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Title: Bass Balls
Post by: AmpDesigner333 on 12 Mar 2010, 12:35 am
What do you think of "Bass Balls" for the name of a high power subwoofer amp?
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: JoshK on 12 Mar 2010, 12:59 am
better than blue balls...

kinda sounds silly IMHO, in all seriousness.  But then bottlehead names their kits after SEX, and things like that. 
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: jaxwired on 12 Mar 2010, 01:05 am
No.

How about:

Thunder kick.
Sunami
Platectonic
Groove Slam
Slammy 2
Whack-A-Mole
Whack-Attack
Whomp-O-Matic
Kettle-Kicker
The Mac Daddy
The Smack Daddy
The Whack Daddy
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: pjchappy on 12 Mar 2010, 01:09 am
I don't like Bass Balls, either.  It immediately reminded me of this, for obvious reasons: http://www.ehx.com/products/bassballs (http://www.ehx.com/products/bassballs).

In keeping with your Cherry theme, how about just "Black Cherry?"


Paul
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: Niteshade on 12 Mar 2010, 01:12 am
I'd call them Spectral Mass Drivers myself.

Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: srb on 12 Mar 2010, 01:54 am
It would sound like you're a 16 year old "dude".
 
Steve
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: pardales on 12 Mar 2010, 02:03 am
I don't like Bass Balls, either.  It immediately reminded me of this, for obvious reasons: http://www.ehx.com/products/bassballs (http://www.ehx.com/products/bassballs).

In keeping with your Cherry theme, how about just "Black Cherry?"


Paul

Nice......yes maybe keep it inline with your cuurent theme. "The pit" could be another candidate in keeping with your cherry theme. A cherry has a pit and pits are low.  :lol:
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: mfsoa on 12 Mar 2010, 02:04 am
We can do better... Combined with the Cherry theme you'll have the FBI at your door. :lol:

"Grip"  "Gripper"


"The DAC Grip has proven to..."

Sharen suggests "The Pillar"  and asks if it looks like a pillar?

Dan suggests "The Dan"  :lol:

Oscar and Ollie prefer something with a "Woof" theme, of course.

What's Rave without bass? How 'bout "Rave" - Our royalty payments will be minimal.

Is there some local theme related to the steel industry?

Animal theme? Is Rhino taken?

Glad I'm not in marketing/advertising


-M



Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: srb on 12 Mar 2010, 02:19 am
The Deep Cherry or Deep Cherry Sr.
 
(Wanted to say "Seismic Cherry", but there is an existing Seismic subwoofer driver manufacturer)
 
Steve
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: simoon on 12 Mar 2010, 02:25 am

In keeping with your Cherry theme, how about just "Black Cherry?"

If he wants to keep with the 'Cherry' theme, why not 'Cherry Bomb'?

But yeah, 'Bass Balls' doesn't cut it....
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: satfrat on 12 Mar 2010, 02:28 am
Unless you're shaping them subs into a circular ball Tommy, I don't know why you'd label them as something they are not. If on other hand you're planning on making Bing Cherry Balls, then swing with it.  :dance:
 
Cheers,
Robin
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: AmpDesigner333 on 12 Mar 2010, 02:36 am
What started as a whim has become an enjoyable thread...

How about "Category 5" or even "Category 6"...  This goes with the "Our amps go to 11" theme.

I like the Cherry related ones, too.  Thanks, Mike, for getting the dogs to vote.
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: srb on 12 Mar 2010, 02:57 am
Jim Salk started a topic "Name the Beast/HT4", and the gallery turned that into a 21 page thread, until he cried "Enough"!
 
Steve
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: AmpDesigner333 on 12 Mar 2010, 04:21 am
Jim Salk started a topic "Name the Beast/HT4", and the gallery turned that into a 21 page thread, until he cried "Enough"!
 
Steve
Can you provide a link?
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: srb on 12 Mar 2010, 04:24 am
Can you provide a link?

http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=67978.0 (http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=67978.0)
 
Steve
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: AmpDesigner333 on 12 Mar 2010, 04:26 am

http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=67978.0 (http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=67978.0)
 
Steve
Wow!  That was fast.
Thanks for the link.
Amazing thread, and more than 16,000 reads...
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: werd on 12 Mar 2010, 04:03 pm
Make it simple like "Cherry Bass"
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: Sonny on 12 Mar 2010, 04:07 pm
Make it simple like "Cherry Bass"

I like Cherry Bass....
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: mfsoa on 12 Mar 2010, 04:17 pm
Cherry Pit
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: mcullinan on 12 Mar 2010, 04:32 pm
The "Ive got enormous balls" amp
The "Youve all seen that guy carrying his balls around in a wheelbarrow, mine are BIGGEr" amp.
For those whove had an accident... The "uniball" amp
And my all time favorite The "greek balls so hairy I cant see the amp" amp

Just throwing a few ideas out there ;)
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: rollo on 12 Mar 2010, 05:00 pm
 How about the "Cherish" amp ?


charles
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: Emil on 12 Mar 2010, 05:26 pm
How about

Cherry Popper
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: werd on 12 Mar 2010, 05:30 pm
How about Tea Bagging Cherry  Balls amp.

