okay, made up my mind.

[slaphappychappy]

I'm thinking this head and cab.

[Mcrelly]

what is it? ashdown what and what?

[Gearhead17]

VS-115-200 for the cab. 300 watt 15, 8 ohms. What's the head? Have you tried these items? Looking for feedback from us or purely to state you made up your mind and are feeling good?

[slaphappychappy]

Ashdown 300 watt 115 and 300 watt EVO 2 head. Work well together.

[slaphappychappy]

Nice tone, good amount of power, both 8 ohm. Couldn't be happier. Total cost was 848 Aussie dollars.

[Oobly]

Okay, should work well together, but be aware you're only going to get 200W from the amp since the cab is 8 ohm. The amp can provide 300W into 4 ohm, but only around 200 into an 8 ohm load.

If you add another 8 ohm cab it will give the full 300W, though.

[slaphappychappy]

All the ashdown amps are 8 ohm and all the speakers are 8 ohm. So why would I get less?

[open.eadg]

The power ratings are valid @ 4 ohms (minimum impedance of the amp), higher impedance gives you less output. (with the exception of the Orange Terror Bass that has an "ohm selector" switch)

[Oobly]

Cabs are rated in impedence and Watts. The impedence rating is a semi-static Ohm rating, usually 4, 8 or 16 Ohm. I say semi-static since it is usually not exact and actually changes with the power and frequency sent to the cab, but should remain somewhere around the stated rating. The Watts rating is usually the thermal rating, or the amount of Watts at which the coil will start to melt from the heat generated.

Amps are rated for power in Watts, most often into a 4 Ohm load. As the load goes up, the power the amp can deliver into it goes down. So, commonly, an amp rated at 300W will deliver that into a 4 ohm load. Into an 8 Ohm load it will be closer to 190W and if it can handle a 16 Ohm load, it will most likely only deliver around 120W into that. The Ashdown MAG 300 EVO II can deliver 307W into 4 ohms which comes out to around 195W into 8 Ohms.

Most solid state amps will not have impedence switching, but some tube amps or other types with output transformers may, since they can have output coil taps to provide different output signals.

That said, the amp and cab should sound nice together and are matched well enough. Adding a 2nd cab connected in parallel will bring the combined impedence rating down to 4 and the power up to 307W. Along with the increase in cone area it will bring a decent volume increase (around 6dB), so if you find the combination doesn't give enough volume, adding a 2nd cab is possible later.