Ashdown cabs question

snakesandarrows · #1 07-31-2010, 10:55 PM

Hey guys, I'm looking for a new cab setup to match my SVT-VR. I'm very new to ashdown amps but recently got to play an ABM 8x10 with my own head as backline at a show, and now I'm hooked. I'm mostly considering Orange and Ashdown. My question is about the 8x10 Ashdowns. I know they offer 3 different versions of the 8x10s: the neo, the ABM (which is apparently the "standard" one?), and the MAG "deep". Can someone describe the sound and/or differences between the 3? thanks.

Gav4003 · #2 08-01-2010, 10:13 AM

I've got the old MAG deep 8x10 as to my ears there wasn't any difference in sound worth noting between that and the much more expensive abm one. It has been very used and even more abused for quite a while and if it ever gave up (which I can't see happening) The sound is ace from this cab, lovely warm full tone with plenty of low end without losing any of the punch or clarity I want in my sound.

Dub56 · #3 08-01-2010, 10:14 AM

I have an ABM 410, and I love it. It sounds fantastic.. way up there with a lot more expensive cabs.

And for what it's worth, I like the ABM a lot more than the MAG series I've tried. I haven't tried the 8x10 versions though

Gav4003 · #4 08-01-2010, 10:18 AM

I didn't give the both cabs too much of a run through, either way they both sounded great, I'd take ashdown cabs above most others any day.