any electric bass players? im building a bass guitar cab

[sreten]

Originally posted by freddi

hi Snikpout - do you think Omni 15's bass section (and
perhaps the whole cabinet) would be good for home stereo?

Originally posted by Nigel Goodwin

Most probably not?, musical instrument speakers and HiFi speakers
are completely different items, with completely different purposes.

Hi,

Unlike a lot of bass cabinets the Omni15 would also make a pretty
good PA loudspeaker. Any good PA speaker for home use with a
decent amplifier is capable of playing at mind-numbingly loud levels.

At sensible levels a PA speaker struggles against a hi-fi speaker
and basically has poor bass extension for the cabinet size, but
they can be the only loud option for flea powered amplifiers.

/sreten.

[phase_accurate]

Most probably not?, musical instrument speakers and HiFi speakers are completely different items, with completely different purposes.

I wouldn't bet on this one. German mfgr "Glockenklang" once built a high-quality threeway bass-box. The standard setup was in stereo BTW.

Regards

Charles

Edit: You will find a picture of the setup in the upper part of the following document:

http://www.glockenklang.de/pdf/de/prospekt-03-06.pdf

[Nigel Goodwin]

Originally posted by phase_accurate
[B]

I wouldn't bet on this one. German mfgr "Glockenklang" once built a high-quality threeway bass-box. The standard setup was in stereo BTW.
]

Like I said, designed for different purposes - a bass guitar cab is designed for maximum volume from the bass guitar, a HiFi speaker is designed for maximum quality and bass extension, and sacrifices volume to achieve it.

But interesting looking speaker though - I wonder how well it worked?, and if it was intended for bass guitar or multi-purpose use?.

[phase_accurate]

It was actually aimed at bass-players. The whole setup was exorbitantly expensive, in the order of a small car back then. It seems that it was quite heavy and impractical. But a tester remarked that it was basically a high-quality and high-SPL stereo.

I am of course aware that stage equipment is optimised for the most SPL per -buck, -kilo, -watt etc.
But hearing a bass played through a system that is really broadband, low distortion and high SPL is quite a treat.

Regards

Charles

[sreten]

Hi, definetely not your average mono 4x10 + 1x15 stack, /sreten.

[freddi]

maybe the tapped horn thread will lead to modeling mutual-load cases like Bill's Omni.

here's what I've got laying around - not much rear chamber so cutoff is very high

[phase_accurate]

Don't like those cabs but I like the instrument !

Charles (playing a DMZ 6000B)

[freddi]

I really like metalnecks. wonder who was responsible at Acoustic to build Transylvania Power khyboe (I think) copies? Freddy

ps - no low end - ok kick

115bk with EV15L
http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/8523/115bk15lpe3.jpg

single tone distortion down to 63 with 20vrms
http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/8...20vrmswjs9.jpg