Your slogan can be "Get some Tea Bagging bass"
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: mcullinan on 12 Mar 2010, 05:31 pm
hahahaha
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: srb on 12 Mar 2010, 05:33 pm
Jim Salk started a topic "Name the Beast/HT4", and the gallery turned that into a 21 page thread, until he cried "Enough"!

I warned you, Tommy!
 
Steve
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: BobM on 12 Mar 2010, 06:08 pm
How about "Thumper" and you can pay Disney royalties and emblazon this right on the woofer dustcap

(http://disney-clipart.com/bambi/jpg/Thumper-1-lg.jpg)
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: srb on 12 Mar 2010, 06:13 pm
How about "Thumper" and you can pay Disney royalties and emblazon this right on the woofer dustcap

Except that there is no woofer dustcap on an amplifier.
 
Steve
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: BobM on 12 Mar 2010, 06:35 pm
Ooops - I thought it was integrated with the sub itself. Then just emblazon it on the top cover (I love simple solutions).
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: mcullinan on 12 Mar 2010, 06:50 pm
When you purchase the amp you get a free pair of these....

(http://www.thatsnutz.com/images/large/yournuts/redyour_LRG.jpg)
Truck Nutz!
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: werd on 12 Mar 2010, 06:54 pm
.... i cant wait for the matching "Donkey Punch" pre to come out
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: lonewolfny42 on 12 Mar 2010, 07:29 pm
As mentioned....

"Deep Cherry Bass Amp" ....and ...."Cherry Pit Bass Amp" both sound good.... 8)
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: watercourse on 13 Mar 2010, 04:02 am
I like this thread! How about:

B-2 or B-52
The Drop or Cherry Drop
Infrasonic
Microseism (a faint earth tremor caused by natural phenomena, such as winds and ocean waves)
Profundo
Timpano (or Timpani if stereo bass amp)
 Ride

I also like Cherry Bomb or Cherry Bass...


Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: Tinnitus on 14 Mar 2010, 05:56 pm
Simoons "Cherry Bomb" gets my vote.
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: cjpcsy on 15 Mar 2010, 04:21 am
Keep the Cherry theme, Tommy. Even DA4800A has been quite off the line.

How about "Cherry Diver"? I like Cherry Bomb too.

How about short list some names and start a vote?
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: werd on 1 Apr 2010, 08:42 pm
Cherry Low is nice too....
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: ebag4 on 1 Apr 2010, 08:58 pm
How about "Lowshino Cherry"!

Best,
Ed
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: Barry_NJ on 2 Apr 2010, 03:17 am
You're not Cherry Amplifier company, your Digital Amplifier Company, I think it's good to have a theme, but to many amps with the same name is no good. How about a "Plum"? "Plum the depths of your sound". Still a stone fruit, so staying in the same vein, but a different fruit to help differentiate it as a product from the "Cherry".
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: srb on 2 Apr 2010, 04:34 am
How about a "Plum"? "Plum the depths of your sound".

Plumb the depths of your sound?
 
Steve
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: Barry_NJ on 2 Apr 2010, 04:45 pm
   Plumb the depths of your sound?   Steve

Well, I was going for the homonym between Plum (fruit) and Plumb (measuring depth).
I suppose the tag line could be...   "Plumb the depths of your sound with our Plum amplifier".

Like "Cherry", "Plum" connotes good-stuff...

–adjective
11. extremely desirable, rewarding, profitable, or the like: a plum job in the foreign service.
(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/plum)

and like a cherry, a plum is a stone fruit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_fruit).

So with "Plum" we've got a good play on words for a bass amp, and a name that stays in-line with, yet sufficiently differentiates itself from, established models.   
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: mfsoa on 2 Apr 2010, 04:53 pm
Famous quote from my son when was 3 and eating a cherry:

"Why do they put them darn nuts in 'em"


OK back to the sub amp- Tommy, what makes this sub amp a sub amp?

I'd love to see one of your amps w/ a level control/adjustable low pass/ maybe parametric eq - The goodies one usually thinks of for sub amps.

-Mike
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: mfsoa on 2 Apr 2010, 04:58 pm
Or are there things you are thinking of, circuitry-wise, that allow for better bass (hard to believe that's possible relative to your full-range amps) since it won't have to go high up in frequency?

Like, can you change the modulation frequency to boost damping etc. (I think you told me once that there is some trade-off between frequency vs. power consumption vs. quality)

I have no idea what I'm talking about, obviously  :lol:

Wow, giddy on a 75 degree friday!

-Mike
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: AmpDesigner333 on 4 Apr 2010, 12:25 am
Well, I was going for the homonym between Plum (fruit) and Plumb (measuring depth).
I suppose the tag line could be...   "Plumb the depths of your sound with our Plum amplifier".

Like "Cherry", "Plum" connotes good-stuff...

–adjective
11. extremely desirable, rewarding, profitable, or the like: a plum job in the foreign service.
(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/plum)

and like a cherry, a plum is a stone fruit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_fruit).

