Anyone stopped using a HPF in their signal chain?

Have you stopped using a HPF in your signal chain?

  • No

    Votes: 115 68.5%
  • Yes

    Votes: 28 16.7%
  • Maybe, but mainly carrots

    Votes: 25 14.9%

  • Total voters
    168

aproud1

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High Pass Filters are good.. In another thread I posted: "After using a high pass filter, for I guess around a year now, I can't imagine playing without one. It makes a huge different in EQ viability, room boom control and general happiness! I use one with all my amps and on my computer interface as well."

HPF helped me more than just about any of the many, many, tooo many... pieces of gear I bought. I've been thinking for awhile now if anyone decided to stop using their HPF after seeing the benefits and if so why?

With the exception of @Stumbo . Pretty sure we all are aware of his feeling on this.

Here's one in the wild nestled in my Markbass combo.

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High Pass Filters are good.. In another thread I posted: "After using a high pass filter, for I guess around a year now, I can't imagine playing without one. It makes a huge different in EQ viability, room boom control and general happiness! I use one with all my amps and on my computer interface as well."

HPF helped me more than just about any of the many, many, tooo many... pieces of gear I bought. I've been thinking for awhile now if anyone decided to stop using their HPF after seeing the benefits and if so why?

With the exception of @Stumbo . Pretty sure we all are aware of his feeling on this.

Here's one in the wild nestled in my Markbass combo.

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What do you set yours at?
 
What do you set yours at?

Depends on the room. I usually setup and tweak for the room. Once it's initially set I rarely have to touch it. I do sometimes go overboard and bring the cut off down after playing a bit. I'd say between 60 and 90 hz. I used to have the always on HPF from Broughton in my amp but now I use the on off model so I can see the Frequency range.
 
I have a hpf & lpf and love what it does for my sound.

I've considered buying a broughton messenger for my desktop and when I go direct at rehearsal. Curious about the LPF. None of my cabs have tweeters so there isn't a lot to LP there but when going direct would it would be useful.

Where do you usually set your LPF?
 
When I first started hearing about em here I personally didn't feel a need for a solution to a problem I wasn't having with my Genz Benz class D Shuttle. Still, when I was building a pedal board and came across a 2nd hand Broughton H/LPF for a good price, I picked it up. I've since come to find out that all of Shuttles have one built in.

Where it does shine the most for me is plugged into my mid 70s all tube V4B that lives at the band's rehearsal space. (Interestingly, I've also recently noticed that the Aguilar TLC Compressor plugged into the V4B gives me similar results... not sure if any of the components in the little boxes are the same, but that's what my ears tell me.)

At this point I'll always have one or the other plugged into the V4B, but less need for with the Shuttle.
 
When I first started hearing about em here I personally didn't feel a need for a solution to a problem I wasn't having with my Genz Benz class D Shuttle. Still, when I was building a pedal board and came across a 2nd hand Broughton H/LPF for a good price, I picked it up. I've since come to find out that all of Shuttles have one built in.

Where it does shine the most for me is plugged into my mid 70s all tube V4B that lives at the band's rehearsal space. (Interestingly, I've also recently noticed that the Aguilar TLC Compressor plugged into the V4B gives me similar results... not sure if any of the components in the little boxes are the same, but that's what my ears tell me.)

At this point I'll always have one or the other plugged into the V4B, but less need for with the Shuttle.

I've had amps that had them built in but they were set too low for me. I do like leaner bass than most. It's the only thing that made me get rid of my Orange AD200.

@aproud1 now its set at 20k but have moved it higher and lower. I found to set it around your highest treble setting to avoid hiss and sounds only dogs hear.

Interesting. Wonder what effect it would have on tweeter free cabs?
 
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I bought an f'Deck HPF specifically for use with an SWR SM400 that has very little if any low end filtering.
It made the amp usable in a high volume application and a favorite (again!).
I've tried it with other amps but found it unnecessary with the exception of occasional use with an Ashdown ABM500.
 
High Pass Filters are good.. In another thread I posted: "After using a high pass filter, for I guess around a year now, I can't imagine playing without one. It makes a huge different in EQ viability, room boom control and general happiness! I use one with all my amps and on my computer interface as well."

HPF helped me more than just about any of the many, many, tooo many... pieces of gear I bought. I've been thinking for awhile now if anyone decided to stop using their HPF after seeing the benefits and if so why?

With the exception of @Stumbo . Pretty sure we all are aware of his feeling on this.

Here's one in the wild nestled in my Markbass combo.

View attachment 3619514
I have the exact same "always on" HPF. Primarily it allows me to boost the lows with my active basses' onboard preamp while keeping a tight bottom end adding noticeable punchiness to the tone. So far it saved me once at a live gig where the room acoustics were causing too much boominess, and the sound guy was turning me down to nothing to compensate. I adjusted the HPF to a higher frequency and was able to crank my volume without consequence.
 
I find it really handy for my upright, which gets really boomy. I can just turn down the bass knob, but the FDeck does a much better job of controlling the BOOM. I have a Fender BXR300C that does it all by itself, and a small 115 cab that can't get that low. I don't need it with these
 
I'm debating selling my *separate* F-deck because my HX Stomp has adjustable hpf built in, and it seems to work at least 95% as well. Same with its built-in tuner... this thing is slowly replacing several separates. But I'm one of many here who not long ago wasn't aware what HPF was or its importance, and now can't imagine going without in one form or another.
 
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I bought an f'Deck HPF specifically for use with an SWR SM400 that has very little if any low end filtering.
It made the amp usable in a high volume application and a favorite (again!).
I've tried it with other amps but found it unnecessary with the exception of occasional use with an Ashdown ABM500.

I bought my FDeck HPF initially for the same reason: My SM400. But now that I've i've gotten used to it, I use it with every amp I own or play through. It's even made me a renewed fan of a bi-amped 18"/2x10" rig.
 
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I stopped using one with my Mesa D800 because the D800 already has a (non-adjustable) HPF built into it, and I haven't run into issues enough to justify keeping my Broughton HPF on the pedal board for EB gigs. That said, I do own both the aforementioned Broughton and an FDeck and usually bring one or the other to gigs in case I need it. I ALWAYS have an HPF in the signal chain for upright (or doubling) gigs.
 
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