NMD: Axe-Fx III MK II Turbo (J.F)

[James Freeman]

That'll do for now.

 

[eggpl@nt]

That'll do for now.

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The preset and scene names are exactly as James Freeman as I expected them to be after seeing your posts on various forums over the years.

 

[OrganicZed]

I see you have decided to do the electrical tape LED delete mod.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Your poweramp kinda reminds me of Wall-E

 

[Mongillo19]

Your poweramp kinda reminds me of Wall-E

Remember when I got clowned for saying I put a power conditioner in my rack for ease of use

 

[James Freeman]

I chose the 14" deep version but I'm thinking now the shorter 10" would have been better, it is unbalanced when I pick the case by the handles, the weight is off center.

 

[dk_ace]

Remember when I got clowned for saying I put a power conditioner in my rack for ease of use

I did the exact same thing in my fractal rack years ago.

D

 

[texhex]

Your poweramp kinda reminds me of Wall-E

*cough* Johnny 5 (Short Circuit) *cough*

 

[SwirlyMaple]

I chose the 14" deep version but I'm thinking now the shorter 10" would have been better, it is unbalanced when I pick the case by the handles, the weight is off center.

That's easy to fix. Just fill the empty space with rocks. Perfect balance achieved.

 

[deathbyguitar]

SKB's

I chose the 14" deep version but I'm thinking now the shorter 10" would have been better, it is unbalanced when I pick the case by the handles, the weight is off center.


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SKB's shallow roto cases are a perfect for those units.

 

[Achilles]

I chose the 14" deep version but I'm thinking now the shorter 10" would have been better, it is unbalanced when I pick the case by the handles, the weight is off center.

Question, why not mount the power amp at the top since it's the biggest heat generator - rather than directly under the Axe?

 

[Whizzinby]

I chose the 14" deep version but I'm thinking now the shorter 10" would have been better, it is unbalanced when I pick the case by the handles, the weight is off center.


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Good shout, looking for a rack case myself.

 

[unix-guy]

Question, why not mount the power amp at the top since it's the biggest heat generator - rather than directly under the Axe?

Heaviest on the bottom... More stable.

 

[Achilles]

Heaviest on the bottom... More stable.

You can control how stable you set up the rack case. The amount of heat cooking directly under my main signal processor is what would worry me more.

Full heatsink on each side and the entire top punched for ventilation. The Axe is effectively trapping all of the heat from being able to rise off of the amp. Not good imo.

 

[metropolis_4]

Edit- watching Leon’s first vid from 5 years ago, AxeEdit looks so different now. Those deep parameter menus are cleaned up considerably. It’s not just rows of knobs anymore!

I don’t think Fractal gets enough credit for how much they actually have improved the UI over the years. Both in AxeEdit and on device

 

[laxu]

I don’t think Fractal gets enough credit for how much they actually have improved the UI over the years. Both in AxeEdit and on device

Axe-Edit has improved a good bit, onboard UI is pretty much the same.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

You can control how stable you set up the rack case. The amount of heat cooking directly under my main signal processor is what would worry me more.

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Full heatsink on each side and the entire top punched for ventilation. The Axe is effectively trapping all of the heat from being able to rise off of the amp. Not good imo.

the lack of ventilation in general would be the bigger concern.

Pretty sure James never takes the poweramp much past idle, though, so doubt heat is too much of a concern.

 

[Achilles]

the lack of ventilation in general would be the bigger concern.

Pretty sure James never takes the poweramp much past idle, though, so doubt heat is too much of a concern.

Always wondered why rack cases didn't have vent slots punched into them extensively on all 4 faces. But at least with the amp on top there's a small gap above it for some convection flow.

 

[ispunk]

You can control how stable you set up the rack case. The amount of heat cooking directly under my main signal processor is what would worry me more.

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Full heatsink on each side and the entire top punched for ventilation. The Axe is effectively trapping all of the heat from being able to rise off of the amp. Not good imo.

Rackmount amps are made to be in a rack. There isn't much airflow inside a rack even if it's in a rack by itself. Honestly I thought @James Freeman would want something better than a Behringer power amp for his modelers.

 

[Alex Kenivel]