| Author | Message | ||
| brent
Junior Username: brent Post Number: 11 Registered: 10-2005 |
Is there anybody out there that can tell me the price on one of these? Preferrably the price you get when you go through a dealer. I emailed Valentino a while ago and I'm pretty sure he told me the list price was $575. I emailed many dealers and only got a response from one, Bass Central, and was told that it would be $592. I'm sorry if there has already been a thread on this, but the search engine doesn't seem to be working. | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 1704 Registered: 9-2003 |
$495 MSRP (plus S&H directly from Alembic, usually in-stock) http://alembic.com/club/messages/395/23978.html?1137242772 | ||
| brent
Junior Username: brent Post Number: 13 Registered: 10-2005 |
Thanks a lot. I don't see why Bass Central would tell me it is $592. | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 1713 Registered: 9-2003 |
Well, unless they've had a susbstantial price increase on the order of 20% since 1/12/06, I'd say someone is in error. | ||
| worldfamousandy
Junior Username: worldfamousandy Post Number: 48 Registered: 3-2004 |
Edwin has mentioned that these power supplies are easy to build... | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 1717 Registered: 9-2003 |
I imagine they are fairly easy to build, with a decent knowledge of electronics and some soldering/fab skills. While we're in experimental mode: Just for sh*ts and giggles, I'm wondering if anybody has built their own...more specifically, OVERbuilt their own...Series power supply? I am referring to an oversized power supply...much in the way that hi-end hi-fi OEM's overdesign the power supplies of their amps, pre-amps, and ancillary devices for increased headroom, lower noise floors, etc. Further, has anybody done same and added voltage regulation, noise filtering, etc. to said power supply? I'm just wondering what effects std. hi-fi practice would produce with regards to our favorite instrument's sound. | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 752 Registered: 6-2002 |
Kevin, We're talking bass/guitar amplification here, which as a rule does not involve a fragile mic at the start and a hi-fi speaker at its end. I'm not saying there's no point in keeping the signal as clean as possible, and to give it all the headroom you can. Also, you don't want too little colouration down the signal path - you don't want to be accused of sounding sterile, do you? So be careful with what you wish for ... | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 1721 Registered: 9-2003 |
I'm not inferring that there's anything wrong with Alembic's electronics, i.e., that which needs any improvement. I'm talking tweeks to maybe provide more of a good thing, not anything detrimental to the sound we know and love. I've heard the difference "clean", regulated, filtered power can have on my Eden bass amp rig with my EMW'd Orion, nevermind what it does for a hi-end hi-fi home stereo rig. Headroom, noise floor, "bloom", etc., have all been improved via usage of a top-shelf power line filter with voltage regulation/correction and huge storage caps that provides clean sinusoidal A/C power of the correct stabilized voltage with huge reserves on tap just in case it's needed (in this case, via usage of a Tice Audio Power Block II/TPT, no longer made). I'm just wondering if anyone has acheived something similar with mods. on a Series PS. Cheers, Kevin | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 753 Registered: 6-2002 |
Hm, the joys of being attached to the US powergrid, I guess. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 3159 Registered: 5-2002 |
Adriaan; I often dream about being off the grid. | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 1723 Registered: 9-2003 |
Ed Zachary, er, um, exactly, LOL! BTW and FWIW, while it may or may not pertain to Alembics, which have excellent build quality and Active electronics to start with, Tuck Andress goes on and on about how his hi-fi wiring/electronics "mods" have transformed the sound of his Gibson L-5 archtop on his site. http://www.tuckandpatti.com/guitarsound.html As an avid audiophile, music lover, and musical instrument freak, I'm always looking for something "better". My guitar tech is currently performing mods on my "poorman's L-5" Heritage Golden Eagle in the vein of Tuck's mod's...custom wound p/u, re-wire with audiophile-grade wiring, control mods, etc. I'm just attempting to make a good thing even better, and my guy has already proven that these mods. do indeed improve the sound of this particular passive instrument. Just food for thought. Cheers, Kevin | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 754 Registered: 6-2002 |
Dave, you'll have to help me out here - is that a joke, a thinly diguised complaint, or both? | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 3160 Registered: 5-2002 |
Adriaan; no joke, no complaint. I would like to have solar panels on my roof. | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 1724 Registered: 9-2003 |
See, there is a madness to his method, er, um, method to his madness, LOL! J/K Cheers, Kevin | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 755 Registered: 6-2002 |
Dave, you should receive a generous amount of applause. Not sure how to get it to you, but it's the thought that counts. 1, 2, 3 ... sorry, that was me counting. Who? Me. Ah, it was you. No, it was you. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 3162 Registered: 5-2002 |
Thank you; and for my next number I'm going to dream about an electric car to plug into my off the grid solar panel system. In the key of E; 1, 2, 3 ... | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 756 Registered: 6-2002 |
And you're sure you don't live in California? | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 3163 Registered: 5-2002 |
<g> !!! | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 3062 Registered: 6-2000 |
The price would be higher if you are requesting a power supply and a 5-pin cable. These items are priced separately, $550 retail for the DS-5R and $190 retail for the 20-foot 5-pin cable. | ||
| brent
Junior Username: brent Post Number: 14 Registered: 10-2005 |
Well i guess that's what it was. Why is the cable so expensive? | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 3069 Registered: 6-2000 |
Handmade in small quantites, like everything else we make here. We are happy to provide you with a service sheet to build your own cable if you like. | ||
| series_iii
Junior Username: series_iii Post Number: 22 Registered: 8-2005 |
just chiming in here. i have one 5-pin cable that gets plugged into all 3 of my series basses on a regular basis. that hand made cable is the most well made cable i have ever seen and i highly reccomend that you purchase one from alembic if you have a series bass. cheers =T | ||
| brent
Junior Username: brent Post Number: 15 Registered: 10-2005 |
well..i have the original cable for my 76 Series 1. It is a little short though. I'll guess i'll have to upgrade to the rackmount DS-5 and the 20' cable in a little. Thanks for everything guys. | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 959 Registered: 7-2004 |
Brent: Let me know if you want to sell your short one. The Series 1 guitar I just bought off of eBay is coming sans power supply & cable. Given my set up, I'd prefer a shorter cable anyway. Bill, tgo | ||
| brent
Junior Username: brent Post Number: 16 Registered: 10-2005 |
Bill, Will do. But it may not be for a while because I am rather moneyless. Brent |
