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|    Ouisie to JimD    |
|    Re: blew a speaker / horn    |
|    09 Oct 17 06:49:11    |
      From: someone@anywheret.net              "JimD" wrote in message news:2017100823131538691-email@nowherecom...              > I checked, same driver in all the power ranges of these cabs. We have a       > low power version, only about 300 or so watts, but the bigger ones, 500 or       > so watts use the same compression horn. So it will take more power, just       > not indefinately.              > My other cabs use a different horn driver.              I'm sure the horn isn't capable of anywhere near such power..with only a 1"       diameter voice coil - even if it is ferrofluid cooled.              > Our guy was pushing the limit again today. Two clues.... one, he's far       > louder than appropriate, and two ... he keeps losing time with the tracks.       > I do have a sort of funny story about that. One of our old bass players       > was at todays gig. He liked us, hadn't heard us since we started using       > tracks. Funny part ? He thinks gee, maybe he could work with our       > drummer. In the past, he's implied otherwise :-) What seems to be       > happening is the tracks are holding our drummers tendency to run away       > mostly in check. Ha. I say mostly, because it's a very iffy thing. He       > gets louder than his in ears, then takes off, only slowing back to the       > beat after he notices the issue. This will never go away. It's just how       > he plays.              Jim              Maybe he's just in need of some gigs ;)              Ouisie              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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