Author Topic: Acme (Read 114 times)

precarius · « **on:** January 25, 2006, 12:25:01 PM »

Does anyone have experience with the Acme Low B cabinets?Thanks.
Mike

george_wright · « **Reply #1 on:** January 25, 2006, 01:11:47 PM »

I have a 4-ohm B1 and an 8-ohm B4. The B1 is for bedroom practice and the B4 is for the world. I like 'em both, but I'm a novice here, lacking all experience with alternatives.

Andy Lewis is great to deal with, very responsive to email.

Mike, if Danno (dannobasso@optonline.net) doesn't see this thread, you might contact him direct. I'm pretty sure he's had experience with Acmes.

David Houck · « **Reply #2 on:** January 25, 2006, 06:06:41 PM »

I have a B2. The low end sound is really great for such a small light weight 2x10 cabinet. Lots of folks like the clear non-colored sound of these cabinets. Personally, the high frequency sound is a bit lacking for the tone I'm after. I much prefer my Bag End and Eden cabs for high end tone. I found an excellent combination for low volume gigs was running both by Bag End 2x10 and my B2 full range together. This gave a really nice low end and a really nice high end. One other thing, the B2's require a lot of power but don't put out a lot of sound as compared to the Eden XLT. And I agree with George that Andy Lewis is great to deal with!

longhorncat · « **Reply #3 on:** January 26, 2006, 06:54:55 AM »

I had a Low B2. It sounded clear and clean with a great bottom end, but my 300 Watt head couldn't make it loud. I was much happier with the Eden D210XLT I got to replace it. The B2 requires 500 Watts min and easily could use a 1000 Watt amp.

palembic · « **Reply #4 on:** January 26, 2006, 07:47:13 AM »

Well Moder Dave,

now I understand why you use those most powerfull 3402 from QSC PLX if my eyes didn't play tricks on me when watching you playing (...on picture of course)

Paul TBO

precarius · « **Reply #5 on:** January 26, 2006, 08:10:30 AM »

Well I guess that settles that. I've been using a Trace Elliot AH350SM head for the past 10 years and I can't bear to replace it, so I guess the Acmes would need alot more power than what I have. It looks like Eden seems to be the cabinet of choice, so I guess I'll check into them. I'm off to the What amps do you find go well with your Alembic thread. Thanks.
Mike

David Houck · « **Reply #6 on:** January 26, 2006, 05:26:00 PM »

Paul; I'm using a 2402, which, at 700 watts per channel, I think is ideal for a 4 ohm B2.

palembic · « **Reply #7 on:** January 27, 2006, 01:39:03 AM »

My eyes ...my eyes ...my eyes