jackruston

It's rare for studios themselves to provide 810's. They mostly have Portaflex's if anything. But bands often bring 810's. J

Ah ok...that looks interesting. In fact I could just rewire it to be 2ohms by wiring the speakers in series. Is that an infinite baffle design then? It's worth a try and obviously it's something I can easily demo which can't be said for a build-your-own or the bergatino which is going to cost me a lot in shipping to get it to the studio whether I want to keep it or not. IN fact, at 1000 quid it might just be more than I want to spend. I can easily find an 810 for half that used, and I'd be willing to live with the size for 500 quid! Thanks everyone for all this input. It's very much appreciated and please do keep it coming if anyone has anything else to add. THANK YOU. Jack

Ooh that Bergatino cab does look like a good solution. Do they come up used much? Jack

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1192836' date='Apr 8 2011, 01:25 PM']The distance front to back of the cone in the SVT is important to tone, if affects the midrange, you basically want to clone the inside of one of the sections, 'upgrades' like stuffing and better size are better engineering, but remove the colour. Ignore the power handling of the speaker, you can tear them up if you crank the amp, but in the studio, cranking it probably isn't the plan, unless you want the power section compression, and that probably means you'll need an attenuator or a less powerful amp anyway. The 200w driver might not have the same tone as the ones in SVTs (although they used loads of different ones, some are less desirable and dead sounding). The originals were CTS square magnet jobs, the Jensens are modern production functional equivalents.[/quote] Yep absolutely understood. The speaker is critical to the response. We do crank things like that up until they distort or push them harder with pedals etc so perhaps I should consider a 4x10 or two 2x10's. I cant hang a dummy load of some sort off the other side of the amp can I? Maybe if I make the cab 8ohms it'll reduce the power the head is able to deliver to a single 4ohm cab. J

Thanks very much guys. The problem I have with a 210 is to arrive at the right impedance (2 or 4) while also providing enough capacity for the SVT in terms of power. I can't use two mod10's because that'll total 150w. Eminence do a 200w 10 inch driver at 8 ohms. I guess the cab should be of a similar depth to the 810. J

Ah ok, thanks. With the B810 would I not have a problem arriving at 4 ohms...They're 32 each. I'd need four wouldn't I? Would their 110 or whatever it is be better? Thanks Jack

Hi Everyone 1st post. Thanks for having me. I'm a producer/engineer, and having just bought an SVT II from basschat ads, I'm looking for a cab solely for studio use. It will always be mic'd close, and therefore things which might be important in a live situation become much less so for us. I really like the sound of Ampeg 810's for tracking, but they're obviously big and expensive. While we're often working in the same place for long periods of time, we do move from studio to studio and it's already a pain taking various amps, guitars, drums, and racks of outboard around all over the place. So what I was hoping was that there would be a smaller, lighter option out there. The Ampeg 410 is an obvious choice, but in practice it's not that nice to record. I think the addition of ports and tweeters and all these things designed to make the smaller cabs more full range and hifi causes some phase shift which makes our life difficult. I believe that one reason the 810 sounds the way it does is because it is an infinite baffle design. I've had a good look around and I don't seem to be able to find anything which quite makes sense. All the smaller cabs seem to be ported and tweetered etc and obviously I need something that's 4ohm and capable of handling the SVT. I just wondered if this issue would resonate with anyone here, and if so what you suggest that I do. Clearly I could just pick up a used 810 and live with it, but I'm hoping there might be a more convenient solution. Maybe a 2x10 in a closed box, while too restricted for live use, could record really well. But then perhaps the sheer size of the 810 is what's really making that thing work properly. Any ideas gratefully received. Jack