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2 1x15's or 1 6x10?

#21
Greenboy basic (115) or dually (215) is pretty sweet for a more traditional sound or perhaps look at fearful/fearless for a more modern 15 design. Maybe look at barefaced? These are ported cabs not sealed like the Berg which is also sweet. If you want a lot of mid bite the GK neo-115 is pretty cool and can handle power just fine. IMO all good choices. Lots of great options out there.
 
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Stumbo said:
Yep.

Btw, my rigs always had 15s.

Whenever we rent backline studios for our jam band, it's always 8s or 10s. It's all good. I even play an active bass!

Tube or SS, if it sounds good, it is good.
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Sadly, TB tends to forget the cone of a speaker is, well, cone shaped. So the negative argument almost always argues against the 15 based on an area calculation based on the area of a circle.
 
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Ampslut said:
2x15's will putout like 4x10's so you would need another 15 to have the same speaker area. But, it really depends on the 15's. I just built a BFM S15 cab and loaded it with a Eminence Kappalite 3015. It is the loudest single 15 I've ever played and 2 of these would be outrageous.
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I play through a stack of BFM Jack15s w/ Kappalite 3015s, it’s insane how loud those can get!!!
 
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1. Speaker area does not tell the full story, you need to add the speaker xmax to the calculation.
2. I played through SWR 410 workingpro cabs and they would flap out. The Goliath series would not so there is a very practical difference between 10" cabs.
3. Gigging my Trace Elliot 2x15 made me realize that room acoustics have a lot of influence on your sound with 15's... At the mic stand in front of my stack I could often not hear my bass at all, elsewhere on stage I could so I ditched that cab. No more 15's or larger for me! I do not have these problems with 10's or 12's.
4. 12" cabs have been rapidly gaining popularity for a reason. They sound tight like 10", are less prone to flap out and mostly they translate the midrange frequencies better so you are more audible in the mix without having to be overly loud.

Ergo: avoid 15" and have a look at lightweight 2x12 cabs. Mine does a whopping max 134db measured at 1m distance, across the frequency spectrum. This should be more then enough for most stages.
 
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#30
I would get the 2 single 15's. You can break them down and play only 1 if need be and it would be way easier to carry. You could save you some money and get you a Hartke KB15 combo amp. I have played a few gigs with that amp and it is amazing! The kickback feature allows you to hear yourself!
 
#33
I dealt with this exact dilemma a while back. I had 2 Bassman 115's and an Ampeg 410/210 stack.

I'm in a three piece punk/math rock band. I was using the 15's for a while with good result. But then I took the stack on a gig and my mind was made up - put the 15's on CL that night. There was just something about them that felt right. Enough boom, plenty of volume, and the ability to cut without needing a tweeter.

To each their own, but I have a '71 V4 (not B) on top of the 410/210 stack and I don't think it gets a lot better than that!
 
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Ampslut said:
2x15's will putout like 4x10's so you would need another 15 to have the same speaker area. But, it really depends on the 15's. I just built a BFM S15 cab and loaded it with a Eminence Kappalite 3015. It is the loudest single 15 I've ever played and 2 of these would be outrageous.
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IME, a *quality* 610 is usually matched pretty evenly with a pair of 115s or a 215 *of similar quality* - and I've owned and gigged plenty of each...
 
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#40
Definitely two 1x15s for me! Right now I have two 2x10 cabs stacked; I really miss the fullness and warmth of my Ampeg 1x15; as soon as I get the coin, I'm going two 1x15s for sure, for portability and for sound. BTW, What are the brands of the two 15 cabs that you are considering/narrowed down to? I myself am considering either the Mesa Boogie or the Hartke 1x15s.
 

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