Hartke 4200 feedback?

[Thejamesjordan]

Hey Guys,

I am adding a 2nd cab to the mix, and I am looking at a pretty sweet deal on a Hartke 4200 (4x10) cab.

I am currently running:

Eden WT 1000 (2x 450 Watt Channels)
Eden Navigator
Aguilar 2x12 Cab

I am a little nervous that the Hartke only has 400 watts and the eden channel is 450 Watts. What are your thoughts?

Thanks,

[Flogger59]

The 4200 is a beast, I used to work for the Canadian distributor. Very often I'd hear "This is the best cab I've ever heard!" It's big, though.

[Thejamesjordan]

Thanks for the feedback flogger. Anyone else used this cab?

Thanks,

[JimiLL]

The Aggie Cab should blow the doors off that Hartke.

I had one for a while.... was a *alright* sounding cab... until I went Genz!

[Kael]

Hartkes get poo-poo'd on this forum a good bit. They don't deserve it. That 4200 is a great cab if you don't mind the size/weight.

[Gizmot]

I thought I'd like the Hartke cabinets after hearing them, but after owning one, I was wrong. The problem is that aluminum is the wrong material for a speaker cone because as it moves, it softens. After awhile, your speakers don't sound the same! I also found that their off-axis response was very funky.
I'd find something else that is more consistent!

[Joe Carta]

Love my Hartke rig,(3500 head w/4-10 cab) has all the tone and power for the rooms I work.

[christw]

Larry Hartke posts on here pretty regularly and even puts his phone number on the forum. If I needed amps or cabs, I would have them in my top considerations, especially Hydrives. I'm not too familiar with the tone but I bet they don't sound bad.

[BillyIVbass]

Monster cab. Played through one once, I can't see a need to use it other than a standalone cab. No offense, but I don't get the bashing of aluminum. Does paper not wear also?

[fivestringgecko]

I owned a HA4000/Pro 4200 rig for a good while and it's a good solid cab. It definitely has the Hartke flavor... I often turned the horn off and still got quite a bright tone, but it did still have some good meat to it and always got lots of compliments. Like Flogger and Kael said though, it's a beast of a cab. That was my only real qualm with it, it weighed 127lbs. It's got wheels, but carrying it up and down three flights (no elevator) sure got to be a chore.

You should be just fine pushing it with 450 watts, the HA4000 I was pushing it with 400, no trouble.

5sg.