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Before you get a sextet, do you need a whole set or do you need just a triplet set? I wouldn't go replacing all my power tubes if only one went out, that's for sure. I might replace 3 if I couldn't easily find a match for the one that went dead, but I'd never do all 6 for just one bad tube. 6550's ain't cheap.

I just went and spent an hour with my rig- 2 BE S15-Ds, an SWR SM-400 into a Crest power amp. I have got it where I can pretty well dig it, so I'm not in quite the state I was this morning! Just wish I'd figured this mess out before I went to an audition with it last night. Too bad. Gear is mostly a pain in the ass... maybe it's just the money part...

Quote: Originally Posted by alexclaber I think the problem with graphs is they're too easily misintepreted by non-engineers. Which is why I also overlaid text on the graph... More what I was getting at though, is that if one has a table for just one model with text data at 40 Hz, 60 Hz, 80 Hz, 100 Hz, 120 Hz etc, that can just be daunting. And at some point, a lot of specs are useful only to those who actually understand what they are...

Regarding the crossover: Don uses three different crossovers for the fEarful style cabs. 1- Passinwind's old crossover in the wiki as the basis, ~700hz 3rd order up 2nd order down 2- Ralf's designed 800hz "ruler flat" crossover, I believe 3rd order down and up, but not sure 3- Don and Ralf's favorite, the 1200hz crossover with I believe some kind of zobel or something to correct for the peaks at that frequency...

I'd go for the taller one. There's no real benefit to having the speakers closer to the ground.

Quote: Originally Posted by johnk_10 thanks Bill. i was looking at my actual cab's freq. response chart: http://www.electrovoice.com/documents/ev/SB122_EDS.pdf they recommend a 40hz high pass filter, and after listening to it, since the DBX driverack allows me to set the slope and the type of filter (Linkwitz-Riley or Butterworth), at whatever frequency i want, i went with 35.5hz since, to me it sounded best that way. kind of a relief,...

I would get the 400+

Quote: Originally Posted by noam I don't use an amp at all -- the sound guy sets up a wedge in front of me, and I plug into his DI. The less stage volume, the better the sound in the house IMO, and of course having almost no setup/breakdown is sweet. I think amps in general are a holdover from a time when each instrument had to be heard without going through the mains, but now, they're not needed. But of course lots of players like...

Quote: Originally Posted by Brad Johnson I was thinking the same thing. My current rig is an S15X-D and S10X-D stack. The bumblebee . I also own an S15-D and D10X-D. While I dug the two 15 stack, my current stack is ridiculous tonally and is surprisingly loud. They actually lay flat belong the window line. Beautiful Bimmer...the rig is nice too.

Your best bet is to plug your Hofner into as many amps as you can find, and decide for yourself which sounds best. Any bass amp will work, there's no secret pairings that work better than others, and it's all very subjective. Your ears alone can make that choice.