project_c Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I'm considering ways to upgrade, and i'm trying to work out if adding another cab to the Markbass Mini will improve the overall sound quality, or if it will just add nothing but more volume to the whole thing. I know some people are not too impressed with the speaker that the Mini comes with, would adding another cab improve things, or would it be better just to sell up and go a different route, seperate head / cab etc? I'm looking for a richer and more energetic, 'wider' sound, but as this thing is already loud as hell, volume is not the issue, it's the quality of sound and overall tonality i'd like to improve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraktal Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I just added a markbass 151HF cabinet to my CMD102P combo and the results have been much better than expected: It improved low end frequencies incredibly, that helped a lot with my B string. It also improved dinamics, headroom, volume and power. Im extremely happy about this last addition to my rig. Not that the combo was missing much, but before the extra 15" cab it couldnt handle a B string properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 (edited) The 121H is also a good match for this combo, it's a taller box than the mini 12 and will also give you deeper low end, but it's the same width so will look like a better match sitting underneath your combo. Edited January 4, 2009 by dannybuoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machinehead Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 There's also a new 12" cab coming from MB which is designed to be an exact match for the 121 combo. Same dimensions as the combo itself. I have a 151 and it gives a bigger overall sound but I fancy two matching speakers. Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
project_c Posted January 6, 2009 Author Share Posted January 6, 2009 cool, thanks for the replies, i'll definately give a few different cabs a go at the weekend, i'm not convinced by the Mini's tonality on its' own but it'll be interesting to see how things sound once there's another speaker attached. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machinehead Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 [quote name='project_c' post='372363' date='Jan 6 2009, 07:53 PM']cool, thanks for the replies, i'll definately give a few different cabs a go at the weekend, i'm not convinced by the Mini's tonality on its' own but it'll be interesting to see how things sound once there's another speaker attached.[/quote] I seem to be in the minority in that I really like the Markbass cabs. If I was really pushed I would choose the CMD121P combo over my LMII and Schroeder 1212L rig although I love the Schroeder sound too and it's super loud and cutting. I'm just lucky to have two great rigs for smaller and larger gigs and they're both superb. But I am looking forward to hearing the CMD121P with the mini 121 cab so that I can have two speakers the same size, which I prefer. Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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