looking for a 4x10 to go with a Streamliner 900

[chuck3]

After reading a lot on here, I feel like a 4x10 cab is the way to go, instead of the 2x12s I've been using (not with each other, just one or the other depending on the gig).

I am leaning towards Genz Benz' 4-ohm Uber 4x10 but I can be talked out of that. I know there are a lot of different 4x10s that get discussed on here. Any reason you think may be a reason to prefer the 4x10 you like over the Uber - tone, price, weight, whatever. Or, give me positive reinforcement if you think I'm making a good choice. Thanks.

[walterw]

i vote for an 8Ω 4x10 if you go that way.

the volume difference from the increased amp power with a 4Ω 4x10 is mostly gonna get "eaten" by the cab once you get any kind of loud with it.

a second 8Ω 4x10 would make for all kinds of increase in the ass-kicking, OTOH. you can't do that with a 4Ω cab and that amp.

[RickenBoogie]

+1 to going 8 ohm, but which cab you choose is a matter of your own preference. I like the Uber 212 myself.

[Tunaman]

GK NEO 410

[KJung]

The Bergantino HD410 is an amazing match with the Streamliner900. It is a 4ohm cab, which is optimum IMO IF you know you will never use two large cabs. The HD410 can take and use every bit of power the Streamliner900 puts out (given the nature of the Streamliner amp design and power rating), and it naturally controls the big low end of the Streamliner, and has a nice baked in mid and upper mid presence to 'punch up that head'. It sounds very good with the tweeter set relatively low, which is 'in the spirit' of what the Streamliner is about.

It is a 'ceramic' loaded cab, but is quite small for a 410, has great castors, and is not 'stupid heavy'.

IMO and IME!

Edit: My number one pick for the Streamliner900 would be the Baer ML212. From my experience with the Streamliner and the Baer ML112, it is just an amazing matchup. Big but controlled low end, and that Faital mid driver and Roger's crossover results in a very present, musical, useful top end response that just sings with the Streamliner's top end. 65 pounds, and probably just a touch more money than the very nice HD410. Just a thought... all 212's are not voiced the same. Roger's gives you that 'complex upper midrange and mid mid punch that many love with 410 builds, with a number of technical advantages regarding upper midrange spread and true low end, and a nice present treble response that isn't 'tweetery'.

[jlepre]

Originally Posted by KJung

The Bergantino HD410 is an amazing match with the Streamliner900. It is a 4ohm cab, which is optimum IMO IF you know you will never use two large cabs. The HD410 can take and use every bit of power the Streamliner900 puts out (given the nature of the Streamliner amp design and power rating), and it naturally controls the big low end of the Streamliner, and has a nice baked in mid and upper mid presence to 'punch up that head'. It sounds very good with the tweeter set relatively low, which is 'in the spirit' of what the Streamliner is about.

It is a 'ceramic' loaded cab, but is quite small for a 410, has great castors, and is not 'stupid heavy'.

IMO and IME!

Mmmmmm for some reason your description is making me hungry.

[KJung]

Originally Posted by jlepre

Mmmmmm for some reason your description is making me hungry.

It is a cool cab. The 'father' of that cab was the SA410, which was designed to work very well with the matching Sadowsky all tube head. It then morphed into the HS410, which modified the drivers to have a bit more low end extension, but still nice and tight and warm and punchy. The current HD410 is still basically the same box, further revoiced for a little more presence in the upper midrange.

Nice stuff. The AE410 sounds KILLER with the Streamliner also.... even tighter, more mid mid present, and more aggressive in the 'grind area' than the ceramic 410 models. No longer on the market though.

[chuck3]

ah, thanks much guys, exactly the kind of stuff I was looking for. Off I go to follow up on your suggestions ... if anyone has more, have at it.

[woody357]

IMHO I think the Epifani PS 410 would be a good match, I'll know better in a week or twos when I get my STM 900.