Simplexx 212 build w/ Pics

[Electric Wisdom]

Yes I like black stuff lol

[Electric Wisdom]

DONE !!!
Well.. missing the metal corners, the pain dries, i can't beleive how good it is, i'm really satisfied!
I will test it tomorow, louder.. at the jamspace
There's a shit ton of air coming out of the unused 1/4" jacks hahaha like.. a lot! I'll have the plugs soon..

[Tom Smit]

Excellent!
Awaiting for the results.

[Electric Wisdom]

Excellent!
Awaiting for the results.

Seems like i will really like having the second one, i can't jam with just 1 at the volume we play it will make the drivers too much used in a short time, like i drive it a lot... with 2 of them i'll lower them for the same spl and i'll be able to mic the kick properly with some eq on the daw.
I used a comp and the crossover eq to make the power amp not clip or be near the clipping.
But, very very nice, i will be 100% satisfied with the second one.

[Askia]

Ohh, I don't want to know how many dB is your avarage rehearsal, if you need a 2nd 2x12...

[Tom Smit]

@ Electric Wisdom, I read your post last night and wondered how loud it must be during your practice. You have a 2-12 which is not enough(?) and in another Build Thread a 1-10 was too much.

Another update for the gentle reader.

Today we had rehearsal after several weeks off. I had the speaker cabinets up on top of an old road case which placed them about 30" above the floor. Drummer commented that he could hear me "very well" and the lead guitarist asked me to turn down TWICE. Bass sound, to put it mildly, was simply excellent. First time in years where I did not strain to hear myself and could hear myself everywhere in our rehearsal space. I was only running at about half power. Always nice to cruise along like that knowing you have all that power in reserve if you need it and especially nice being able to cut through two very loud guitarists and a drummer.

[Das Jugghead]

@ Electric Wisdom, I read your post last night and wondered how loud it must be during your practice. You have a 2-12 which is not enough(?) and in another Build Thread a 1-10 was too much.

Another update for the gentle reader.

Today we had rehearsal after several weeks off. I had the speaker cabinets up on top of an old road case which placed them about 30" above the floor. Drummer commented that he could hear me "very well" and the lead guitarist asked me to turn down TWICE. Bass sound, to put it mildly, was simply excellent. First time in years where I did not strain to hear myself and could hear myself everywhere in our rehearsal space. I was only running at about half power. Always nice to cruise along like that knowing you have all that power in reserve if you need it and especially nice being able to cut through two very loud guitarists and a drummer.

Just to clarify I am running a pair of 110's and they are 600 watts each. Also our rehearsal space does have sound treatments (although not sound proofed) and the drums sit behind a carpeted drum wall. Even with all of this it is still very loud and we all wear earplugs.

[Electric Wisdom]

Ohh, I don't want to know how many dB is your avarage rehearsal, if you need a 2nd 2x12...

hahaha i dont know the dB value but... yes loud.. and... with 2 of them they will work less hard and last longer

[Electric Wisdom]

@ Electric Wisdom, I read your post last night and wondered how loud it must be during your practice. You have a 2-12 which is not enough(?) and in another Build Thread a 1-10 was too much.

Another update for the gentle reader.

Today we had rehearsal after several weeks off. I had the speaker cabinets up on top of an old road case which placed them about 30" above the floor. Drummer commented that he could hear me "very well" and the lead guitarist asked me to turn down TWICE. Bass sound, to put it mildly, was simply excellent. First time in years where I did not strain to hear myself and could hear myself everywhere in our rehearsal space. I was only running at about half power. Always nice to cruise along like that knowing you have all that power in reserve if you need it and especially nice being able to cut through two very loud guitarists and a drummer.

Just to clarify I am running a pair of 110's and they are 600 watts each. Also our rehearsal space does have sound treatments (although not sound proofed) and the drums sit behind a carpeted drum wall. Even with all of this it is still very loud and we all wear earplugs.

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Yeah but... do you play with a drumer that's loud as fuck that blast beats 80% of the time with a signer that growls his entrails and a guitarist always too loud at high gain distortion with his amp thats almost going to explode? Also we are tuned in drop A so more power is needed, a lot more than i thought.. Today i just learned we will have a second guitarist with his 4x12 cab, so yeah theses 2 x212 will be just perfect, also i want to mic the kick drum, hence the abusive power

I don't want my speakers to work too hard... i like it when it's clean and it doesnt fart

[Grant Bunter]

What are you going to run the kick through?

[Electric Wisdom]

What are you going to run the kick through?

Mic or trigger > cable > tascam us1200 > daw > dsp process or a kick sample remplacement detector > Crown PA > 2 x Simplexx212

[Bruce Weldy]

What are you going to run the kick through?

Mic or trigger > cable > tascam us1200 > daw > dsp process or a kick sample remplacement detector > Crown PA > 2 x Simplexx212

Your bass amp is NOT a PA. Putting kick drum through it at the kind of volumes you are talking about is going to blow the drivers.

[Bill Fitzmaurice]

do you play with a drumer that's loud as fuck that blast beats 80% of the time with a signer that growls his entrails and a guitarist always too loud at high gain distortion with his amp thats almost going to explode?

Not since I was 19 years old, and back then we had a valid excuse: there was no such thing as good PA. Nowadays it's just a stupid ego trip with the only reward being premature deafness.

[Electric Wisdom]

What are you going to run the kick through?

Mic or trigger > cable > tascam us1200 > daw > dsp process or a kick sample remplacement detector > Crown PA > 2 x Simplexx212

Your bass amp is NOT a PA. Putting kick drum through it at the kind of volumes you are talking about is going to blow the drivers.

Trust me i know how to mix and i know when drivers are working too hard, i will not do something stupid.

[Electric Wisdom]

I have difficulty to explain that we are tuned low, and it eats up more juice, needs more power and better gear to not make it sound like a fart. It's not as loud as a fuking airplane, calm down people please... Yes it's loud, i wear protection, but all the 100 bands in this place play at about the same level, but we need more because it's very low tuned. No one here will change my mind sorry. And it's certainely not louder than most gigs of metal bands... so yeah, please stop talking about that lollll