That's what I think all the time now and I'm only about as old as Ola. When I started playing as a teenager there was nothing available for a reasonable price. All the cheap gear was crap and all the good stuff was insanely expensive.
I just started playing almost a year and a half ago, I got the spark and am now getting the cab. I'm not gonna say it's better than my grandpas half stacks......but man, I can play/ practice anything I want with Bluetooth and all the digital pedals. Not only that, but I also got gifted a headrush MX5 modeling pedal, which I also plan to use with the CAB as well. Ain't gotta spend much to be spoiled for choice.
@@Gutszomb11 Agreed 💯! And in all fairness, an FRFR cab is a completely different animal compared to say a 4x12 stack. It's in the name for crying out loud...full range! And for that reason, yes you will have to tweak the patches in your modeler to make them sound their best.
@@sahamal_savu I'm three years younger than Ola and I'm from a neighbouring country and I remember getting by with this Zoom multi-FX pedal (3000-something) for a while in a band. It certainly wasn't great but then I didn't know how to tune in a good tone at that point either. There was also the POD's who weren't too bad I guess?
@@iseeu-fp9po The PODs were great at the time. That and a pair of Koss headphones was my first practice rig and I thought I had died and gone to heaven. But things got better. And they still are. The edge of the envelope keeps moving. Which is a good thing for us as musicians.
My band has two guitarists a bass player and me, the drummer. The rhythm player uses just a Spark 40 and can always be heard. It works for practice nights for us and classic rock stuff.
@@djfusion2808 Exactly ! They should release a device that will allow us to use everything . Positive G told me they could not do it through the app ...........BULLSHIT ! We put a man on the moon in 69 !!! LOL
Of course it was. It was designed for bedroom practicing where the built in loudness curve works to it's advantage. Positive Grid made a full featured high powered amp at one time which sounded excellent. It was WAY ahead of it's time. Ola even gave it a positive review. But it didn't sell well. So they turned to the practice amp market, and they sold like hotcakes. Smart marketing move. They're in business to sell product after all.
I'll be honest I don't really get who the postivie grid things are for anymore... Cheap stuff like the Mooer GE-150 is better imho, and if you want an all in one solution spider v mk 2, or boss katana. This product family makes absolutely no sense to me. Not to mention it just does not sound good. They really need an upgrade on their core system.
Well, look at it this way. This thing is a HELL of a lot better than the shitty farty little Crate mini combo amp that I used and developed my basic playing skills on when I was a teenager. That thing sounded absolutely HORRIBLE but when you're a kid and just getting started it really makes a huge difference to have any low budget amp that can vaguely resemble the distortion that you're dying to hear. Today, I practice at home a lot by sending my amplifier signal to a mixer+PA and I imagine that probably sounds pretty similar to this as well (idk). Ultimately, still a great option for a beginner or casual play setting that doesn't require earth rumbling volume
I can't speak about their amps, but the Crate Powerblock and Cabinet was a great setup for modelers. I used it with a Boss GT-8. I got great tones with that setup.
The Price. This is for people who can't afford the "real gear". If you purchase the Spark Go/Mini and the cabinet together you get a bazillion different amps/effect petals for under $500. For a non-professional musician being able to switch from David Gilmore to Stevie Ray to Dimebag without having to invest in overdrives, delay, chorus or noise gate petals is a godsend for the wallet. I would have killed for this as a teenaged beginner.
everbody is saying that these are so much better then the old crates but these are also alot more expensive and this kinda sounds bad im not gonna lie. The overwhelming bass is just terrible. I would reccomend alot of other even cheaper amps that are amazing beginner amps for the money before i would reccomend one of these.
My Spark 40 is very bass-heavy as well. I've see a lot of people mod them by filling the cabinet with foam to dampen some of the low end. I'm sure this cab could benefit from this as well as some EQ.
I was a meeting once where a colleague responded to a bad idea by saying, “that’d be like tying a dead horse to another dead horse.” I still don’t know what that means, but I have a hunch it applies here.
@@soupway3527, I’ve found the EQ handy for reducing the heavy bass. It’s a pity the Spark doesn’t have a global EQ option that covers all profiles if required and doesn’t take up a pedal slot.
Good review and a great question at the end, who is this for? I have the Spark 40 and I need to use the EQ pedal on all my presets to remove the wooliness from the amp. Maybe because it can be used for bass guitars it needs the capability of low end but maybe a high pass filter knob on the amp would help.
@@skewbertoescobaresq2327 Yes but to get an EQ in the app you have to forego using other modulation effects. The basic bass, mid and treble are not adequate to deal with the frequencies needing to be reduced. Why not make this EQ a separate device?
