D-Rock
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I got a chance yesterday to test my newly acquired Krank Rev 4x12 at loud volumes.
It sounds stupidly thick, and pretty dark at lower-mid volumes.
I was hoping that by putting some serious volume through it would help by getting some more presence or attack.
Well, it didn't. It still sounded very dark and quite dull in the mids and treble.
I didn't think it was the Eminence V12's, because they were sounding very articulate and crisp when listening to the speakers at close range.
So I opened the cab up and found that the entire interior was lined with 2 inch thick white batting material.
The back panel, the sides, the bottom and the top.
I thought that this was probably causeing the dullness in the upper freq's, so I removed it from the back, and sides..but left it on the top and bottom.
My thinking was that the reflection off the solid wood that this cab in made of would help make the cab sound more lively and give it some sparkle. It's an oversized cab, so I didn't anticipate losing very much lowend or tightness.
It seems to have worked. The lowend is still tight, and only a little bit less thick.
The cab now has clearer mids and a nice present and even sounding treble. I can hear the cabinet wood a lot better now and it's "snap" as the bass reflects off that solid poplar.
Anyways, it just surprised me that they would put so much batting inside an oversized cab. I guess it promotes lowend tightness, and the cab does have a small port hole at the bottom. So I've read that these factors often result in the desicion to use dampening materials.
But it was just too thick and dark for me....and I play modern metal! LoL.
Anyways, the way I look at it is that the cab went from being a slow and powerful Godzilla, to a fast and strong King Kong.
Just thought I'd share. Anyone have comments on, or experience using batting/dampening materials?
It sounds stupidly thick, and pretty dark at lower-mid volumes.
I was hoping that by putting some serious volume through it would help by getting some more presence or attack.
Well, it didn't. It still sounded very dark and quite dull in the mids and treble.
I didn't think it was the Eminence V12's, because they were sounding very articulate and crisp when listening to the speakers at close range.
So I opened the cab up and found that the entire interior was lined with 2 inch thick white batting material.
The back panel, the sides, the bottom and the top.
I thought that this was probably causeing the dullness in the upper freq's, so I removed it from the back, and sides..but left it on the top and bottom.
My thinking was that the reflection off the solid wood that this cab in made of would help make the cab sound more lively and give it some sparkle. It's an oversized cab, so I didn't anticipate losing very much lowend or tightness.
It seems to have worked. The lowend is still tight, and only a little bit less thick.
The cab now has clearer mids and a nice present and even sounding treble. I can hear the cabinet wood a lot better now and it's "snap" as the bass reflects off that solid poplar.
Anyways, it just surprised me that they would put so much batting inside an oversized cab. I guess it promotes lowend tightness, and the cab does have a small port hole at the bottom. So I've read that these factors often result in the desicion to use dampening materials.
But it was just too thick and dark for me....and I play modern metal! LoL.
Anyways, the way I look at it is that the cab went from being a slow and powerful Godzilla, to a fast and strong King Kong.
Just thought I'd share. Anyone have comments on, or experience using batting/dampening materials?
