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| Re: CTS Speakers Info Request 17Dec04 [message #5185 is a reply to message #5164] |
Mon, 20 December 2004 11:01   |
Smoke1
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Registered: September 2003
Location: Southern Maryland Solomon...
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Thanks for the info? I guess I'm stopping at the hardware store for an Ohm meter soon! 
Smoke1 Plays Kustom Amps & Old Tube Amps Loud in S. Maryland
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| Re: CTS Speakers Info Request 17Dec04 [message #5240 is a reply to message #5239] |
Thu, 30 December 2004 11:41 |
boogie brother
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Registered: June 2004
Location: Myrtle Beach, SC (USA)
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You definitely MUST use 2 conductor speaker cable from amp to speaker to keep everything balanced correctly, not that it won't work...it will. But if you stop and consider that the "+" or positive leg is then running down a very small conductor with respect to the "-", negative which is running down the sheild, or the braid inside of the jacket. I know alot of guys who use guitar cords as speaker cables, unknowingly. I can tell the difference after all these years. Also it makes your amp work harder. You wouldn't wire a lamp with a sheilded cord, would you? It's basically the same theory. As far as guage of cable goes...I've seen this covered before. They put 16 guage in alot of pro cabinets, and I've questioned it to EAW techs, and they said it wasn't necessary to use the heavy stuff inside the bin.
Boogie Brother
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| Re: CTS Speakers Info Request 17Dec04 [message #5263 is a reply to message #5256] |
Mon, 03 January 2005 08:37 |
Smoke1
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Registered: September 2003
Location: Southern Maryland Solomon...
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Does that mean when using the RP2000 I should always turn the output volume knob down to be just barely on as a precaution and adjust the amp volume accordingly to keep the signal output lower?
Smoke1 Plays Kustom Amps & Old Tube Amps Loud in S. Maryland
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| Re: CTS Speakers Info Request 17Dec04 [message #5292 is a reply to message #5286] |
Wed, 05 January 2005 07:43 |
Smoke1
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I tested the K200 like you said and I plugged in straight with no effects and was able to get a good loud sound at about 11-12 O'clock on the volume with bass and treble on full & reverb at 1000. Then I plugged in the RP2000 and turned the output on so it just gave me just a small signal to go to the amp which I then only needed to set volume on no more than 9 O'clock for more than enough loud power for most all RP2000 settings. I then plugged the Blueshawk (2 humbuckers)into my compressor then into my Fuzz into amp like Ed said to do (I was always putting the fuzz box first before the compressor)and this also worked very well(Loud)on just a 9 o'clock volume setting. I did need to bring down the treble to 3 o'clock position. The 1970 CTS's speakers with the paper cones are excellent & the 69 CTS's with the silver cones are much brighter and compliment each other well. The Madison 16 Ohmer's however are outstanding and they add great highs (but still not like the 69's),mids and bottoms and seem to be louder than any of the CTS's and don't seem to break up. These Madisons might just be one answer for using amp modelers? I will definitely buy more of these later. Now all I need to do is start collecting new parts to update and re-furb the K200. Thanks
Smoke1 Plays Kustom Amps & Old Tube Amps Loud in S. Maryland
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