@@JohnLloydDavis Good question, that would make a lot of sense. I guess you can't use a chorus with a phaser or a flanger either as they are all under the mod/eq area. Maybe they will do an update in the future to split off the EQ pedal
wish you would have went a little more in depth. Hook up your Friedman IR X.. tweak the bass and treble.. play some lead.. more cleans.. pretty poor demo honestly. disappointed.
I have all PG products. I was so exciting before I receive this Cab but I was so disapoingted with it. When I turn on the CAB I can head a loud noisy and when i play clean tone the noisy is still there. It does not sound good. I throw it away now. Dont want to touch it anymore.
Definitely either need to use an equalizer in the Spark app or an external equalizer to bring down that muddy bass. I can understand why they do it in the small speakers, to make it sound more full, but I fully expected them to remedy that with this amp. That's kind of ridiculous.
@@section8usmc53 no, I don't know what you meant. How do you think they could remedy bass response in a full range FLAT RESPONSE cabinet? If it changes the bass, it's no longer flat response. So what did you mean when you said you expected them to remedy it with this?
Thank you for being a straight shooter Ola. I was under the impression this was made for a live setting with a drummer and I was going to get one, but now I’m gonna hold off, at least until I can try one in person. Thanks for looking out for our wallets Ola!!!!
@@TheEchelonI mean yeah if you're wanting and spark equipment for live performances. It's underwhelming but not so much if you're using it at home for practice. For the price and for what it provides again for practice and small settings, it's great. Again, if you're looking for live performance equipment, you're looking in the wrong place
I’m going to respectfully disagree with Ola on this one. I preordered the spark cab and just plugged it in. This thing is LOUD!!! It can most definitely compete with a drum set.
@@scottturek4655 I got mine yesterday (Toronto Canada) Tried it with Mini. You notice the bottom end, but to me it sounds like they were trying to get the oomph of a 4x12 in that 10" speaker. I never had the extra bass in the Spark 40, and maybe cuz it sits on a coffee table AND I played around with Bass/Middle/Treble in the App to my liking. On Facebook, someone mentioned doubling up on Presets, one for Spark along, and another version dialed in for Cab
I found the original spark amp a bit bass heavy too. I gave mine to my brother he loves it. Though he lives in a flat so it works well for him so he doesn't bother the neighbours.
I would never buy this. I get the small amp like for going to park and just was to play outside but I guess you could find a way to use it. I would just just my 2X12 and my head n a mic. Always sounds good. I think ID is just too new for me to get into now. inplugs are a pain in the ass.
I suspect it has to do with speaker designers trying to design it as "flat" like a Bluetooth speaker, so it's tuned for modern music which has heavy compression on the bass. Which means if you play a live instrument through it that has much more dynamic range, it's going to exaggerate the bass quite a lot. That said, plug this thing into a bass guitar and it's probably gonna be PERFECT.
For a full range speaker that is supposed to have a "flat" frequency response, it has too much emphasis on the low end. I wonder how it works with a bass.
You clearly don't understand FRFR. All frequencies are represented. You must shape and EQ the sounds coming from the modeler for optimum performance. This is the case with ALL modelers used through an FRFR and even through many cabs.
I get it. I have a digital modelling mini-amp for the living room and it's great for that purpose - a quiet coffee table amp - but at louder volumes (or recording) a lot of these things have way too much low end. They are trying so hard to sound "big" that if you turn them up loud they sound woofy and are just missing all the frequencies you want more of and have too much of the frequencies that get in the way of the bass and drums.
That speaker really doesn't sound good. I'd say the target audience is for people who bought those smaller units and wanted to get some extra oomph...or woof in this case. I'd recommend the Spark 40 to pretty much anyone. It took me a lot of flipping back and forth between my Marshall and it before I could get it set to passing but once I did, I use it a lot for just plug and play practice.
Just got the cab, have spark amp, there are certain ways to tweak it? Such ass? Turn the trebel off, then reset it? Same with bass, and actually across the AMP controls, pretty happy with it? As the spearkers cut a few year's ago? Ive bern running it through a Klips home theater 🥴🥴🥴 - Its actually a rectifier as it is converting AC to DC, would i rather be blowing my hair back with a Dark Star or ENGL??? Hell yeah, but as smaller modler amps go??? Spark??? 👍👍👍 The Edward, Dime, Zakk, Iommi and Adam prresets? Satifying....😊
It's literally full range flat response. It doesn't add or remove bass or any other frequencies. If you send it a bassy signal, it will make that loud. So if you don't want that .... dont do that.
@@iainmcguire7190 yes it's supposed to be flat, but that doesnt guarantee that it is. Someone would need to measure the speaker to confirm that. It's entirely possible that the speaker is bass heavy, which would be unfortunate.
