I have noticed that my best sounding cab has no feet what so ever.
I also noticed that cabs with the original type wood skids sound better than a cab with casters or rubber feet.
Any other observations/opinions?
-Clayton
Feet v. Casters v. bare bottoms!
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Re: Feet v. Casters v. bare bottoms!
Stop! You had me at "bare bottoms"Dr.HIWATT wrote:Any other observations/opinions?
...The greater the contact patch, the better the acoustic coupling with the floor, IMHO. Hiwatts w/ skids running front-to-back are pretty good. Orange cabs w/ skids running side-to-side are even better.
I've pulled the skids from a couple of my Hiwatt cabs. One, 'cause they were all tore up anyway and, two, so they'd fit in my Anvil cases.
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On the skids
The coupling is certainly better. Besides, HIWATT 4x12's at ear level ? ouch!! I've had nothing but good luck for years being on the skids... 