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Or, it seems like an excellent way to couple speaker vibration into the cabinet walls, something you generally want to avoid!
Indeed, there are systems that put the speaker chassis on a compliant mounting to prevent such coupling of the "reactive force" A practice I find equally suspicious since a speaker chassis does not generate any net motion.
Rather surprised at a company like Celestion going in for what I consider a bit of a gimmick? "Tune the cabinet walls? Last thing you want for hi fi. Dead is what you want, not playing a bloody tune!
Dave.
I think the last time a 12" Alnico speaker was used for hi-fi was some time in the 1960s… I have one in my 50s Goodmans workshop cabinet, but describing that as hi-fi would be stretching things.
I'm not sure if it's an interesting idea or not, really. My initial reaction was that it was yet another solution in search of a problem, but I supposed I would have to hear it.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson
Coincidence? I think not.
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
Looks like another one of those Mad Professor Red Cable type of deal.
If it works, you'll be able to get a cheap Chinese copy of it soon anyway.
The prices for the cabs are eye watering! :O
vasselmeyer said: I reckon you'd need a few cabs, with and without the new doobry, to rule out the differences in sound of individual cabs (unless the "tunator" makes a massive difference)
Well IC, "they" say "control of cabinet resonances" so they must be thinking along those lines? I know your views on ply and "good vibrations"! But the effect of that brace could be achieved by a simple 1/2 jointed 2"x2" cross NOT touching the chassis.
I agree with the other comments, waste of time and talent. The guitar speaker and cab is sorted. Good driver (of choice) in a 19mm ply cab of decent construction...Move on.
Dave.
If it does, it's likely to be for the exact opposite reason - that it transfers vibration from the speaker to the cabinet.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson
That's £950 for a 1x12 cab with a Vintage 30!
I would be very wary of buying a heavy 4x12 with these handles too:
Having owned a few old Sound City cabs with those same type of handles I know from experience they are a really awkward for one guy to lift on his own. Two men fine, but one guy on his own is a bit like doing this with 50Kg or so:
Kills your shoulders and fingers.
So much for the super-duper tunerator technological breakthrough wizardry that's going to change all our lives.