I seriously cannot hear the difference through my monitors, but maybe that's down to the sound cloud encoding... ahahaha;-)
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I seriously cannot hear the difference through my monitors, but maybe that's down to the sound cloud encoding... ahahaha;-)
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Sam
Well, the NL12 might be an option for you...? Me, I often need the extra oomph of a second speaker when I'm playing medium-sized gigs (500-1000 audience) for onstage monitoring, otherwise I'd snap up the 1x12 for noodling and smaller gigs. They're supposed to go crazy loud for the size anyway. I played a show with a bass player the other week that had an Aguilar system :
http://www.musiciansfriend.com…1x12-bass-speaker-cabinet
It's a tiny system and is light as a feather, but sounds IMMENSE! It's actually his main touring rig now, and this is a dude who plays some pretty large places with artists like the singer from A-Ha (yeah, cheesy, but large none the less!). That convinced me to investigate neodymium cabs, and the Matrix stuff gets such good reviews that I'm willing to buy blind.
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Sam
Use Rig Manager on an online computer, download all rigs from the exchange, drag and drop to a USB, copy them over to the offline computer. Job done!
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The prices on Atomic's site are NOT including VAT, for what it's worth.
Personally, I have got more enjoyment out of my Power Rack using a regular guitar cab, but maybe that's due to me not (yet) owning a CLR... My current FRFR option you see is a rather cheap 12" PA speaker with 1" tweeter, but it doesn't sound drastically worse than my studio monitors, so maybe I'm just not ready for the 'paradigm shift'. With the new Direct Cab Separation profiling technology, I'm considering buying a Matrix Neolight NL212 and being done with it (gotta love the light weight!).
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Sam
One thing to remember, though;
The KPA is only as good as the profile you have loaded. I've found that profiles that work/sound good for one person, don't necessarily work for me. It's very subjective. Then you add different guitars and monitoring into the equation!
Rest assured, the Profiler DEFINITELY has the potential to be the be all and end all for you, but you might need to experiment to find profiles that are a good fit for you. Recently there have been a couple of users on here that have given up prematurely, I feel, but with the right profile you won't need to tweak at all. Try one out in your local music store. It might be that the factory profiles work for you right out of the box, it might be that you need to check out what's on the Rig Exchange, it might be that you need to buy a couple of commercial profiles, but you'll find what you're looking for.
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Sam
Hahahaha I'll make sure it's in the frame in the next vid (now where did I put that wig...?)
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Nice! Now if I ever do another reunion gig with my old band, I won't need to try to find one of these to hire!
Thanks Ingolf!
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http://youtu.be/Li4ulyBHPm8
It's actually quite rare that I play amplified at home, unless for some reason I have my KPA (it's usually out at the studio), hence me playing through my 5 year-old's Bugera BC15
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Here's me messing about playing through my son's Bugera amp, while his little brother is entranced with the witchcraft that is my iPhone, hahaha!
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Just purchased! Can't wait to try these out!
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ps give me a shout if you ever need a demo or two, Andy;-)
Yeah, that's kind of the point. The DT880 Pros DON'T distort, unlike most consumer headphones. It's subtle in other models, but enough to trigger your brain into thinking "this is loud". Like I said, it's a psycho-acoustic phenomenon, much like pumping master buss compression etc.
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Most headphones begin to distort as you turn up the volume. The distortion characteristic is one of the triggers that tells your brain that the headphones are turned up loud. It's psycho-acoustics. Because the DT880s have very low distortion, sometimes you can end up turning the volume up, without realising that they're too loud.
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Just be aware that the extremely low distortion in the DT880 Pros means that they go louder, cleaner. If you're not used to this, it can seem that they don't go loud enough, but really the SPL levels are right up there, and you're putting your hearing in danger. Maybe it's this phenomenon that's confusing you? Otherwise it must be a technical issue, either with routing or cabling. Like I said, mine go plenty loud, and I'm nowhere near maximum volume on the KPA.
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Sam
I also have the 250 ohm 880 Pros and haven't had a problem with them being too quiet. On the contrary, as the highs are slightly 'forward', I feel. As djayart said, I'd check your output settings. Don't forget too, that extended listening in headphones at too great a volume can contribute to noticeable hearing loss. Take care!
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...unless they intentionally mean to rip you off!!!
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Great!
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In my experience, if a fuse blows in a tube amp it means that the amp needs repairing. My AC30 has blown a fuse twice in its lifetime and both times has had to go in for a service; replacing the fuse just blew the new fuse. However, I'm in Europe and have never experienced a power surge (as far as Im aware, at least).
An electrical relay, if it works as described by Ingolf, is a much better safeguard, in my opinion. I never seem to have spare fuses that fit, hahaha!
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Sam
Well, it could be. That's why it's only Beta....
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