New 2x8 Aguilar cab

[MR PC]

Seeing the ad for the new Aguilar 2x8 bass cab.....looks like a redo old the Baby Blue with the 5" mid driver. Hope it's good because it doesn't seem like EA will ever come out with a new 2x8.....2x8 might be the best cab style for those of us that double on bass guitar and acoustic upright. Something about those eights.

[macmrkt]

This is strictly a feeling with not much fact to back it up, but I think that Aggy might be a tad on the heavy side to lift. Also...I heard that EA did show the 208 at NAMM and it's nearing production...but don't quote me on this!

[Bob Gollihur]

EA is shipping the 208 prototype to me to kick around a bit, looking forward to beating it up.

[Ric Vice]

Originally Posted by Bob Gollihur

EA is shipping the 208 prototype to me to kick around a bit, looking forward to beating it up.

Well Bob I hope it's as good as the H-Clamp you sold me. This one sure has taken a while hasn't it. Professionally, I think it took a leap foward in neo speaker development ( has it really been three years now since this baby was proposed, on talkbass?) to put neo 8's in a transmission line cabinets. Tombolus did you get a picture of this cab?

[Uncletoad]

Originally Posted by Bob Gollihur

EA is shipping the 208 prototype to me to kick around a bit, looking forward to beating it up.

You want it beat up send it to me.

If it's still kicking after a months worth of living with my dead ass it's gold.

[MR PC]

Originally Posted by macmrkt

This is strictly a feeling with not much fact to back it up, but I think that Aggy might be a tad on the heavy side to lift. Also...I heard that EA did show the 208 at NAMM and it's nearing production...but don't quote me on this!

Well,it might be, but OTH, it might not be. Wasn't there a scarecrow on the way to OZ?

[MR PC]

Originally Posted by Bob Gollihur

EA is shipping the 208 prototype to me to kick around a bit, looking forward to beating it up.

Great!

[MR PC]

27 Kilograms is the euro spec given for the weight of the little Aguilar beast.
As I recall, the legendary EA 2x8 cabs are on the heavy side as well.

[Wilbyman]

Whoah! 59lbs!

[Ric Vice]

Originally Posted by Wilbyman

Whoah! 59lbs!

Double Woah!!

The EA VL 208's only weigh what 48 lbs and that's with all the transmission line internal structures?

Ric

[Wilbyman]

Yeah, that almost seems like it must be incorrect. I really can't imagine a cab that small is 59lbs. The pics of it on the BG side make it look smaller than the DB112, which are big 1x12 cabs, but still....the drivers would have to be cast IRON frame with a little mercury to boot!

W

[MR PC]

Mit rückseitigen Reflexöffnungen. With rear reflex openings.

Lautsprecher: Speaker:
2 x 8" Full range, 1 x 6,5" Midrange driver 2 x 8 "Full range, 1 x 6.5" midrange driver
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Belastbarkeit: Load:
300 W 300 W

Impedanz: Impedance:
4 Ohm 4 ohms

Frequenzspektrum: Frequency spectrum:
40 Hz - 5 Khz 40 Hz - 5 Khz

Schalldruck: Sensitivity:
95 dB / 1 W, 1 M 95 dB / 1 W, 1 M

Gehäuse: Housing:
13-lagige baltische Birke 13-layer Baltic birch

Anschlüsse: Connections:
1 x Speakon Buchse, 2 x Klinkenbuchse Speakon jack x 1, 2 x jack

Gewicht: Weight:
ca. 27 kg About 27 kg

Covering:
Classic black Black Classic

[macmrkt]

I figured it was heavy...and I can easily believe it's over 50lbs. Good 8" drivers aren't necessarily much less weight than 10's...and the lightest 2x10 cabinets are barely under 40lbs. This has an additional 6.5" driver and the design spec is not about light, it's about small.

[Ric Vice]

Originally Posted by macmrkt

I figured it was heavy...and I can easily believe it's over 50lbs. Good 8" drivers aren't necessarily much less weight than 10's...and the lightest 2x10 cabinets are barely under 40lbs. This has an additional 6.5" driver and the design spec is not about light, it's about small.

Macmarkt.
There have been several attempts at 2x8 cabinet. EA built the VL 208 it's wonderful, but it weighed in at 47 lbs. The LDS Three Way that you and Don Oatman cooked up was about the same weight. IMHO Don's cabinet with it's front port and B&C Neo's is a really good sounding 2x8. I don't want to dismiss the Auguliar but it's rear ported much like the SWR Baby Blue was, someone will just have to try it out, but I'm really not interested. If EA can ever get the NL 208 into production I be way more interested in that cabinet.

Ric

[Mike Dimin]

FYI,
The prototype NM-208 that will be sent to Bob as soon as it gets back from NAMM weighs in at 34 pounds

[tombowlus]

Originally Posted by Ric Vice

Tombowlus did you get a picture of this cab?

Yes, it is on the heavy side, but it sounded great (on electric bass, at least).

[tombowlus]

Originally Posted by Mike Dimin

FYI,
The prototype NM-208 that will be sent to Bob as soon as it gets back from NAMM weighs in at 34 pounds

I got a pic of that, too, somewhere. I'll get it up. I think this is the neo version of the CM-208 prototype I played with, right Mike? If so, it's a gem, as well!

[Ric Vice]

Originally Posted by Mike Dimin

FYI,
The prototype NM-208 that will be sent to Bob as soon as it gets back from NAMM weighs in at 34 pounds

Great News,
I hope this one gets the nod for production.

Ric

[Ric Vice]

Guys,
I'm lookin' at the cab's that vertical. If that's the 2x8 where the......
the port?

[tombowlus]

Originally Posted by Ric Vice

Guys,
I'm lookin' at the cab's that vertical. If that's the 2x8 where the......
the port?

I could not see one, but it very well could have been hidden behind that oxblood grillcloth.