@@MattZildjian yeah, certainly not this TH-camr. To be frank though, I'm fairly sure they checked it was a FRFR cab before selling it as a FRFR cab. If you fancy waiting for someone to test that, be my guest.
i want a frfr speaker for my spark amps and my me90. but i dont think this is the one. im hearing and reading fenders are good? the line 6 is crazy expensive. what about the headrush??
Man these companies are spamming musicians with gear they don't need like never before these days. I realize that back in the day it was also a bad situation with american companies marketing the brains out of musicians by always selling the same stuff for seventy years, but holy hell, how many manufacturers of mostly always the same speakers, effects pedals and amplifiers do we actually need?
I'd like to hear a direct comparison with a modeler to the Fender FR-12 cab because $299 is much more appealing. But, "it's a little woofy, it's a lot of 200hz" turns me off, that actively hurts my head.
The Sparks are all that low end heavy to cloak the small speakers. They know that people think "oh nice bass=nice sound". Home alone its ok. When you drive a Spark or mini. But in band context you bassist will kill you if you drive that much bass. And the pricing is.....its not good anymore. Spark App doesnt get any love, they push bias fx instead which is awful compared to amplitube or more expensive softwares. Till today i cant: switch cabs in the app, i cant switch the signal chain which is common in 2023, i cant sort the tonecloud and i cant save my presets easily except to dropbox. The "cool features" of the app are not that useful. A Looper and drum machine like in the mighty space is much better. At the end...the spark was good few years ago, but today.....nah. Not competetive anymore. And this cab is WAY to expensive.
@@MeTuLHeD Over the summer on the night of the 4th of July I set mine up in the backyard. I ran my laptop through a mixer into my Headrush and simulated a fireworks show. It was every bit as loud as any real fireworks. I sold my actual amps and won't ever go back.
@@mykuntstynx9463 I believe you. The rig I heard sounded incredible and was absolutely gig worthy. And ultra clean even at very high volume. I don't know how they did it. But the headroom on those things is amazing.
Dude I'm 43 and I just started playing about a year ago and I have a spark go and I love it it has helped me to be able to focus on playing alot more and it's also helping me figure out pedal functions and combos it's amazing and thanks for the review I'm ordering the cab I think it's a must have for me
Ola, in your opinion, could a guy run an old school EQ pedal between the guitar and the Spark 40 (to get rid of the woof) which would free up modulation effects in the Spark?
Reminds me a bit of those older multi FX boards with really 'fat' demo presets, so when you try them you get an 'amazing' tone. Once you play with your band, you'll have to tone down all kinds of reverb, chorus, delay, EQ ... Is this supposed to appeal to 'generation bass boost' out of the box? And if there is a way to adjust the EQ, I'm disappointed Ola couldn't figure it out and didn't show it.
There's EQ on all the amp models, and separate guitar and bass EQ pedals, if you need more EQ shaping. Ola simply didn't bother actually trying any of them.
@@iainmcguire7190 I suppose that's done in software, through USB or a mobile app? Pretty standard these days, so I'd expect that to be part of any "test".
@@fonesrphunny7242 yes, there's an app that runs on phones, tablets etc, and connects to the amp over Bluetooth, where you choose your virtual amp model (fender twin, ac30, Marshall etc) and set its eq, and then add virtual pedals to taste, chorus, overdrive, delay etc, and there are options to add additional 6 band EQ pedals that suit whether you've connected a guitar or bass. So there's both a bass eq pedal, and a guitar eq pedal. So you can sculpt the sound like you'd imagine, he just hasn't done that at all. He's downloaded some user created presets from the online ToneCloud, then said they don't sound how he'd like. It's a super lazy "review"
@@roviverdandelarosa2181 Yeah, I just checked, it has 2 tweeters, which is why the say it's stereo. I have to pass then, I have a Spark 40 and it's loud and boomy enough for the living room. Don't have a use for this thing. Any chance the same people work there as with Marvel? They release stuff nobody asks for and ignore what people really wanted.
I might be interseted in all this positive grid gear if their software was more user friendly. Every time I sign into my Bias FX I'm stuck in demo mode and it takes forever to get my paid account to work.
I'm sad they went with a class D output for this unit.... would have been so much better to make a 250w class a/b unit and just focus on a good 10 or 12 inch speaker with a cross over somewhere around 2800hz into a high quality 1 inch driver... a few EQ controls on the cab to adjust for the room and maybe a high cut ✂️ to pull harshness if the 8khz to 20hkz information is getting to noisey
Class D is fine when not pushed to its max, if you're playing guitar 250 watts is way more than enough you won't be turning it to hit that full wattage. The wattage is there for bass players to be able to use it. I prefer tubes and class A/B myself but class D was really the best style choice for this type of setup. Also you can just use impulse responses if you want to change the sound so no eq needed as that will mimic the sound of the speakers of your choice.
