Peavey Amp Help!

[Segarac]

Hey guys.. I don't know much about the electronics in my bass amp, but I'm looking to add a second cab to my set up, and I want to be sure it will all work before I go to spend my money on it.

Right now, I'm rocking the Peavey Tour 250 head with these specifications:
- pre- & post-gain controls
- Bright and & low-cut switches
- Contour control for advanced signal shaping
- Active high & low shelving controls
- Hi boost, low cut
- 9-band constant-Q graphic equalizer w/ bypass switch
- Analog octave divider w/ level control & Footswitchable bypass
- Post-EQ effects loop
- Buffered tuner send jack
- DI XLR output w/ failsafe phantom power backup capability
- 2 input jacks for high & low output bases
- Rear-mounted auxiliary input jack.
- 450 watts into 4 ohms (4 ohm minimum load)

And the cab I'm using right now is the Peavey TVX 115 EX 8 Ohm with these specifications:
• - 250 watts (rms) continuous
• - 500 watts program
• - MDF construction
• - 15 inch Sheffield® Pro 1500+ speaker
• - Specially ported enclosure
• - Frequency response: 30 Hz to 3.5 kHz
• - One 1/4 inch phone jack input connection
• - 8 ohm

And I want to add the Peavey TVX 210 EX onto my set up, and it has this as its specifications:
• - 175 watts (rms) continuous at 4 ohms
• - 350 watts program
• - Two 10 inch Sheffield® bass speakers
• - One phenolic dome tweeter w/ L-pad attenuator
• - 30 Hz to 15 kHz
• - Compact, closed back
• - Front-ported enclosure

Any help would be great! And I just copied and pasted the amp info from the Peavey website.

Thanks!

Peavey :: Tour™ 450
Peavey :: TVX 115 EX™ 8 ohm
Peavey :: TVX 210 EX™

[Stumbo]

Your second speaker cab needs to be 8 ohms. Two 8 ohm cabs will give you 4 ohms. An 8 ohm cab and a 4 ohm cab will give you less than 4 ohms, which your amp can't handle.

[basscooker]

what he said. did i really read that right? a 4 ohm 210? seems counter-productive. i'd say add another 115.

[Zoa]

If you are pretty much looking for more volume, not a change in tone, I would add a second identical cab to the one you have.

[Segarac]

Alright, guess I'm not going with that cab. :P

Thanks guys!

[Mr Antt]

I considered this exact same combination of cabs. But the 210 would have cost me about £50 more than the 115 if I bought them brand new, so I'd have gone for the matching 115.

Good advice from these guys, Anthony.

[rad bassman]

matching cabs FTW, i used to use 1 of those peavey 1/15 loaded with a BW 350 watt driver, sounded ok on its own, BUT when combining it with a 2x10 the result was less than satisfying, i believe the cabinet was the same as yours, just loaded with a different driver.

i found that the 115 on its own sounded fine, the 2x10 on its own sounded great (warwick wca411) but conbined it seemed to lose bottom end, not pleasant, yes it was louder, but not a great sound, i believe this to be a phasing issue, i did try my peavey 115 with a borrowed peavey 2x10, i had the same result

there is plenty of debate about mixing and matching cabs, the science of cab design and construstion/ pairing cabs says ALWAYS USE IDENTICAL CABS, deviating from this can work well, but it is unpredictable, most people who have tested this theory will agree that if you like the sound that a particular cab gives you- you will love the sound of two

please! no flames to my post, this issue has been debated over and over, and enough IMO


then theres the Ohms issue, you need 2 x 8 ohm cabs

i believe the amp you are talking about is the peavey tour 450 not 250 (dont think they made a 250 version) whats your opinion of this amp? how hard do you drive it? and in what sort of situations/bands?