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Alembic products => Alembic Basses & Guitars => Topic started by: jazzyvee on November 23, 2009, 04:17:44 AM

Title: Ashdown Superfly 2x8 speaker cabinet.
Post by: jazzyvee on November 23, 2009, 04:17:44 AM

I was in a local music shop yesterday, just browsing and saw an ashdown superfly 2x8 500w bass cab in the sale going quite cheap.
 
I wonder if it would be a useful addition to crispen up the top end on my bi-amped rig?
 
At the moment I have all mesa cabs and I read somewhere on this forum that Mesa cabs are all full range so I wonder if this would be useful or a waste of cash?
 
Does this also mean I'm having GAS?
Jazzyvee
 
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Title: Ashdown Superfly 2x8 speaker cabinet.
Post by: adriaan on November 23, 2009, 05:27:20 AM

They're 8 woofers, not tweeters. HIH.

Title: Ashdown Superfly 2x8 speaker cabinet.
Post by: sonicus on November 23, 2009, 07:27:52 AM

I struggle withGAS on a daily basis.   This 2x8 box would be interesting in a TRI-AMPED configuration!  I am about to experiment with a TRI-AMPED system.1/18 , 2/15 & 4/10's I have a few different active crossovers that I will be experimenting   with at different crossover frequencies .I might be using 3 old Yamaha P-2200 amplifiers and a variety of signal processing rack gear. SEE what I mean I have serious GAS !

Title: Ashdown Superfly 2x8 speaker cabinet.
Post by: sonicus on November 23, 2009, 07:43:45 AM

I might also try substituting an 8x10 box instead of the 2x15's.That would be a total of 12x10's with a single 18 in triamp.

Title: Ashdown Superfly 2x8 speaker cabinet.
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on November 23, 2009, 09:12:00 AM

Go for it, Wolf!  A friend of mine used to run tri-amped - a single 18 of unknown provenance with an SVT 8X10 cab modified to replace the middle 4 10s with a 15.  Ashley preamp & Furman x-over (or maybe the other way - it's been almost 30 years); Yamaha (forget the model - whatever was 2X250 back then) for 18 & 15, power section of an Accoustic 360 for the 10s.  It was amazing.  He had been running 2 SVT 8X10 cabs, & was blown away by the difference big speakers made (...8 woofers - that phrase only makes sense to me if you put a 1 in front of it )
 
Peter