@jupiterjames-reynolds2260 agree with 3/4 of what you are saying but tried using IRs and it didn't change the speakers ability to keep up. Just not a good choice for me, I went with a 1000w unit and am much happier
Hi Ola. Thanks for review. I was doubting will it sound like rafinated and not real and thank you for replying that yes, I think if compare it with 12 inch guitar cab using return from guitar processor, the spark have to be less real / natural. Now I am doubting: do Line6 Powercab also will be like this? If so - it's better just to take second amp with 12 inch speaker and have stereo from "real" cabs. Playing through multifx into real cab for me much better than playing into studio monitors - it's just better and more real and enjoyable
Imagine being a kid just starting out on guitar and having access to a Spark amp and this cab. What a great time to be alive!
That's what I think all the time now and I'm only about as old as Ola. When I started playing as a teenager there was nothing available for a reasonable price. All the cheap gear was crap and all the good stuff was insanely expensive.
I just started playing almost a year and a half ago, I got the spark and am now getting the cab. I'm not gonna say it's better than my grandpas half stacks......but man, I can play/ practice anything I want with Bluetooth and all the digital pedals. Not only that, but I also got gifted a headrush MX5 modeling pedal, which I also plan to use with the CAB as well. Ain't gotta spend much to be spoiled for choice.
@@Gutszomb11 Agreed 💯!
And in all fairness, an FRFR cab is a completely different animal compared to say a 4x12 stack. It's in the name for crying out loud...full range! And for that reason, yes you will have to tweak the patches in your modeler to make them sound their best.
@@sahamal_savu I'm three years younger than Ola and I'm from a neighbouring country and I remember getting by with this Zoom multi-FX pedal (3000-something) for a while in a band. It certainly wasn't great but then I didn't know how to tune in a good tone at that point either. There was also the POD's who weren't too bad I guess?
@@iseeu-fp9po The PODs were great at the time. That and a pair of Koss headphones was my first practice rig and I thought I had died and gone to heaven. But things got better. And they still are. The edge of the envelope keeps moving. Which is a good thing for us as musicians.
My band has two guitarists a bass player and me, the drummer. The rhythm player uses just a Spark 40 and can always be heard. It works for practice nights for us and classic rock stuff.
Cheap Chinese gimmick speakers pretending to be guitar amps and speakers not a fan really and the quality shows, you get what you pay for.
Use the eq pedal on presets, makes a huge difference
I can confirm that
Same
Takes up a Mod pedal slot though, it would be great if we could have separate EQ @@ozi76
@@djfusion2808 Exactly ! They should release a device that will allow us to use everything . Positive G told me they could not do it through the app ...........BULLSHIT ! We put a man on the moon in 69 !!! LOL
Does that help with the bass tone on clean and chorus? I'm struggling with too much bass and thinking about returning it.
So just like the Spark 40, it has too much bass and not enough highs. I have a few pieces and have realized that Positive Grid gear sucks.
Yeah.... I just couldn't gel with their products 😔
DC out 19V is for powering the "full" Spark, USB-C is for charging up Spark GO or powering Spark Mini.
The spark mini was probably set up to accentuate the bass and presence to make that small speaker sound better which is why there were almost no mids
Of course it was. It was designed for bedroom practicing where the built in loudness curve works to it's advantage.
Positive Grid made a full featured high powered amp at one time which sounded excellent. It was WAY ahead of it's time. Ola even gave it a positive review. But it didn't sell well. So they turned to the practice amp market, and they sold like hotcakes. Smart marketing move. They're in business to sell product after all.
I thought that may be the case, until he tested the quad cortex and it was also boomy, real shame :(
I'll be honest I don't really get who the postivie grid things are for anymore... Cheap stuff like the Mooer GE-150 is better imho, and if you want an all in one solution spider v mk 2, or boss katana. This product family makes absolutely no sense to me. Not to mention it just does not sound good. They really need an upgrade on their core system.
Use the Built in EQ
Well, look at it this way. This thing is a HELL of a lot better than the shitty farty little Crate mini combo amp that I used and developed my basic playing skills on when I was a teenager. That thing sounded absolutely HORRIBLE but when you're a kid and just getting started it really makes a huge difference to have any low budget amp that can vaguely resemble the distortion that you're dying to hear. Today, I practice at home a lot by sending my amplifier signal to a mixer+PA and I imagine that probably sounds pretty similar to this as well (idk).
Ultimately, still a great option for a beginner or casual play setting that doesn't require earth rumbling volume
I always felt bad for the other kids who had Crate amps. I was lucky and had a Peavey Bandit back then.
