upcoming NAD: DSL

[FuseG4]

got my deposit down but I couldn't wait til I actually got it in my hands, like a lot of people posting "new gear" threads...
anyways I'm picking it up on wednesday when I have the day off.

Anyways I'm getting a DSL40C!
Some may remember I used to own a DSL50 and I used it with a little vox cab, well I used to think it was too loud for my living arrangements so I traded and got a Tweaker 15... tweaker was cool but was a jack of all trades, master of none (for me). Traded the tweaker for a DRRI which has a supreme clean tone and reverb.

I was at GC the other day and plugged into a DSL40C and liked it a lot. It it was what I remember... a freaking sweet green channel and a red channel that sounds thin unless you crank it. but when you do it has lots of hard rock available. So it's like 2 amps in one unless you clip the red channel bright cap... which I may do.

Almost got the OR15... but the DSL just seemed a lot more versatile. OR15 really had some cool fuzziness.


I WILL have to replace the dang seventy/80 speaker... I could tell from a few min of playing that something different is needed... the seventy/80 is too bright/clean/transparent... need something warm but without too much bass... maybe a G12-65 or equivalent

[JeffB]

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Nice. The new DSLs are good bang for the buck. That 40w sounds good!

Congrats!

[misterwhizzy]

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I don't even know why Celestion makes the Seventy/80. I would imagine they get a kickback from amp manufacturers who are able to slap a "Celestion Speakers" sticker on their combos and add $100 to the price. I can't tell you how much I despise that speaker.

[Agileguy_101]

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I don't even know why Celestion makes the Seventy/80. I would imagine they get a kickback from amp manufacturers who are able to slap a "Celestion Speakers" sticker on their combos and add $100 to the price. I can't tell you how much I despise that speaker.

I had two Seventy/80's in my first decent amp. They're terrible and I will never use them again. Almost any other 12" speaker is better than the Seventy/80.

[DankStar]

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I think the 70/80 is usable for metal & hard rock at low volumes. I wouldn't want a 4 x 12 filled with them though, lol

[misterwhizzy]

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I think the 70/80 is usable for metal & hard rock at low volumes. I wouldn't want a 4 x 12 filled with them though, lol

I wouldn't want a garbage can filled with them! Sorry about the derail, bro.

[FuseG4]

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seventy/80 sucks!

[Agileguy_101]

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Back to the DSL - nice! You have to run it in stereo with the DRRI. One for clean, one for crunch (or even both at the same time)... man that would be a f'n awesome rig.

[FuseG4]

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OK so,
Shopping list for getting the most out of a new DSL40C:
new EL34s (tung-sol? svetlana?)
new speaker (leaning towards WGS ET65)
A/B/Y box (leaning towards radial twin city)
couple more dirt boxes (SD-1, russian big muff, Rat)

I'm thinking of what order to do these in, can't afford em all at once.
I'm thinking the speaker is first, definitely.

[Agileguy_101]

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OK so,
Shopping list for getting the most out of a new DSL40C:
new EL34s (tung-sol? svetlana?)
new speaker (leaning towards WGS ET65)
A/B/Y box (leaning towards radial twin city)
couple more dirt boxes (SD-1, russian big muff, Rat)

I'm thinking of what order to do these in, can't afford em all at once.
I'm thinking the speaker is first, definitely.

1) Speaker
2)A/B/Both (I used a Radial ab box before. More basic than the twin city but build quality was top notch)
3) Pedals
4) Tubes

[SirJackdeFuzz]

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I had two Seventy/80's in my first decent amp. They're terrible and I will never use them again. Almost any other 12" speaker is better than the Seventy/80.

I 2nd that statement !!!

[SongsForTheDeaf]

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I woulda got the OR15... those amps are killer!! happy soon to be new amp day!

[SongsForTheDeaf]

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I had two Seventy/80's in my first decent amp. They're terrible and I will never use them again. Almost any other 12" speaker is better than the Seventy/80.

fizziest brightest speakers ever made !! lol

[JeffB]

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Marshall tubes not so great.

After the speaker swap, I would start with tubes.No sense in a AB box, if you never want to switch over to the other amp

[Ascension]

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I think the 70/80 is usable for metal & hard rock at low volumes. I wouldn't want a 4 x 12 filled with them though, lol

Agreed on the 70/80 being usable once broken in. I have a good buddy who swears by the Seventy/80's in his 4/12's for 7 string metal stuff.
Here is a clip of his Carvin X100's and the 70/80 loaded cabs. Keith's tones with his Seventy/80 loaded 4/12 cabs are anything BUT thin and fizzy!!!

I find the Seventy/80 to be anything but overly bright and fizzy so I don't understand that talk here. A 70/80 came stock in my Blackstar 1/12 and while right now it's not in that cab ( WGS Retro 30) I still have it so it's not like I don't know these speakers. I find the 70/80 to be a little dark and and loose in the bottom but in the right cab or amp they can be quite nice. I have considered dropping it back in the Blackstar to run exclusively with my Jet City as that combo works quite well together. If someone does not snag the Jet City soon I may pull it off the market and go that rout.
Bottom line here is don't buy all this 70/80 hate and break it in before you abandon it quite so quickly. I played a used DSL40C last week that I thought sounded really good with the broken in 70/80 it had in it.