little black box

NappyFro · Post by **NappyFro** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 5:14 pm

My friend is trying to say this thing he calls the little black box is better than the bass cube. He claims it was made by phoenix gold back in the 90s, but never was put into production. Anyone ever heard of this thing before, and any more info would be great, cause if it is better than the basscube, i want to try to buy it from him

Post by **ttocs** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 6:15 pm

looks like a cross over to me but not sure on brand. The circuit board would tell you what you need to know. Been painted over what ever it was.

NappyFro · Post by **NappyFro** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 9:19 pm

Its diffently not a xover since it only has one set of rca output. Maybe morgan can shed some light on this subject, cause im wondering if the dude is pulling my chain.

Post by **kg1961** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 10:30 pm

way more pics needed

jbob0124 · Post by **jbob0124** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 3:41 am

Open it up and have a look...

davewaibel · Post by **davewaibel** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 5:32 pm

I have seen a lot of pg proto's and that definitely doesnt look pg to me

NappyFro · Post by **NappyFro** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:05 pm

I will try to get more pics of it, and the guts. im gonna pm morgan to see if he can comment on this piece before we crack it open, and maybe destroying it...

ROBSCUSTOMSAPK · Post by **ROBSCUSTOMSAPK** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 10:01 am

Looks to me like a low pass filter with a bass boost. Little black box that many people refer to is a mtx lsb1. I have 2.

NappyFro · Post by **NappyFro** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 11:32 am

This is what morgan replied via pm

MW3 wrote:This looks like a prototype of the basscube from wwwwaaaaayyyy back. How did he get his hands on that?

Do you work at Radioactive in Garner, NC?

Morgan

MW3 · Post by **MW3** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 5:41 pm

I have never seen this black box, but it certainly looks like a Basscube proto.

Would have to see the guts to confirm its a PG item, but the screws, sheetmetal and potentiometers match pretty closely to what we used at that time.

I am curious what is the button or pot in the lower right hand corner says?

NappyFro · Post by **NappyFro** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 9:57 pm

I will see the guy tomorrow, so ill try to talk him into letting me take snap shots of the guts.

NappyFro · Post by **NappyFro** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 4:24 pm

heres a gut shot of the internals, sorry for the crappy iphone pics

heres some better shots of the outside unit it self

he also let me take a snap shot of these prototypes

m50 with the silver heat sinks.

the prototype mx2

Post by **ttocs** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 4:53 pm

cool stuff who is yer friend?

NappyFro · Post by **NappyFro** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:01 pm

he is the owner of radio active in garner, nc...he also used to work at soundsolutions/new sound in the northern virginia back in the 90s

MW3 · Post by **MW3** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:42 pm

Internals match was PG used at that time. Looks legit to me.

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