I can't speak about their amps, but the Crate Powerblock and Cabinet was a great setup for modelers. I used it with a Boss GT-8. I got great tones with that setup.
The cabinet also came with a Celestion speaker in it.
Why would they make things that bassy? It sounds like you keep the cab down in the cellar while you play upstairs.
A bass guitar on dropped B makes less bass than this thing.
The Price. This is for people who can't afford the "real gear". If you purchase the Spark Go/Mini and the cabinet together you get a bazillion different amps/effect petals for under $500. For a non-professional musician being able to switch from David Gilmore to Stevie Ray to Dimebag without having to invest in overdrives, delay, chorus or noise gate petals is a godsend for the wallet. I would have killed for this as a teenaged beginner.
everbody is saying that these are so much better then the old crates but these are also alot more expensive and this kinda sounds bad im not gonna lie. The overwhelming bass is just terrible. I would reccomend alot of other even cheaper amps that are amazing beginner amps for the money before i would reccomend one of these.
Have you tried taking some of the lows out on the new EQ addition to the software?
My Spark 40 is very bass-heavy as well. I've see a lot of people mod them by filling the cabinet with foam to dampen some of the low end. I'm sure this cab could benefit from this as well as some EQ.
Hi, i been using eq in the spark app it’s can solve a bass heavy problem. ( if u couldn’t use the eq try update the spark firmware)
Hope this help😊
I wonder how the Cab would sound with an open back instead of the bass reflex cab it has now.
I was a meeting once where a colleague responded to a bad idea by saying, “that’d be like tying a dead horse to another dead horse.” I still don’t know what that means, but I have a hunch it applies here.
@@soupway3527, I’ve found the EQ handy for reducing the heavy bass. It’s a pity the Spark doesn’t have a global EQ option that covers all profiles if required and doesn’t take up a pedal slot.
I have a mini and a 40. The mini has a global eq feature, and imo, it sounds better than the 40!
Thats a bassy FFR speaker
The spark does sound bassy like a Crate cabinet...but Spark does have an EQ on the app that helps add high end
Am I crazy for thinking it sounds like there’s a bunch of moving blankets on top of a cab?
Cool little amps. Too bad the design looks like a Fisher Price toy.
Good review and a great question at the end, who is this for? I have the Spark 40 and I need to use the EQ pedal on all my presets to remove the wooliness from the amp. Maybe because it can be used for bass guitars it needs the capability of low end but maybe a high pass filter knob on the amp would help.
It totally has settings and presets for bass. As others have mentioned you can easily EQ out the low end in the app.
@@skewbertoescobaresq2327 Yes but to get an EQ in the app you have to forego using other modulation effects. The basic bass, mid and treble are not adequate to deal with the frequencies needing to be reduced. Why not make this EQ a separate device?
@@JohnLloydDavis Good question, that would make a lot of sense. I guess you can't use a chorus with a phaser or a flanger either as they are all under the mod/eq area. Maybe they will do an update in the future to split off the EQ pedal
I have a Headrush MX5 and am on the prowl for an FRFR cabinet like this.
wish you would have went a little more in depth. Hook up your Friedman IR X.. tweak the bass and treble.. play some lead.. more cleans.. pretty poor demo honestly. disappointed.
I have all PG products. I was so exciting before I receive this Cab but I was so disapoingted with it. When I turn on the CAB I can head a loud noisy and when i play clean tone the noisy is still there. It does not sound good. I throw it away now. Dont want to touch it anymore.
Definitely either need to use an equalizer in the Spark app or an external equalizer to bring down that muddy bass. I can understand why they do it in the small speakers, to make it sound more full, but I fully expected them to remedy that with this amp. That's kind of ridiculous.
It's not an amp, it's a cabinet. Whatever you put into it, it boosts the volume, that's all it does. It's a crap demo.
@@iainmcguire7190 You knew wtf I meant.
@@iainmcguire7190 It also puts out 140 watts. It amplifies the signal. Amplifier.
@@section8usmc53 no, I don't know what you meant. How do you think they could remedy bass response in a full range FLAT RESPONSE cabinet?
If it changes the bass, it's no longer flat response. So what did you mean when you said you expected them to remedy it with this?
@@iainmcguire7190 Play dumb all you want. Have a nice day.
Yeah, its very boomy. Almost too much. I always think of low end 80s/90s mixes when I hear this
Thank you for being a straight shooter Ola. I was under the impression this was made for a live setting with a drummer and I was going to get one, but now I’m gonna hold off, at least until I can try one in person. Thanks for looking out for our wallets Ola!!!!
