We appreciate our bass players. In fact, you can say we care more about bass than most other audio companies. We believe that the bass amp is an important part of the sound of modern music, and we want to make sure that dedicated bassists have a great experience with our products.
Our planar magnetic technology does a better job at conveying bass than either conventional cone or dome speakers or electrostatic speakers. So for this installment of our educational blog, we’ll talk about why our planar magnetic technology is better for bass players.
There are three reasons our planars work better for bass:
1) The low end response of our speakers is very fast and accurate.
2) They have extended low frequency response beyond what you can get from any other speaker technology.
3) The higher order harmonics of instruments are more accurately reproduced than with other speaker technologies, which means the pitch and timbre are more precise.
The best bass sound possible is a must for any musician. For bass players, creating a custom made experience with their guitar is the key to unlocking their full potential.
The best bass sound possible is a must for any musician. For bass players, creating a custom made experience with their guitar is the key to unlocking their full potential.
At Devialet, we are known for our superior planar magnetic technology found in our audio products. However, we wanted to do more than just make our products sound good; we wanted to create an experience that matched the high standards set by our technology. In this post, we will go into detail about how our technology is better for bass players and why it matters.
With all the great sounding bass gear available today, it can be difficult to decide what to buy. While there are a number of factors that go into this decision, one of the most important is what kind of amplifier will best suit your needs. Whether you play a Fender Jazz Bass, Rickenbacker 4001, or any other type of bass guitar on the market today, there are two basic types of amps for you to choose from: tubes and planar magnetic.
We believe planar magnetic amplifiers are the best choice for most bass players because they offer many advantages over tube amps. To understand why, let’s first take a look at how tube and planar magnetic amps work and some of their basic differences.
Bass is the foundation of any good song. It also happens to be one of the few instruments that is actually felt, not just heard. It’s all about bass. So why use a planar magnetic speaker?
A planar magnetic speaker, also known as an isodynamic or orthodynamic speaker, is a type of dynamic loudspeaker where a flat ribbon or planar diaphragm works in conjunction with a magnetic planar array to create sound. In our speaker system, this is accomplished by combining the signature planar magnetic diaphragm with a proprietary voice coil design.
Planar Magnetic Speakers vs. Conventional Loudspeakers
The most significant difference between planar magnetic speakers and conventional loudspeakers (e.g., cone, dome, coaxial) is that the planar magnetic diaphragm is driven as a whole surface rather than from a point source on its surface (as in conventional loudspeakers). This results in more uniform drive of the diaphragm over its entire surface and faster transient response times. To see why this matters for bass guitar players see below:
Why it Matters for Bass Guitar Players
Our amplifiers have been proven to sound better than any competing product on the market by bass players around the world who
Amp manufacturers have been battling with the problem of improving bass amp performance since the beginning of time. It seems to be a battle we will never really win.
The basic problem is that bass amps need to control and reproduce low frequencies, which are long wavelengths (and therefore large in size) and consume a lot of power. This means that the amp needs high damping factor, large magnets, and big voice coils. All of these factors add up to one thing: heavy, expensive equipment.
Manufacturers have found that it’s difficult to make small speakers with tight bass response. The best solution has been to use multiple smaller speakers per cabinet and multiple cabinets for the whole system; this allows for better dispersion and tighter bass response. But it also means that most professional bass players carry around heavy bags full of gear – not an ideal situation.
Most guitar speakers do not have the same problems as bass speakers because they don’t need to reproduce bass frequencies as well or as loudly as bass speakers do. They also tend to be smaller than your average 4×10” speaker cabinet, so they can be more compact and easier to move around.
Every amplifier has a “sweet spot” where it sounds most natural. With our technology, that spot is much larger than with other designs.
There are two basic ways of amplifying sound: tubes and solid-state. If you’ve been playing electric guitar or bass for a while, you probably know that tube amps have what’s called a “sweet spot.” This is the volume at which the amp sounds best. It’s not too quiet and not too loud, but just right. There are reasons for this.
You can think of a tube as having two parts: an input section (the grid) and an output section (the plate). The input section controls how hard the output section works, but it doesn’t control the output section directly–it controls it indirectly by controlling the current flowing between the cathode and plate, which in turn controls how hard the output section works. The more current that flows between cathode and plate, the harder the output section will work.
The point is that with tube amps, if you push them too hard, they start to distort in interesting ways. So if you want your amp to be nice and clean, you have to set the volume knob to keep it from being pushed too hard. But if you don’t turn
There is a lot of misunderstanding about what a bass speaker can do, and how to get the best sound possible with your bass. We understand this because we were once there ourselves. We were frustrated with the available bass speakers and amplifiers on the market, so we decided to engineer our own. In order to make a better bass speaker, we had to first understand what makes sound good in the first place.
We always hear people compare different speakers and amplifiers by talking about the quality of their “bass”. But does anyone really know what that means? What exactly is “bass”? How do you quantify it? And how do you make it better?
We designed a research project to study this question in depth. We collected tons of data and made some surprising discoveries. Here is what we found out: