4x10 hydrive with 1x15?

[Roger de Flor]

I was just asking for some advice. I have a Hartke HA5000 head, wich Ilove, coupled with a HyDrive 4x10 (awesome cab ). I wanted to add a 1x15, and here we don´t have so many options as you have up there. To me, the options are:

*Fender Bassman

http://bass-guitars.musiciansfriend....net?sku=600588

*Laney Richter 1x15

http://www.richtonemusic.co.uk/produ...binet_1x15.asp

Or wait until I have the money to buy de HyDrive 1x15. The Fender is around $450, the Laney sells for about $400, and the Hartke is $800.

Thanks for the help!!!

[billfitzmaurice]

Do any of your choices have equal or greater driver displacement than your 4x10? If not another 4x10 will work better, as is posted here on average every three days.

[T-Bird]

Hi.

What Bill said.

Even though I'm one of those people who uses a 115 to elevate their 410 and kind of like the tone, a mis-match like that is far from ideal.

Regards
Sam

[Roger de Flor]

I see, so patience and more HyDrive is the answer.

It would be better a 1x15 or another 4x10?

[HeadyVan Halen]

Originally Posted by Roger de Flor

I was just asking for some advice. I have a Hartke HA5000 head, wich Ilove, coupled with a HyDrive 4x10 (awesome cab ). I wanted to add a 1x15, and here we don´t have so many options as you have up there. To me, the options are:

*Fender Bassman

http://bass-guitars.musiciansfriend....net?sku=600588

*Laney Richter 1x15

http://www.richtonemusic.co.uk/produ...binet_1x15.asp

Or wait until I have the money to buy de HyDrive 1x15. The Fender is around $450, the Laney sells for about $400, and the Hartke is $800.
Thanks for the help!!!

For a 1x15?????!!!!!
That's the deal breaker for me.

[RickenBoogie]

another 410, period.

[Roger de Flor]

For a 1x15?????!!!!!
That's the deal breaker for me.

Yup, dear Heady, down here, the cost of equipment is very, I mean VERY expensive. Feel my pain, bro.

RickenBoogie, advice taken.

Thanks to all for the quick answers!!!

[CrUiSeR]

I wouldn't get too caught up in the whole mismatch thing
Some of the best sounding rigs i've heard were mismatched speaker area rigs and also mismatched brands

[Infrasonik B.]

I got my Hydrive HX115 for $500 tax included in Canada. SUUUUPER sweet cab, I'm eventually going to get the matching 4x10 - would've got the 4x10 first but had to wait a few months if I wanted the same deal on the price.

Anyway enough about me, do you guys have Amazon in Uruguay? If so they have them going for $500.00 plus tax & shipping.

The HX115 is deffinatley worth it though, my 2¢

[Mr-Wunderful]

Hydrives aint $800.
http://www.americanmusical.com/Item-...HX115-PAK-LIST

[JimmyM]

Originally Posted by Mr-Wunderful

Hydrives aint $800.
http://www.americanmusical.com/Item-...HX115-PAK-LIST

they might be in uraguay.

[Zoa]

Originally Posted by CrUiSeR

I wouldn't get too caught up in the whole mismatch thing
Some of the best sounding rigs i've heard were mismatched speaker area rigs and also mismatched brands

As far as I know, the mismatching problem has very little to do with tone, and more to do with power. The two are usually unequal in the amount of power that they need/take, which can cause one to fart out at the same power that the other is running fine. Also, this means that almost all of the great tone that you heard was probably coming out of the 410, because if you run them both at the same power, the 115 will be drowned out by the volume of the 410.

Correct me if I'm wrong.


All credit to BFM, rpsands, greenboy, and Alex Claber.

[JimmyM]

it has to do with tone, too. mismatched cabs can cause phasing issues as well. some do, some don't, but the results are unpredictable, whereas you can always count on matched cabs to work.

[Roger de Flor]

In the US, basses and cabinets are less expensive by far. Here´s the proof:

http://www.palaciodelamusica.com.uy/...1,2321,0,362,2

It´s a store in my country, that sells the HyDrive 4x10 at a whopping $899.

So cost is an important issue here, I had to save a lot to get where I am today, taxes and transport to get the equipment down here play an important role, I guess.
I´m very happy with the cabinet, so I will save for another one in the future.

Thanks to all for the quick and kind answers!!!
Cheers!