speaker".
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Keith Murrow
From:
Wichita, KS
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Posted 27 Jul 2010 7:13 am
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Speakers that are specifically intended for sustained, high level bass reproduction (bass amps, PA subwoofers) are designed with a longer cone excursion and stronger cone and suspension. Guitar speakers would not sound the way we want them to if they were designed with these characteristics, so are almost always of lighter construction to better reproduce the higher frequencies of guitar.
Even speakers specifically designed for low frequencies can experience overexcursion and pop the voice coil out of the gap if they are not mounted in a properly designed cabinet. To control the cone excursion, low frequency speaker cabinets typically use a closed back design along with a port or vent that is tuned to augment low end response while preventing the cone from moving too far. An open back cabinet does not confine the air behind the cone, leaving it vulnerable to over excursion.
Since every speaker is different, some guitar speakers in open back cabinets might be more tolerant of low and perhaps even moderate level bass signals sent to them, but in general, I would not want to risk doing it regularly other than maybe very-low level rehearsing or recording. |
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George McLellan
From:
Duluth, MN USA
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Posted 27 Jul 2010 7:46 am
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That is a very good explaination, thank you Keith.
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