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Alembic products => Owning an Alembic => Fun Stories => Topic started by: smokin_dave on October 22, 2011, 12:59:50 PM

Title: An F-1X is forthcoming to me
Post by: smokin_dave on October 22, 2011, 12:59:50 PM

So,after a long search for a used F-1X I finally found one on flea bay at a decent buy it now price($479.)and I'm chomping at the bit for it to arrive.This will pair with my SF-2 which has been my preamp for quite sometime.
So some experimenting is in order.
Currently the SF-2 is running in stereo mode with the low end being controlled in channel 1(high pass mode)and the highs controlled in channel 2(low pass mode)being fed into a Crown xTI 1000 amp and dumping into a Eden D4x10XLT.
I hope to maintain this type of control.
Any suggestions would be very welcome at this point and I can't wait for it to get here.
The words from Flounder from Animal House comes to mind,Oh boy.Is this great.

Title: An F-1X is forthcoming to me
Post by: smokin_dave on October 31, 2011, 12:22:53 PM

Wow and WOW.I thought my rig sounded quite good before but now....holy smokes.As you can probably tell,my F-1X arrived today and I could not be more pleased with the sound and complete tone control of my amp.Can't wait to gig with it.

Title: An F-1X is forthcoming to me
Post by: David Houck on December 17, 2011, 05:00:50 PM

Just now running across this; congrats!!!

Title: An F-1X is forthcoming to me
Post by: sonicus on December 17, 2011, 09:41:38 PM

I have checked out many preamp and signal processing alternatives from other  manufacturers  and and the Alembic SF-2 and either the F-2B or F-1X  in combination remains my top pick.   Congratulations.

Title: An F-1X is forthcoming to me
Post by: smokin_dave on December 18, 2011, 05:21:15 PM

After a few gigs with the newly added F-1X,I can't understand for the life of me why I waited so long to add this to my rig.Along with the SF-2,it takes alot of the frustration out when setting up for different sounding rooms.My next quest is to find a great sounding 2x10 to slap on top of the David Eden D410XLT.I would love to go with an Eden D210XLT if I could find one made before David Eden sold the company.My GAS continues.

Title: An F-1X is forthcoming to me
Post by: jbybj on December 18, 2011, 09:34:09 PM

I too, get great pleasure/tone from my F-1X/SF-2, QSC combination. I suggest you pair your 410 with a single 15, an EVM-15L or an Eminence 3015, instead of a 2x10. It's delicious.