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FRFR speaker cab
I guess I wasnt familiar with the acronym and when it became a thing. I bought a Spark 40 amp little while back and have been pretty happy with it , tons of shit you can do with it. Then I bought the cab and had to figure out what FRFR was.
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I got 16min and was confused the whole time.
Yes , help?
From what I understand it's just a fancy term for a PA speaker, usually powered. Sold to guitarists (and bassists) as a way of amplifying a modeling pedal/platform signal.
FRFR being Full range Flat Response, So once you sim whatever effects, amps, cabs, and mics you want, they sound right.
Yeah that is what I thought at first, but in the video he kept saying no it isn't. Hense my confusion.
So it is basically a direct feed signal that replaces a mic'd instrument cabinet? I guess the significance being a musician may not have their own stage monitor already? Because that is all the FRFR cab seems to be as far as I can tell. Or maybe I'm ignorant of some detail.
Yes. With advent of modelers, Fractal, Kemper, and such... You want an amplifier that doesn't add its own character, hence the need for a FRFR speaker. Most don't even use that, it's IEM and DI to the board.
Yep all the shaping and modeling happens, possibly in the digital domain with codecs and whatnot.. then if you want to hear it you just need something to reproduce that signal as accurately as possible.
Simple enough concept that the guy in the video seemed to do a terrible job explaining. Atleast for a layman like myself.
Wonder when this became a thing ? I remember hooking my old line6 POD to the deville and just playing it. I guess it does make sense though ... get a flat repsonse and let the modeler do the rest.
So you don't like the Spark?
I really do Craig , really cool unit. I ended up buying the " GO " that just showed up today.
Took the drivers out of the spark cab to see whats in there. The sub has that nice paper thud in the enclosure , reminds me of dads old stereo console he had in the garage , that thing rocked! The tweeters are canted out and up a little bit when mounted. Nothing special that I can see when it come to drivers . The woofer has a hunk of that light foam under the leads that go to the woofer coil, thought that was interesting.
