MarkBass 2x10 cabs stacked ?

[BassAdder60]

Anyone using two MarkBass 2x10 cabs stacked and how did they perform ? 
 

I have the 102 Energy cab and just ordered a matching cab to sit on top 

 

I guess sitting them on top sideways instead of a very tall rig is more sensible ? And safer ?  
 

The cabs have indents for the feet to sit with cab on its side 

Edited Sunday at 16:07 by BassAdder60

[Dan Dare]

The claimed advantage of stacking cabs with the drivers vertically in a line is that you get better "throw" (line arrays work on this principle). So if you want to reach the back of the room, there may be a small benefit. Probably not worth worrying about for average gig use, though.

[fretmeister]

Maths is maths and improved horizonal dispersion is the effect of having a vertical array of single cones.

You also get less beaming - you know when you walk in front of a cab and it gets louder and quieter in places - that's because sideways stacked cones are cancelling each other out. 

 

I'd go vertical for that reason as well as it being closer to your ears.

 

Obviously if the PA is doing all the work then it doesn't matter as long as you can hear yourself.

[Lozz196]

I`ve never tried a stack of 210s vertically, would like to so that I can hear the difference - maybe at the SE Bash we can try this if anyone brings along a pair.

[fretmeister]

1 hour ago, Lozz196 said:

I`ve never tried a stack of 210s vertically, would like to so that I can hear the difference - maybe at the SE Bash we can try this if anyone brings along a pair.

 

 

When you are really close you won't hear it.

But back off to mid audience sort of distance and walk across the room and you'll hear the difference.

[Bill Fitzmaurice]

3 hours ago, fretmeister said:

When you are really close you won't hear it.

You will, because it puts drivers closer to your ear level. It's one reason why 810s are so popular. 

[Bill Fitzmaurice]

6 hours ago, Dan Dare said:

The claimed advantage of stacking cabs with the drivers vertically in a line is that you get better "throw" (line arrays work on this principle). 

Longer throw, via the speakers being in the nearfield condition so the level drops by 3dB per doubling of distance rather than 6dB, only occurs when the line is at least three wavelengths high. That's easy enough at 5kHz or higher, not so much at 100 Hz, where three wavelengths is about ten meters. Wider horizontal dispersion, twice as wide above roughly 300 Hz, is the main advantage with other than Grateful Dead Wall of Sound back lines.