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Post subject: Re: Hartke HD75
Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2019 7:55 pm
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I had some Hartke combos that had the LH500 heads in them, and a LH500 head with a cab. I didn't care for the sounds I was getting from them. The TX Series heads, and the HD combo heads are more of my preference for sounds.

The HA Series is more impressive, than say the LH. But that's just me. I think the HD Combo heads are fine also.

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Post subject: Re: Hartke HD150
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2019 4:34 am
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Well, I think the LH series has that three knob EQ system that's like what the Orange head had. They weren't like you'd have on an Ampeg, Fender, or the other Hartke amps with the graphic EQ. I guess you have to have the mid cranked all of the way for the signal to be flat, and some other stuff like that. There's a name for that, stacked EQ, or something like that. I'm not really sure, other than it can be more of a pain to dial in a sound with it, at least it was for me with the Orange. Then again, I had other factors involved with that set up and tone struggles.

The HA series is great, because you could really tailor your sound more with that, although some people don't like graphic EQs. I suppose that's all relative to one's personal preferences. By the way, I was looking at Hartke stuff yesterday and I've noticed they actually jacked the price on it now. I wonder what's up with that? They did that like 10 years ago, but dropped it back down. Maybe it has to do with all of that China tariff bull that was going on with Trump and all of that? Ampeg is still the same, and so are most of the others. I imagine they'll have to be careful about that because there's a hell of a lot more competition now, then there was 10 years ago.

Probably not too many people are going to want to pay for a 350 watt amp that weighs 22 pounds, when you can get a 500 watt one that weighs 5 pounds, or whatever, and either the same price, or cheaper. Then again, people pay thousands of dollars, for some tube amp styled from the 50's or 60's, but those are usually hand made, not mass produced on some assembly line in China somewhere.

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Post subject: Re: Hartke HD75
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2019 5:58 am
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A good thing for me, if I were to be in the hunt again for amps, I'm kinda' limited for what I like anymore. So the amp head for example, would be a Hartke, or a Rumble. The TX300, or HA3500 in the Hartke, or the Rumble 800HD in the Fender. I do have to admit, since I'm back using the Hartke design HyDrive 15", I'm getting to like the sounds from the driver, and the Hartke head with a slide bar Band EQ. Like you state, the sound can really be tailored to preferences.
You're playing in all probabilities would need more than 150 watts, @ 4 ohms as my HD150 has, even with the direct out. You never can rely on there being a PA system to run through.

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Post subject: Re: Hartke HD150
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2019 10:43 pm
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Yeah, I don't know what situations I'm going to be dealing with, especially live, so it's best I have the biggest amp that I can, and not have to worry about it. I do have a volume knob, after all. I'm currently running 400 watts into an 8 ohm 4 x 10" cab, which should cover pretty much everything I've been doing, so far, even if it involves live drums. For some reason that I might need that full 800 watts, all I'd have to to is add on another 8 ohm cab, and there you go. I probably could get away with an amp like that 150 watt combo you have for most stuff, but then again, it might be iffy if I'm playing with a hard hitting drummer, and I'd have to max it out. Besides, I already have another combo with the Rumble, if I want to use that format, and have. That one's actually 400 watts, with the 2 x 10" speakers, and covers a lot of ground, but it's not what you'd call lightweight. I suppose it could be worse, though.

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Post subject: Re: Hartke HD75
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 9:57 am
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you do need the 800 watts for a back up if needed. My 150 combo works fine for me. It's not a road amp in my situation here.

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Post subject: Re: Hartke HD150
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 4:46 am
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Yeah, that's the thing. Different situations call for different things.

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Post subject: Re: Hartke HD75
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 5:02 am
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PaulLF wrote:
Yeah, that's the thing. Different situations call for different things.


I'm less likely to go for anything over 300 - 350 watts anymore. The playing I'm doing just doesn't need, or justify the volume. It is nice though to have the wattage power to push a fuller sound. This Hartke @ 150 watts, is doing the trick for that. It's redundant from me lately, but this HD150 has exceeded my expectations, that I originally had when I acquired it. Yeah,......... and here it comes again too, the HyDrive 15 is awesome with the combos cab configuration.

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Post subject: Re: Hartke HD150
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 6:33 am
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I think that speaker is a huge contributor to that, from what you've described that amp. It seems to me that it's quite efficient.

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Post subject: Re: Hartke HD75
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 2:15 pm
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PaulLF wrote:
I think that speaker is a huge contributor to that, from what you've described that amp. It seems to me that it's quite efficient.


Very much so. I may try to find out from Hartke, what the the amp series is, that's being used in the HD Combo series. From the functions of it, to me it's similar to the HA series. Draw bar EQ, etc.

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Post subject: Re: Hartke HD150
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2019 4:31 am
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That would be interesting to find out.

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Post subject: Re: Hartke HD75
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2019 5:30 am
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PaulLF wrote:
That would be interesting to find out.


Yes it would. I do think I'm going to pursue it. Just out of interest.

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Post subject: Re: Hartke HD75
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2019 7:16 am
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Wouldn't it be ironic if Hartke used the HA series head base in the HD150 / HD75 Combos?
I'm slowly turning off the GAS for the Hartke half stack. Or at least getting it in proportion to the time, and cash flow. Old habits again, feeling like I should be using the head / cab scenario, in place of a suitable combo. I had a long time handling, and using head / cabs. At least Combos are getting more reliable where the power portion doesn't fail as easily, as they did in the past.

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Post subject: Re: Hartke HD150
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2019 3:08 pm
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You never know, it could be the same base to the both of them. Hey, whatever works, combos or stacks. I suppose there's pros and cons to both of them.

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Post subject: Re: Hartke HD75
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2019 4:38 pm
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PaulLF wrote:
You never know, it could be the same base to the both of them. Hey, whatever works, combos or stacks. I suppose there's pros and cons to both of them.


Yep. There's always ups, and downs to it all. It would be a kick if they where from the same base.

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Post subject: Re: Hartke TX300
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I suppose their EQ section is probably dialed in with the same frequencies.

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