Orange’s grill cloth
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Orange’s grill cloth
Just thinking for conversations sake. It’s often been told that the basketweave grill cloth found mainly on Orange cabs has a lot to do with the sound and filtering of the sound waves out of the speakers. Anyone recall this ever being tested? Orange cab with it on vs. off? It’s not a simple test with an actual Orange cab, but could probably be tested by other means.
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I'm thinking the plastic Orange badge on my PPC112 acts like a beam blocker. Honestly though, I've hated V30s in every cab I've ever used except the Orange. Love the cab. And I'm thinking with basketweave or cloth, it's still mass in front of the sound wave so it would have to be diffused in some way or another. What that effect is I couldn't tell you.
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I remember when we used to remove the grills from our stereo speakers to let the high frequencies come though better. Not sure we really heard a difference but it was the cool thing to do. My guess is you might be able to measure a difference in very high frequencies with a high quality stereo, with and without grills, if you had a very sensitive microphone but probably couldn't actually hear a difference. A difference between Orange Grill cloth and others with the frequencies of a guitar amp? I doubt it.
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This is what I’m getting at. Is Orange’s grill cloth part of the sound. Or just hype as compared to any typical grill cloth. If you stuck Fenders cloth on an Orange, would you hear a difference. I tend to think cloth does make a difference between with and without, but how much between types of cloth.Sooner wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2019 12:04 amI remember when we used to remove the grills from our stereo speakers to let the high frequencies come though better. Not sure we really heard a difference but it was the cool thing to do. My guess is you might be able to measure a difference in very high frequencies with a high quality stereo, with and without grills, if you had a very sensitive microphone but probably couldn't actually hear a difference. A difference between Orange Grill cloth and others with the frequencies of a guitar amp? I doubt it.
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There are a few examples where people have compared frequency response with and without grills (Google "grill cloth speaker response"). They all show minimal differences. I doubt anyone could tell the difference in a blind test. As for Orange cloth being part of the sound? I don't think so.Jondog wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2019 1:10 amThis is what I’m getting at. Is Orange’s grill cloth part of the sound. Or just hype as compared to any typical grill cloth. If you stuck Fenders cloth on an Orange, would you hear a difference. I tend to think cloth does make a difference between with and without, but how much between types of cloth.
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Re: Orange’s grill cloth
I don't know if it's part of the sound..... But I sure love being able to brush it with water to get it taught again when it got depressed for a reason or another (like when one of my kids tipped my AD5 then decided to stand on the speaker grill cloth side to get to the next toy....... ).....
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Orange Gear: RV50 MKI, R30, AD15, PPC212
And.... Genz Benz Black Pearl 30
Past Orange: AD30TC Combo, TT, AD5
Guitars: Gibson Les Paul Standard Faded, Vigier Expert Retro 54, Gibson SG 70s Tribute, Aria Pro II RS X80, G&L ASAT Special Tribute
Orange Gear: RV50 MKI, R30, AD15, PPC212
And.... Genz Benz Black Pearl 30
Past Orange: AD30TC Combo, TT, AD5
Guitars: Gibson Les Paul Standard Faded, Vigier Expert Retro 54, Gibson SG 70s Tribute, Aria Pro II RS X80, G&L ASAT Special Tribute
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Most certainly does filter out a lot of harsh high end
I just installed some greenback clones that people on the net seem to think are too bright... they sound excellent in an orange cab and the manufacturer stated they sounded best in marshall type cabs with thick grill cloths over them, so there ya go
I just installed some greenback clones that people on the net seem to think are too bright... they sound excellent in an orange cab and the manufacturer stated they sounded best in marshall type cabs with thick grill cloths over them, so there ya go
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The grill cloth certainly impact more the high frequencies than others. When needed, I put a piece of gaffer on my JCM 4X12 to tame highs. It's not nice but very efficient.
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