Will this work as an upright bass preamp? What is its input impedance?
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According to the Behringer ADI21 manual, the input impedance is "1M ohm" or 1 meg ohm. From the manual, the BDI21 V-Tone Bass Pre-amp appears to be geared to electric bass by emulating a miked tube amp. Though I've never tried it, I'd say the ADI21 would be better for an acoustic upright bass. Maybe call Behringer to see what they say.
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Tho I have never tried it on one, my answer is yes I believe it would. This is probably one of the best, even tho it is the lowest priced modeler I've found. I have four of them one attached to each amp I use my acoustic guitar on. It will make a hundred dollar guitar sound good as any high dollar guitar you can find. Behringer also makes a bass modeler like this, it is silver in color and I owned one but sold it to a guy that really loved it on his bass.
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Behringer says the input impedance is 4.7 meg Ohms. I know that it does well with all piezo, and magnetic pickups, that I have tried it with. Behringer also makes the BDI21 V-Tone BASS Preamp. They say the input impedance for that one is 1 meg Ohm. I like that one too, but I've not tried the BD121 with piezo pickups.
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Yes, certainly. I'm personally using a Boston Acoustics brand sub. You may be interested to know I have the speakers and sub controlled through a very inexpensive but wonderful preamp, (Gemini PA-7000). To achieve good balance you may be surprised to learn I have the sub itself turned as low as possible. In other words, the A+ speakers themselves are themselves quite bassy - also, found I needed to lower the subs crossover all the way to 75 or 80 cycles. Quite amazing. The biggest advantage of the preamp is to be able to adjust to various source signals. So, I guess the short answer is -- Yes
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I wouldn't use it for pre-amp (amped again later, mixboard, recording). It's not balanced or regulated like other equipment wants. For making little speakers in shipping boxes with elmers glue and a spare usb cable, this is fantastic.
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Yes but you need to run the bass thru a preamp first. I have an 18" Pyle stage sub and I use the Pyle DJ amp mic input for the bass guitar.
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Anything that meets or is below the impedance. So its a 400 watt bass cabinet, and I use a behringer BXD300H ultra bass head that's 300 watts. Its a great bass head of your looking for a cabinet and head that won't bust your budget which I am guessing your a musician so that's a yes. So as long as your watt are at or below the watts of the cab you will be ok. The only thing is let's say you get a 200 watt head it won't give you as much sound as 400 watt.
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Yes, but this is a flat amp with no equalization. It won't sound good without an active equalizer at the input of this amp.
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i have mine connected to my receiver, but i don't see why it will not work with your preamp, as long that it has the required inputs.
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Should be fine. I have it powering two 12" Bostons. I ran 8 gauge wire to it. "BOSS Audio KIT2 8 Gauge Amplifier" I ordered that for 16$ has everything you'll need... My speakers are also 4 ohm, so I have them wired normal.. but if yours are 8ohm I'd suggest hooking them up parallel, you'll get more power. But, Pioneer is a Japanese made amp. So you'll get better sound quality then bass. Though it'll still kick, it works fine for me. But if you want something designed more for bass, get an American made sub, something like kickerz.
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This little guy really shines as a headphone amp, but does well with speakers too. In your case, I'd be a bit worried about clipping since it's rated at about 17 watts @ 8ohm. No experience with lower impedances. If you're not set on a hybrid tube design, check out some of the dedicated solid state 2 channel stereo amps by Denon or Onkyo. My Onkyo does wonders with digital files with its built-in Wolfson DAC.
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No this will not give you more bass!!!Save your money money!I have tried two pre amps with this unit.I purchased this amp to be a back up amp,and i have let it break in with my bryston and my usp-1pre amp.Just buy a polk audio or a martin logan sub woofer.I bought the martin logan for 129.00 great sub for the price...
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Sorry I can't answer your question. I use this as a preamp for my jukebox and turn table, to a Blu Ray home theater and it works fine.
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Any Quality Pre Amp should be transparent George. The Emotiva Pre is neutral as I can hear. So if Your going for more bass then get a sub woofer. Gerard Masters
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Robby I wouldn't suggest it as this amp is specifically designed to drive sub woofers. It would work if you were going to build a band pass enclosure and use a couple 6.5" drivers for your deep bass frequencies.
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I have tried it with a P-bass. The cleanest sound was distorted. No bass type bottom end. Turning up the gain made a grainy hi-mid distortion. Not really usable for anything I would play or practice with. You can hear your notes so it might be of use to some players.
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Unfortunately, I do not know if it's good for acoustic bass. I use this upright and mostly for voice.
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Yes, I'm 99% sure it will work. It basically takes the signals from the passive pickups, amplifies and applies active treble and bass eq. I used it with some standard Bartolini "soap bar" bass pickups. I think you will be ok.
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Not sure how well it will sound with a bass. This is very small in size and lightweight. It works fine for guitar.