Sounds underwhelming imo, like the other Spark products
@@TheEchelonI mean yeah if you're wanting and spark equipment for live performances. It's underwhelming but not so much if you're using it at home for practice. For the price and for what it provides again for practice and small settings, it's great. Again, if you're looking for live performance equipment, you're looking in the wrong place
@TheEchelon The Mini has a good tone. The original sounds like it has 2 blankets over it.
I’m going to respectfully disagree with Ola on this one. I preordered the spark cab and just plugged it in. This thing is LOUD!!! It can most definitely compete with a drum set.
@@scottturek4655 I got mine yesterday (Toronto Canada) Tried it with Mini. You notice the bottom end, but to me it sounds like they were trying to get the oomph of a 4x12 in that 10" speaker. I never had the extra bass in the Spark 40, and maybe cuz it sits on a coffee table AND I played around with Bass/Middle/Treble in the App to my liking. On Facebook, someone mentioned doubling up on Presets, one for Spark along, and another version dialed in for Cab
Thank you, Ola. Canceled my pre-order and asked for refund.
I found the original spark amp a bit bass heavy too. I gave mine to my brother he loves it. Though he lives in a flat so it works well for him so he doesn't bother the neighbours.
Same here, have to dial my Spark and Katana with the bass way down and the treble way up. Figured it was just my old ears. 😅
There is an eq "pedal" in the updated software that cures the issue with boominess. Downside is it replaces the chorus/flanger pedals.
Ye but the Quad still was woofy
I would never buy this. I get the small amp like for going to park and just was to play outside but I guess you could find a way to use it. I would just just my 2X12 and my head n a mic. Always sounds good. I think ID is just too new for me to get into now. inplugs are a pain in the ass.
Most of what i have/tried with class d power is bass heavy. Im sure some builders eq that out. I do think it works well with the tiny stuff
I suspect it has to do with speaker designers trying to design it as "flat" like a Bluetooth speaker, so it's tuned for modern music which has heavy compression on the bass. Which means if you play a live instrument through it that has much more dynamic range, it's going to exaggerate the bass quite a lot.
That said, plug this thing into a bass guitar and it's probably gonna be PERFECT.
@@Stoney3K I was thinking the same thing. Perfect for bass guitar but not for electric. Too much bass for my taste..
"you can connect your iPod"
I guess Ola is into vintage gear now
It sounds like you threw your dirty laundry on top of the speakers.
For a full range speaker that is supposed to have a "flat" frequency response, it has too much emphasis on the low end. I wonder how it works with a bass.
You clearly don't understand FRFR. All frequencies are represented. You must shape and EQ the sounds coming from the modeler for optimum performance. This is the case with ALL modelers used through an FRFR and even through many cabs.
I have a Seymour Duncan power stage 200, and a 1 12 fender cab, I put my helix through that and it sound hella cool
I get it. I have a digital modelling mini-amp for the living room and it's great for that purpose - a quiet coffee table amp - but at louder volumes (or recording) a lot of these things have way too much low end. They are trying so hard to sound "big" that if you turn them up loud they sound woofy and are just missing all the frequencies you want more of and have too much of the frequencies that get in the way of the bass and drums.
That speaker really doesn't sound good. I'd say the target audience is for people who bought those smaller units and wanted to get some extra oomph...or woof in this case. I'd recommend the Spark 40 to pretty much anyone. It took me a lot of flipping back and forth between my Marshall and it before I could get it set to passing but once I did, I use it a lot for just plug and play practice.
Just got the cab, have spark amp, there are certain ways to tweak it? Such ass? Turn the trebel off, then reset it? Same with bass, and actually across the AMP controls, pretty happy with it? As the spearkers cut a few year's ago? Ive bern running it through a Klips home theater 🥴🥴🥴 - Its actually a rectifier as it is converting AC to DC, would i rather be blowing my hair back with a Dark Star or ENGL??? Hell yeah, but as smaller modler amps go??? Spark??? 👍👍👍 The Edward, Dime, Zakk, Iommi and Adam prresets? Satifying....😊
The Spark go, the Spark Hello or the Spark See you later!!!!
You almost killed me with this, man!!!!! So Funny!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂
Sounds very bassy like the spark 40
It's literally full range flat response. It doesn't add or remove bass or any other frequencies. If you send it a bassy signal, it will make that loud. So if you don't want that .... dont do that.
@@iainmcguire7190 yes it's supposed to be flat, but that doesnt guarantee that it is. Someone would need to measure the speaker to confirm that. It's entirely possible that the speaker is bass heavy, which would be unfortunate.
@@MattZildjian yeah, certainly not this TH-camr. To be frank though, I'm fairly sure they checked it was a FRFR cab before selling it as a FRFR cab. If you fancy waiting for someone to test that, be my guest.
i want a frfr speaker for my spark amps and my me90. but i dont think this is the one. im hearing and reading fenders are good? the line 6 is crazy expensive. what about the headrush??
