NAD Bugera 1960 Infinium

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Re: NAD Bugera 1960 Infinium

I have a Bugera cab (2x12) with the stock Bugera speakers. Whatever their V30 version is. That cab sounds REALLY good. I can’t speak to any of their other speakers/cabs but there’s nothing wrong with mine.

Bugera "Vintage" has nothing in common with a V30. Ive swapped one for the other.

For starters, the bugera weighs 2-3x less. They sound pretty decent at low volumes, but swapping em or plugging over to a cab of british celestions provides an instant and major WHOA factor


I compared a half-watted 6262 (two power tubes pulled) with:
Stock "Bugera Vintage" speakers in stock MDF chassis --- thin and kinda fizzy vs. others
Bugera Vintage in decent plywood 1x12 -- better
1x V30 --- MUCH better highs, more aggressive
1x C90 --- MUCH better lows and mids, sweeter
V30/C90 in MDF bugera chassis -- pretty nice, huge upgrade
V30/C90 in plywood homemade 2x12 --- nicer still, best lead tone
Carvin 4x12 from 80s, old 12-65's up top, old k85's on bottom --- massive massive rhythm tone

 

[Gtrjunior]

Re: NAD Bugera 1960 Infinium

Bugera "Vintage" has nothing in common with a V30. Ive swapped one for the other.

For starters, the bugera weighs 2-3x less. They sound pretty decent at low volumes, but swapping em or plugging over to a cab of british celestions provides an instant and major WHOA factor


I compared a half-watted 6262 (two power tubes pulled) with:
Stock "Bugera Vintage" speakers in stock MDF chassis --- thin and kinda fizzy vs. others
Bugera Vintage in decent plywood 1x12 -- better
1x V30 --- MUCH better highs, more aggressive
1x C90 --- MUCH better lows and mids, sweeter
V30/C90 in MDF bugera chassis -- pretty nice, huge upgrade
V30/C90 in plywood homemade 2x12 --- nicer still, best lead tone
Carvin 4x12 from 80s, old 12-65's up top, old k85's on bottom --- massive massive rhythm tone

I’m not going to swap speakers considering that I have a Port City with Greenback/12T-75 combo.
The Bugera was the very first 2x12 I ever bought and for the $199 it’s been an excellent cab. For someone on a budget I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it.

 

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Re: NAD Bugera 1960 Infinium

I’m not going to swap speakers considering that I have a Port City with Greenback/12T-75 combo.
The Bugera was the very first 2x12 I ever bought and for the $199 it’s been an excellent cab. For someone on a budget I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it.

For someone on a budget, used 4x12's can't be beat. It's a buyer's market.

 

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Re: NAD Bugera 1960 Infinium

I’m not going to swap speakers considering that I have a Port City with Greenback/12T-75 combo.
The Bugera was the very first 2x12 I ever bought and for the $199 it’s been an excellent cab. For someone on a budget I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it.

For someone on a budget, used 4x12's can't be beat. It's a buyer's market.

Greenback/T75 isn't a valid pairing for a 120w amp btw, not unless running 4x12 AND pulling two power tubes. Reason being, a cab's rating is speaker count times lowest rated wattage, NOT sum wattage

 

[Gtrjunior]

Re: NAD Bugera 1960 Infinium

For someone on a budget, used 4x12's can't be beat. It's a buyer's market.

Greenback/T75 isn't a valid pairing for a 120w amp btw, not unless running 4x12 AND pulling two power tubes. Reason being, a cab's rating is speaker count times lowest rated wattage, NOT sum wattage

Agreed...I’m seeing a lot of 4x12 cabs for sale in the cheap.
I used one for years but ultimately wanted to scale down.
First was the Bugera, then a Marshall 1936 and then the Port City.
I still have all 3. I use the Marshall for gigging since it’s very light and is on casters and I leave the Port City at home for rehearsals. It’s a beast of a cabinet and sounds great but it’s heavy and it was super expensive, so I don’t want to gig with it.

 

[Gtrjunior]

Re: NAD Bugera 1960 Infinium

For someone on a budget, used 4x12's can't be beat. It's a buyer's market.

Greenback/T75 isn't a valid pairing for a 120w amp btw, not unless running 4x12 AND pulling two power tubes. Reason being, a cab's rating is speaker count times lowest rated wattage, NOT sum wattage

I should have been more accurate. The Greenback is actually a Splawn Small Block. It’s a greenback clone at 55w.

 

[Exojam]

Re: NAD Bugera 1960 Infinium

Well I have had it for awhile and went ahead and put some NOS tubes in the preamp section and some Tung-Sol 7581A power tubes also.

I was testing a new noise gate I received today and said what the hell, we are going to add a little volume today.

I was just playing around with the opening sections of AC/DC Down Payment Blues. Holy shiiite that thing sounded so damn good. I am sure my neighbors could hear me and they are at least 100 yards away.

Damn amp amp rocks!

I have absolutely no regrets on purchasing this amp.

I also find it funny I got more crap on this forum about the amp than I did over at the Marshall forum. So for those that want a really good sounding amp for not much coin, this is a nice amp to have. Cannot comment on how it would be for a gigging amp since I do not do that but for me it is great. And if you get one do not worry about the crap posts you will get from some folks.

 

[DankStar]

Re: NAD Bugera 1960 Infinium

A few years back, one dude on here recorded one dimed and he copped a killer early VH tone. He's probably hard of hearing now.