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Old 05-02-2011, 05:39 AM
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Would 2 vert-stacked ampeg 210 AV's do the trick?

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with a 100 watt tube amp...

Bands I play with are not earshatteringly loud, but with my current set up (100 watt tube amp + 115) I am sometimes running out of clean headroom.

For this reason I use my Little Mark II at shows (mainly smallish clubs). This goes fine, but I'd like to have some more headroom to spare without losing the oldschool tone.

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2x210AV (vert stacked)
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tube amp at smaller gigs
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Little Mark II at medium sized gigs

So, any comments regarding these 210's? How are they compared to a single 115 (in general, I know it doesn't all depend on speaker size). Are they capable of giving some serious volume.

I have been checking out bigger cabs for a while, but me and my guitar player travel together and well... Nothing bigger than a 410 can travel along.
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Old 05-02-2011, 06:31 AM
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I would say that 2 vert stacked 210s will be louder. Just having one up closer to ear level should help you hear it better than the 115 as well. Those cabs do not have tweeters. They are small sealed boxes. They do not sound like most of the 10" cabs I have experience with. If you like the ampeg 810, you will probably like these.
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Old 05-02-2011, 08:57 AM
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Okay, sounds great. I dig the 810 vibe...

Are these without handles :/?
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Old 05-02-2011, 09:07 AM
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There are louder 210 cabs out there, but based on what you are going for, I think the 210 stacked vertically will work very well for you.

I ran two of those cabs with my LMII for a while, and it sounded great. Any louder, and you will probably have access to PA.
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Old 05-02-2011, 11:15 AM
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yeah, most gigs we do are either small clubs or with PA anyway. No need to shake the walls in my bass gigs. If it would, I'd never be using a 100 watt amp occassionaly anyways.

thx a lot folks
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Old 05-02-2011, 12:04 PM
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They have a strap handle on the top of them. I have been thinking about adding another strap on the side as well just to make them "even easier" to carry (like a suitcase). I think you will dig them, but you should try them out for yourself since your ears and volume requirements are different than mine.
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Old 05-02-2011, 12:14 PM
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Yeah... Only thing I'm still wondering about is where I'd put the tuber, as it is quite wide .
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Old 05-02-2011, 12:45 PM
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That's been an issue for a lot of people. Depending on what type of handles you have on the top of the amp, many have done an upside down "T". Others, just stack the cabs on their side. It's a personal monitor for me, so I have no problem putting them on their side. I hear it just fine. It's no different than a tweeterless 4x10. Still, technically, vertial is better, and you get that second cab up by your ears. If the audience is supposed to be hearing the cab, then vertical is better.

No one said that amp has to be sitting on top of the cab. You can put it anywhere it's safe/stable.
Wes

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Old 05-03-2011, 01:07 AM
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Okay, will def try the reversed T-stacking...

Thanks, bye
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