Maybe you need a Betsy - haven't heard them but from what I read they sing with tubes
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Speaker advice for listening to Blues music
Maybe you need a Betsy - haven't heard them but from what I read they sing with tubes http://www.caintuckaudio.com/In_Stock.html |
Over bright/thin sound is the predominant character of noisy power. re the Tripp Lite Isobar, it’s quite common to start out with a power block surge protector and then find the sound is better without it.So I did a little back and forth this evening... the amp and source were plugged into the Tripp Lite, so I moved the amp to another power strip (Furman SS-6B), plugged into another outlet but probably on the same circuit in the room. It didn't fix the brightness but it did get rid of some irritating high frequencies that were bothering me when there was serious guitar lead (higher frets) going on. That's a good start! I used SRV's live version of Lenny from the Couldn't Stand the Weather album, which is very bright and thin sounding. I did this test 5 or 6 times just to make sure, and I always felt more relaxed with the Furman. I also played around with the crossover on the Rel. Initially I had it set low and volume turned up, I did the opposite, I set it at around 80-100, can't really tell, and had to drop the volume a lot to prevent boominess on some good recordings but loud enough to work on some of the thin sounding live recordings. This gave the guitar more body with the lower frequencies. Those two changes helped, so next I just gotta find the right speaker and some better power cables and I'll be good to go! |
Call Danny (can't hurt) at GR Research, he is a real nice guy and knows what he is doing, he has designed crossovers for many of big name speaker company's. I have a pair of his monitors I bought on a whim with upgraded crossovers to bring to work,they sounded so good they never left the house. The tone you say is lacking in your speakers these $500 ( alpha core inductors, mills resistors, sonicaps or any cap you want,point to point wiring) speakers have it for all music including blues. He can tell you a speaker to buy or you pick one. Send him your crossover and upgrade it for your taste or he will tell you what needs to be done at no charge after going over your crossover and you do it yourself. He has open baffle kits, monitor kits , maybe single driver, one of the best bang for the money out there. Or call Madisound they have single driver kits. That would leave you money for cables, conditioners or what ever else you may need. |