Madison MAB-210 2x10 bass cabinet
Dimensions are 21 1/4 H (with casters) x 25 1/8 W x 16 D
Enclosure volume is 3.1 cu ft
Weight is 57.6 lbs
Power handling is 400 watts RMS.
It has two cast aluminum 16 ohm Madison Knight 10s with 3 inch voice coils and a 4 1/2" tweeter crossing-over at 2,000 Hz.
The Madison Knight is a great bass speaker with a very strong bottom end.
Sensitivity is about 92 dB - which is a normal rating for an 8 ohm 2x10 cabinet.
If Madison had chosen to make it a 4 ohm cabinet, it would be about 94 dB.
(Added later to posting: This is a real sensitivity at bass frequencies between about 100 and 500 Hz, an 8 ohms score for other 2x10s in my testing would be 92 dB for Madison Warriors and 95 dB for BassLites.)
Can it be used as a stand-alone bass cabinet?
For small to medium size jobs, yes.
If you are accustomed to using 2x12 cabinets, maybe no.
If you have a 50 watt bass amp, maybe no.
With a 400 watt amp, the MAB-210 should be able to play at about 118 dB. This is loud enough for many situations.
With an enclosure volume of 3.1 cubic feet, the MAB-210 has better deep bass than many smaller (say 2 to 2.5 cu ft) 2x10's, so you might be happy with it as a stand-alone cabinet.
For example, at 50 Hz, the MAB-210 is about 5 dB stronger than my 2.3 and 2.0 cubic feet 2x10s more importantly, it has a deeper bass tone than the smaller 2x10s, even at higher frequencies.
The MAB-210 is a little short in height for a stand-alone. If you put it up on something to make it about 6 inches higher, it helps a lot.
Claimed frequency response is 40 Hz to 15,000 Hz.
Using no special test equipment only a test CD that spec seems accurate.
Compared to the Legion SSB212L (two Madison Knight 12s), the bass output at 40 Hz was very good.
It actually had some bass output at 30 Hz about 3 dB less than the Legion SSB212L, and a little at 25 Hz - about 8 dB less than the Legion SSB212L.
Number of cabinet braces: one - front to back, at top center of cabinet. (Mine is a few years old they could be using more braces now.)
If your MAB-210 cabinet develops a rattle after a few years, it is probably the slot shelf/panel that needs to be re-glued.
Madison should have included bracing on the slot panel, either a small inside brace or, better still, a single front-to-back brace inside the slot.
Dimensions are 21 1/4 H (with casters) x 25 1/8 W x 16 D
Enclosure volume is 3.1 cu ft
Weight is 57.6 lbs
Power handling is 400 watts RMS.
It has two cast aluminum 16 ohm Madison Knight 10s with 3 inch voice coils and a 4 1/2" tweeter crossing-over at 2,000 Hz.
The Madison Knight is a great bass speaker with a very strong bottom end.
Sensitivity is about 92 dB - which is a normal rating for an 8 ohm 2x10 cabinet.
If Madison had chosen to make it a 4 ohm cabinet, it would be about 94 dB.
(Added later to posting: This is a real sensitivity at bass frequencies between about 100 and 500 Hz, an 8 ohms score for other 2x10s in my testing would be 92 dB for Madison Warriors and 95 dB for BassLites.)
Can it be used as a stand-alone bass cabinet?
For small to medium size jobs, yes.
If you are accustomed to using 2x12 cabinets, maybe no.
If you have a 50 watt bass amp, maybe no.
With a 400 watt amp, the MAB-210 should be able to play at about 118 dB. This is loud enough for many situations.
With an enclosure volume of 3.1 cubic feet, the MAB-210 has better deep bass than many smaller (say 2 to 2.5 cu ft) 2x10's, so you might be happy with it as a stand-alone cabinet.
For example, at 50 Hz, the MAB-210 is about 5 dB stronger than my 2.3 and 2.0 cubic feet 2x10s more importantly, it has a deeper bass tone than the smaller 2x10s, even at higher frequencies.
The MAB-210 is a little short in height for a stand-alone. If you put it up on something to make it about 6 inches higher, it helps a lot.
Claimed frequency response is 40 Hz to 15,000 Hz.
Using no special test equipment only a test CD that spec seems accurate.
Compared to the Legion SSB212L (two Madison Knight 12s), the bass output at 40 Hz was very good.
It actually had some bass output at 30 Hz about 3 dB less than the Legion SSB212L, and a little at 25 Hz - about 8 dB less than the Legion SSB212L.
Number of cabinet braces: one - front to back, at top center of cabinet. (Mine is a few years old they could be using more braces now.)
If your MAB-210 cabinet develops a rattle after a few years, it is probably the slot shelf/panel that needs to be re-glued.
Madison should have included bracing on the slot panel, either a small inside brace or, better still, a single front-to-back brace inside the slot.