You are one funny mother fucker love this channel!! I run my Spark 40 through a Quilter Micro block into a 4x12 stereo cab...sounds very nyce!!🥃👍😎🇺🇸
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Man these companies are spamming musicians with gear they don't need like never before these days. I realize that back in the day it was also a bad situation with american companies marketing the brains out of musicians by always selling the same stuff for seventy years, but holy hell, how many manufacturers of mostly always the same speakers, effects pedals and amplifiers do we actually need?
Does it work as a regular cabinet?
I'd like to hear a direct comparison with a modeler to the Fender FR-12 cab because $299 is much more appealing. But, "it's a little woofy, it's a lot of 200hz" turns me off, that actively hurts my head.
It sounds like a dark sounding Cab IMO. Very Bass heavy.
The Sparks are all that low end heavy to cloak the small speakers. They know that people think "oh nice bass=nice sound". Home alone its ok. When you drive a Spark or mini. But in band context you bassist will kill you if you drive that much bass.
And the pricing is.....its not good anymore. Spark App doesnt get any love, they push bias fx instead which is awful compared to amplitube or more expensive softwares. Till today i cant: switch cabs in the app, i cant switch the signal chain which is common in 2023, i cant sort the tonecloud and i cant save my presets easily except to dropbox.
The "cool features" of the app are not that useful. A Looper and drum machine like in the mighty space is much better.
At the end...the spark was good few years ago, but today.....nah. Not competetive anymore. And this cab is WAY to expensive.
I needed an FRFR a couple of months ago. Ended up getting a little Alto PA wedge for my helix. TBH I'm glad I got what I did and not this thing.
Still messed up! Get a fender fr12 or 10 =)
I own a pair of Headrush 112s
They're criminally loud and badass
@@mykuntstynx9463 I heard a rig which was a Quad Cortex through two Headrush wedges. Sounded absolutely amazing. And wall of sound loud!
@@MeTuLHeD
Over the summer on the night of the 4th of July I set mine up in the backyard.
I ran my laptop through a mixer into my Headrush and simulated a fireworks show.
It was every bit as loud as any real fireworks.
I sold my actual amps and won't ever go back.
@@mykuntstynx9463 I believe you. The rig I heard sounded incredible and was absolutely gig worthy. And ultra clean even at very high volume. I don't know how they did it. But the headroom on those things is amazing.
Ok. I hooked the Spark 40 up to a pair of FR FR Headrush 2000 watt speakers. Am I loud enough now?
I'm getting two! Full stack, baby!
Dude! What the hell happened to the recording? It’s compressing and ducking like crazy.
I don't know why Positive Grid insist on having everything bass heavy. The Spark 40 is the same.
I was getting it but nah
How does other mini amps like the Yamaha THR, Boss Katana air, etc... sound connected to this cab?
probably good for bass guitar.
Flat response ?
It’s woofy at 200k and has no high end.
= not flat response
EQ changes everything. Use those knobs kids. It changes suck to gold.
Hola , OLA me gusta tu guitarra, cuanto me costaría una por igual ,con porte incluido a. Madrid Gracias OLA
Way too wooofy.
Basically is trash product that there are more 30 better and cheaper than this but with good marketing they catch some $$$
Thanks for plugging in the QC!!! I was wondering about that myself. 👍
More fun than monitors at a computer? That’s what I was thinking of getting one for, for a modeller or running plugins through from my laptop for fun.
It's sooo close but sounds like it's in the next room. Like the kid next door is playing...
Dude I'm 43 and I just started playing about a year ago and I have a spark go and I love it it has helped me to be able to focus on playing alot more and it's also helping me figure out pedal functions and combos it's amazing and thanks for the review I'm ordering the cab I think it's a must have for me
Ola, in your opinion, could a guy run an old school EQ pedal between the guitar and the Spark 40 (to get rid of the woof) which would free up modulation effects in the Spark?
Ola Please Flat Respong
i had a Spark 40 and i hated that amp because it soundes so bassy and scooped like a zoom 505 processor)
Something was compressing your mutes which made the video hard to listen to
What,!! My gorilla G10 did not have these options
Drill a 5 ‘’ hole in the back to get rid of the boomyness . LOL
Reminds me a bit of those older multi FX boards with really 'fat' demo presets, so when you try them you get an 'amazing' tone. Once you play with your band, you'll have to tone down all kinds of reverb, chorus, delay, EQ ...
Is this supposed to appeal to 'generation bass boost' out of the box?
And if there is a way to adjust the EQ, I'm disappointed Ola couldn't figure it out and didn't show it.
