Bass Gear Review

Reviewer	Bruno Goh Luse
Experience	3
Email	bruno_luse@hotmail.com
Review date	July 29 2003
Manufacturer	Acme
Model	Low B-1
Price	US$360.00
Item owned for	1-2 years

Dimensions	15.75"H x 15.75"W x 13.5"D
Weight	31 lbs. / 14.1 Kg
Power	175 Watts RMS continuous
Speakers	One custom Eminence 10" woofer, one 5" midrange, one 1" Audax tweet
	er
Ohms	8 ohms (also available in 4 ohms)
Other	Powder coated steel grille, steel edge protectors, plastic corner bump
	ers, black carpet covering, strap handle, comes with 1/4", bananna and speakon
	connector jacks. Rear attenuators for both midrange and tweeter.

I have had this cabinet for over a year now, teamed with an Acoustic Image Clarus head, which is an awesome piece of gear in its own right. This cabinet is extremely compact, well-designed, good looking and most importantly sounds FANTASTIC. Everything is there from the low B to the highest notes on my C-string. The tone is incredibly open and transparent, the notes ring clearly and are true to the character of the instrument, even at low volumes. Notes from my fretless blossom and sing, slap bass hits you right in the guts - this cab MAKES YOU WANT TO PRACTICE. And it is HI-FI: you can play a CD through my rig and it will sound like it's coming out of a good PA.

What this cab will not do is go blisteringly loud - it's not designed for that. It has a relatively low sensitivity of 90dB @ 1 watt/1 meter, which combined with it's low power handling means it's not going to rock a club or compete with a loud drummer. But that's not what this cab is meant to do. I usually put the entire rig on a chair next to me so that the cab is about two feet from my head, and it works just fine. If you need a cab for studio work, for acoustic gigs, for traditional jazz, or any situation where you are the only one who needs to hear it, this is the one. If you need something that will sterilise the audience, get the cab's big brother, the B4.

Construction	100%
(I don't see how it could be better)
Clarity	95%
(Studio-monitor clarity, with a very slight midrange bump)
Volume	85%
(Not designed to go to volume extremes)
Portability	95%
(Carry it with one hand! )
Customer Service	90%
(Andy answers all his emails himself )
Value	95%
Overall	95%
(If you need a transparent hi-fi cab that can go anywhere, this is the one. )