Bass Bins. Recommendations.

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Any decent bass bins anybody knows of i dont want anything too stupidly priced tbh!

Passive or active!

-Neoni
 
Something you could do is just buy just one SWA1501 bass bin and slave the Peaveys off it.
You could put it centre stage and you'll be surprised what one bass bin will do.
You would come out of the mixer into the SWA1501 and because of its crossover you would then lead out to the Peaveys amp.
 
dmpoole said:
Something you could do is just buy just one SWA1501 bass bin and slave the Peaveys off it.
You could put it centre stage and you'll be surprised what one bass bin will do.
You would come out of the mixer into the SWA1501 and because of its crossover you would then lead out to the Peaveys amp.
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we want two bass bins, to raise up the tops also mate, we currently have some peavey bins, but i would like some more oompf!
 
Neoni said:
Any decent bass bins anybody knows of i dont want anything too stupidly priced tbh!

Passive or active!

-Neoni
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Hehe, to me this is like someone saying "spec me a PC" and nothing more! ;)

Ok, what price do you want to pay? Are they for PA use, car use or indoor use? Size of room?

SPL requirements? Freq range requirements?

PA gives high SPL, but limited extension, it usually rolls off below 40Hz but this isn't always the case especially with larger cabs.

Home subs tend to give plenty of low-end extension below 40Hz, but don't offer the SPL that PA subs do.

Three things. Loud. Low. Small. Pick two. I chose loud and low and now have a 6'2" tall horn. :D :eek:

Regardless, I'd probably go for some sort of horn-sub, they are big but worth it.

EDIT: Just read the rest of the thread, if you are just needing a little extra low end kick from a bass drum, you want plenty of 80Hz output. So PA cabs all the way... The thing is with PA, cheap usually = rubbish, unless you pick up some used bargain that is.

If you have two peavey bins already, it may be worth getting 2 more of the same for an extra 6db. They are probably direct radiator but even so, placing them in the corner of the room firing outwards will give you some extra SPL for free...
 
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MikeHunt79 said:
Hehe, to me this is like someone saying "spec me a PC" and nothing more! ;)

Ok, what price do you want to pay? Are they for PA use, car use or indoor use? Size of room?

SPL requirements? Freq range requirements?

PA gives high SPL, but limited extension, it usually rolls off below 40Hz but this isn't always the case especially with larger cabs.

Home subs tend to give plenty of low-end extension below 40Hz, but don't offer the SPL that PA subs do.

Three things. Loud. Low. Small. Pick two. I chose loud and low and now have a 6'2" tall horn. :D :eek:

Regardless, I'd probably go for some sort of horn-sub, they are big but worth it.
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For rock shows, indoor, and probably outdoor, money? i dont know just spec and ill look through what people post.

Im after some real low frq for some seriously tasty kick drum sounds and bass etc.
 
Ahh, if you are using a bass also then you'll need good output down to 40Hz, 41Hz is the lowest fundamental frequency on a bass (I think)... The only things below 40Hz tend to be either synth sounds or those huge kettle drums that orchestras use...

If you want it to sound good outdoors then you'll need around twice the speakers as you don't have a ceiling for the sound to bounce off...

Right, this is megabucks but look at it anyway:

http://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR206461

Dual 18" loaded bass bin. It will also need a £300-£500 amp to supply the power to drive it to it's full potential.

Now, this beats it (look at the SPL graph), and can be built for less than £200, and you don't need a massive amp to drive it either as it's more efficient:

http://www.billfitzmaurice.com/Tuba36.html

When I say built, I mean you have to cut and glue some plywood. Now, if you or a friend can do this then awesome... Do it. If not, there is a guy in the UK who is a registered builder who sells pre-made cabs. Get 2 or 4 and you'll have silly amounts of bass!

I've built some of these cabs and they do what they say on the tin... They beat many commercial cabs for a fraction of the price.

If you don't like the idea of non-branded cabs, just google/ebay the well known makes (JBL/Mackie), and avoid the less well known ones.

EDIT: The tuba 36 is the biggest one there is, look at the titan and smaller tubas (tuba 30, tuba 24) if you want a cabs the doesn't need 2 people to lift. ;)
 
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MikeHunt79 said:
Ahh, if you are using a bass also then you'll need good output down to 40Hz, 41Hz is the lowest fundamental frequency on a bass (I think)... The only things below 40Hz tend to be either synth sounds or those huge kettle drums that orchestras use...

If you want it to sound good outdoors then you'll need around twice the speakers as you don't have a ceiling for the sound to bounce off...

Right, this is megabucks but look at it anyway:

http://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR206461

Dual 18" loaded bass bin. It will also need a £300-£500 amp to supply the power to drive it to it's full potential.

Now, this beats it (look at the SPL graph), and can be built for less than £200, and you don't need a massive amp to drive it either as it's more efficient:

http://www.billfitzmaurice.com/Tuba36.html

When I say built, I mean you have to cut and glue some plywood. Now, if you or a friend can do this then awesome... Do it. If not, there is a guy in the UK who is a registered builder who sells pre-made cabs. Get 2 or 4 and you'll have silly amounts of bass!

I've built some of these cabs and they do what they say on the tin... They beat many commercial cabs for a fraction of the price.

If you don't like the idea of non-branded cabs, just google/ebay the well known makes (JBL/Mackie), and avoid the less well known ones.
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Thankyou very much for your reply, i dont like the idea of builidng them, whos the builder? the first one is wayyyy to expensive for the time being we've got to buy a flipping box trailer soon aswell, so do you mike know of anything else, branded or non branded that would kick some nice bass out?
 
Well, I'm sure I saw as UK builder on this list:

http://www.billfitzmaurice.com/Builders.html

But I guess be may not be doing it anymore? Might be worth send a mail to the address on that page asking for a complete list. I guess I could even build you one but I won't be able to for a while as I have very little spare time right now. :(

As commercial cabs, I had a look on ebay and the best thing I could find under a grand was those mackies... They are quite nice really, active is good also, as you won't need an extra amp which will be £300 minimum. They should sound good as long as you are using a crossover.

2 of those mackies might come close to 1 tuba 30 or even a 36, but I haven't seen the SPL graphs so I can't be sure. To be honest, I've not really tried many smaller portable cabs, so I don't really know which models to recommend... but as long as you avoid those awful brands like Skyway you should get a good sounding cab. Try and demo one first if you can, a bass will be a better test than a kick drum. :)
 
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The Mackies are probably the best bang for the buck but you could also consider HK Audio.
It really was a toss up between these two but the Mackie won out because I got the bass cabs cheap.
Since April 14th we've done around 50 gigs and we haven't had to use more than 2 bass cabs up to yet.
We played a couple of big halls and the bass cabs were still on number 4 on the amp and putting out loads of bass.
The only downside to Active bins is that they are heavier because of the amp and of course the amp is built in.
This means if the amp goes you're buggered and you need to borrow both amp & speakers.
 
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