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 2 hours ago by BassAdder60

[binky_bass]

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

[Lozz196]

1 hour ago, Leonard Smalls said:

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.

I was similar when in Knock Off, only used the 410 & 210 on a couple of occasions, the 410 being more than enough and as it was on wheels easier to shift than the 210.

[Elfrasho]

4 hours ago, Downunderwonder said:

 

 

Get another of the same 210 and stack tall.

 

 

 

 

 

Do this.

 

Or even potentially, get you existing cab closer to being in line with your ears. If you need more volume for FOH then maybe not, but if your amp is prety much just for on stage, then you probably have enough volume already, its just not directed at you adequately. It's advice I got decades ago and it still stands up today!

 

I've no scientific evidence to back this up, but I think thats why 8x10s tend to sound brilliant... there's speakers in pretty much ear height so you're hearing the amp better. 2 2x10s stacked vertically, or a single vertical 2x10 raised to ear heigh does the same job, kind of.