Cab options

[SteveXFR]

Im in need of a bit more volume. My amp is an Ashdown ABM600 which has a ton of power but my cab is only a 200 watt 2x10 and it just gets a bit swamped in a metal band. We could play quieter but don't really want to. My options are get a second 2x10 or buy a 4x10. Is there any advantage to a 4x10 over two 2x10 cabs?

[Leonard Smalls]

Keep the 2x10, but buy a 4x10 of the same make and impedance (assuming it's 8ohm). That way you've got teh option of a 2x10 for small gigs, a 4x10 for medium and effectively a 6x10 for big ones. That's what I do!

[Downunderwonder]

1 hour ago, SteveXFR said:

Im in need of a bit more volume. My amp is an Ashdown ABM600 which has a ton of power but my cab is only a 200 watt 2x10 and it just gets a bit swamped in a metal band. We could play quieter but don't really want to. My options are get a second 2x10 or buy a 4x10. Is there any advantage to a 4x10 over two 2x10 cabs?

None whatsoever.

 

Get another of the same 210 and stack tall. The tower of power doesn't comb filter your mids into a muddy mess like a 410 does.

 

No strain loading in and out.

 

Much win.

 

[Lozz196]

My preference is as @Leonard Smalls says, you get great options that way, but my back agrees much more with @Downunderwonder - and this is what I have gone for. 

[Dan Dare]

Just now, Lozz196 said:

My preference is as @Leonard Smalls says, you get great options that way, but my back agrees much more with @Downunderwonder - and this is what I have gone for. 

 

Good call and provided you can stack them vertically without the risk of them falling on someone, you'll have a driver at or close to ear level, which will enable you to hear what you're doing more easily.

[Leonard Smalls]

58 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

my back

I often take the 2x10 and amp, only used the full 4x10 and 2x10 a few times... But I have invested in a decent trolley!

But my cabs are Markbass - the 4x10 is a relatively reasonable 25kg.

[BassAdder60]

Get a 2 x 12 4ohm cab and it will be all you need 

 

I ran my ABM600 into an Ampeg SVT212AV cab and it was glorious 

 

Ideally your single 8 ohm cab needs to be 400w or minimum 300w but a 4ohm cab rated to 600w would be all you need 

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by BassAdder60

[binky_bass]

Get six 8x15 cabs. You know... for 'future proofing'... 🤔