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Paul Smeenus 03-23-2013 03:08 PM

Adding a second cabinet and power amp to my bass rig?
 
This is my bass gear

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c3MIFPArcZ...0/SS850004.JPG


Since that pic was taken, the 4/10 cabinet was refitted with much beefier drivers w/ steel cones. I like the mid to mid-low end tones I'm getting, but the deep lows and esp. the top end isn't doing it for me at all. I'm considering getting a second cabinet with a 15" and some kind of tweet to fill in the top and bottom, but I have no confidence in the so-so power capability of that Trace Elliot head to drive both cabinets, it can drive the 4/10 cabinet but juuuuust barely.

So to that end, I'm wondering if my Adcom GFA-555 power amp I originally bought for a non-powered subwoofer for my home system would work:

http://ocala.amerja.com/pics/ad_img/...s/a1274973.jpg

...it would be 600 watts bridged mono. I could use the internal amp on the Trace for the 4/10 and the Adcom for the 15/tweet, or vice versa if that worked better.

I assume I would use the "send" 1/4" jack in the back panel of my Trace:

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/e...azz/Trace2.jpg

...does this require sending the pre-out signal to the "return" jack? If so, the Adcom isn't equipped for that, would I just split the "send" output and feed one to the Adcom and the other back to the "return"?

I apologize for omitting an "anal beads" option...

Paul Smeenus 03-31-2013 03:07 PM

Well, clearly this topic has generated entirely too much drama and controversy, so I'll put everyone at rest & report that the Adcom, I've learned, can be used as a power amp for my bass. I haven't determined yet how the signal would feed, I don't want any more histrionics from this nearly out-of-control thread so I will report back when I learn the rest of the story

Afro Blue 04-13-2013 12:16 PM

awesome rig. i have never own anything as pro as that, but i understand now that its part of the process of learning to be able to deal with an amp tone.

so thats the reason why i never got anywhere and now mostly play acoustic or record stuff on the computer.

do you have any recordings of what you play?


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