There's EQ on all the amp models, and separate guitar and bass EQ pedals, if you need more EQ shaping. Ola simply didn't bother actually trying any of them.
@@iainmcguire7190 I suppose that's done in software, through USB or a mobile app? Pretty standard these days, so I'd expect that to be part of any "test".
@@fonesrphunny7242 yes, there's an app that runs on phones, tablets etc, and connects to the amp over Bluetooth, where you choose your virtual amp model (fender twin, ac30, Marshall etc) and set its eq, and then add virtual pedals to taste, chorus, overdrive, delay etc, and there are options to add additional 6 band EQ pedals that suit whether you've connected a guitar or bass. So there's both a bass eq pedal, and a guitar eq pedal.
So you can sculpt the sound like you'd imagine, he just hasn't done that at all.
He's downloaded some user created presets from the online ToneCloud, then said they don't sound how he'd like. It's a super lazy "review"
Run a EQ Pedal in front of the amp , bassy sound cured
Question, does the sound come out of the amp AND the cabinet at the same time? Or does using the cab bypass the Spark Amp speakers?
Bypasses the Spark speakers
@@welshman71 Thanks. For me, disappointing, especially using the Spark 40. Rock on. 🤘
I can see Dimebag walking around with a spark ripping.
i love my spark go its so little i can just practice with no cables
The chugging is really squeaky around the edges.
Whenever a review contains, "It ain't too bad," beware!
Cheers Ola, you just saved me €299!
“It’s a little woofy” bro there is literally a eq in the spark app 😂
It's smaller than I thought. For some reason I had the impression it's more the size of a 2x12 or something.
Yeah it's a 1x10 with a 1 inch tweeter.
@@roviverdandelarosa2181 Yeah, I just checked, it has 2 tweeters, which is why the say it's stereo. I have to pass then, I have a Spark 40 and it's loud and boomy enough for the living room. Don't have a use for this thing. Any chance the same people work there as with Marvel? They release stuff nobody asks for and ignore what people really wanted.
That cabinet smack was the hottest thing I’ve seen in a while.
Too small for good tone. Physics is physics...
I might be interseted in all this positive grid gear if their software was more user friendly. Every time I sign into my Bias FX I'm stuck in demo mode and it takes forever to get my paid account to work.
Not my experience at all. The mobile app is extremely user friendly for me
Mic an FRFR 😂, but the hugh noise floor 😢.
Did you try the patches that are supposed to sound like you?
I'm sad they went with a class D output for this unit.... would have been so much better to make a 250w class a/b unit and just focus on a good 10 or 12 inch speaker with a cross over somewhere around 2800hz into a high quality 1 inch driver... a few EQ controls on the cab to adjust for the room and maybe a high cut ✂️ to pull harshness if the 8khz to 20hkz information is getting to noisey
Class D is fine when not pushed to its max, if you're playing guitar 250 watts is way more than enough you won't be turning it to hit that full wattage. The wattage is there for bass players to be able to use it. I prefer tubes and class A/B myself but class D was really the best style choice for this type of setup. Also you can just use impulse responses if you want to change the sound so no eq needed as that will mimic the sound of the speakers of your choice.
@jupiterjames-reynolds2260 agree with 3/4 of what you are saying but tried using IRs and it didn't change the speakers ability to keep up. Just not a good choice for me, I went with a 1000w unit and am much happier
Quad cortex will run off 2.5 amps so it could power it
Ah ok! Thanks for clearing that up!
@OlaEnglund no worries! The stock supply is 3 amp but neural have confirmed it will run off 2 i believe
你用别的品牌综合效果器测试啊，你用自己家的有什么意义呢
Waiting for mine.Hopefully the next week.Thanks Ola.
I actually really liked the spark tones rather than the quad cortex tones to be honest through the cab.
Much brighter and responsive to my ears.
Let's hear a spark through a line 6 power cab!
Does somebody know how much does it weight?
Doesn’t sound good
Sounds good. Like others have said what a time to be alive for gear and imagine just starting out! Keep the reviews coming Ola!
And it’s cheap compared to similar size cab
Pretty okay, is less than okay.
like eny cheap digital amp
It's farty but still great 🤘
Odinist crap
Hi Ola. Thanks for review. I was doubting will it sound like rafinated and not real and thank you for replying that yes, I think if compare it with 12 inch guitar cab using return from guitar processor, the spark have to be less real / natural.
Now I am doubting: do Line6 Powercab also will be like this? If so - it's better just to take second amp with 12 inch speaker and have stereo from "real" cabs. Playing through multifx into real cab for me much better than playing into studio monitors - it's just better and more real and enjoyable
Cannot wait to get my Spark Cab to go with my Riff interface