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Mike,
Yes - the diffusers do work. I first got them for the Marshall 4X12, as some
of you might already know, those cabinets have a thin "cone" of extremely
ear splitting treble frequencies just in front of them. I was trying to turn
them to the side, put tape on the grill cloth, all with moderate success. I
got the diffusers and they really got rid of that.
At that time I wasn't using the 2X15" JBL cab for live performances anymore,
but I orderd diffusers for that one, too. The JBL's with the aluminum center
cap have a very shrill high end to them, but you gotta have some of that for
the wet reverb sound. I installed those, and I think they work ok, but I
should probably have gotten the diffusers which are 5" in diameter instead
of the normal 4", as those speakers might be too big for the 4" models.
Regarding recording:
When we recorded the Marshall cab, there was some weird phasing, that COULD
have been caused by the diffusers, but could also been reltaed to the small
room and other factors. We chose to record using only 2 of the 4 speakers
(the cab allows that), and the phasing was gone.
With the JBL cab, there was no problem.
Note - I never use a mic on axis up close to the speaker, that never sounds
good to me (always too scratchy and with no "air"). If you like to do that,
the diffusers might be a little problematic.
Anyway, I think it's a good product, it's pretty cheap, easy to install, and
certainly helps even out the sound projection of the cab. Weber VST is also
a good small business with good customer service, so it's always nice to
support them.
Hope this helps,
Ran
----- Original Message -----
From: "gunkadisc" <>
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Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 10:16 PM
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: New to this group - gear and more
> --- In , Ran Mosessco <burnman@n...>
> wrote:
> > Thanks for the welcome...
>
> Ran,
> Tell us more about the diffusers. Do they work? Are they cool? What
> do they sound like? I've never heard of anyone using them.
> Interesting concept. Did you use them for recording? ~Mike
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