So with "Plum" we've got a good play on words for a bass amp, and a name that stays in-line with, yet sufficiently differentiates itself from, established models.
We like this one!
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: AmpDesigner333 on 4 Apr 2010, 01:54 am
Famous quote from my son when was 3 and eating a cherry:

"Why do they put them darn nuts in 'em"


OK back to the sub amp- Tommy, what makes this sub amp a sub amp?

I'd love to see one of your amps w/ a level control/adjustable low pass/ maybe parametric eq - The goodies one usually thinks of for sub amps.

-Mike
We've already said too much about it!
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: Barry_NJ on 4 Apr 2010, 10:28 pm
We like this one!


Thanks Tommy, and you're welcome.
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: watercourse on 5 Apr 2010, 01:49 am
getting away from male parts, how about Badonka-donk? get the amp that'll get that backfield in motion ... :green:
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: guest1632 on 3 Feb 2011, 05:06 am
We like  this one!

How about ThunderPitt? "our next batch of ThunderPitts should be out in a short time." hmmm, has a nice ring to it, don't you think?

Ray Bronk
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: JoshK on 3 Feb 2011, 02:39 pm
I think Barry nailed it with the Plum name.  That is about as good as you can get, plus the play on words. 
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: guest1632 on 4 Feb 2011, 03:27 am
I think Barry nailed it with the Plum name.  That is about as good as you can get, plus the play on words.

Yeah, probably so. My thinking was that these amps put out lots of bass, but it is extremely tight. So I understand. A lot of thunder, and a Cherry Pit. Oh, well, nice try. it does have a good marketting ring though. "We don't have any ThunderPitts in stock at the moment."
Ray Bronk
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: rodge827 on 4 Feb 2011, 11:33 am
Plumb
Cherry Bass
Cherry Bomb
These have my vote :thumb:

Any info on the specs of said bass amp?
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: AmpDesigner333 on 6 Mar 2011, 12:02 pm
Plumb
Cherry Bass
Cherry Bomb
These have my vote :thumb:

Any info on the specs of said bass amp?
We have decided to stay full-range...  Target power output is 1000W into 4 ohms.  Thanks.
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: guest1632 on 6 Mar 2011, 01:24 pm
We have decided to stay full-range...  Target power output is 1000W into 4 ohms.  Thanks.

Wow! I betcha that's probably 500 in to 8 ohms. Great amp for a Musicans concert, for a great amp.

Ray Bronk
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: AmpDesigner333 on 18 Jan 2018, 02:42 am
Came across this thread while searching for something else....

I guess the MEGAschino could be used as a sub amp, and it will be by a new customer that is planning to buy passive subs just to use MEGAschino to drive them!  He has a pair of MEGAschino MONOs, and he's thrilled with the performance full-range.

MEGAschino is awesome for bass.  It's DC coupled, so no bass phase shift and response down to 0Hz.

Oh, and POWER....  The MEGAschino can output up to 2kW into 2Ω!

SNR is 120dB, and FULL RANGE (150kHz BW).

Here's the growing MEGAschino introduction thread:
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=149935.0

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=174698)
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: EdRo on 18 Jan 2018, 02:20 pm
A "bushel" of cherries is called a "Lug". I bet no ones called an amp a "Lug" before! 
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: EdRo on 18 Jan 2018, 02:23 pm
How about the "MEGA-Lug"? That sounds kickass!
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: EdRo on 18 Jan 2018, 04:10 pm
Black Cherry MEGA-LUG? Cherry Lug-A-Tron?
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: Wind Chaser on 18 Jan 2018, 06:57 pm
How about the Cherry Power Purge?

Cherry Juice?

Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: cliffy on 18 Jan 2018, 09:48 pm
Chug-a-Lug
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: guest1632 on 18 Jan 2018, 11:28 pm
Ok guys, don't like base balls either. Again, make it simple ang graphic, bass bottom. You can't get any lower than that. lol.
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: AmpDesigner333 on 19 Jan 2018, 08:28 am
Ok guys, don't like base balls either. Again, make it simple ang graphic, bass bottom. You can't get any lower than that. lol.
Cherry Bottom Bass-ment (TM) ?
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: Shear Bliss VMPS on 19 Jan 2018, 02:39 pm
Don't need no stinking subwoofer!! And quit buying speakers with 6 1/2" mid woofers a great start. Find a full range floor stander that goes down to the 30Hz range faithfully and save the trouble of trying to match the damn thing. I am looking at the Tekton line-up to find "bass balls" like my VMPS Super Tower R monsters deliver. I love deep bass too but not at the cost of having one or two subs strewn about the room.
Title: Re: Bass Balls
Post by: rollo on 19 Jan 2018, 05:18 pm
  Keep it simple. Cherry Sub Amp. I agree the main speaker should go down to a minimum of 28HZ or so as the piano does. However I like Organ music very much. So for me the speaker needs to -3db at 18hz.
I cannot see buying a speaker that does not go at a minimum of 30hz to a max of 18hz. That would be accurate in phase bass. As long as your room can support low bass your in if not no bass for you  :lol:

charles