210 vs. 115

[SurferJoe46]

I sorta agree with Calaverasgrande - but not fully.

If the intangibles were just mixed or odd-named brands, then that's good logic. I think the area in question was the differences in the 15 verses a small bank of 10s.

Trying to level the playing field, I feel most people were honest in their appraisal of a single 15 vs 2 or 4 10s. Let's assume that this is all top notch gear, and then the field is indeed more level and it just becomes one of personal concept and not so much mashed-up brand names.

Either can kick some serious butt if they have amp for it. But I like the times I use a 210 and a 115 - it just seems more 'full' to me. See? Opinions - that's all.

I'm all for old-school - played it a lot in the years 'way passed, but it has it place NOW too and I think thunder mixed with rumble is always appropriate and debatable.

That's why they make all those different colors of paint.

 

[Mystic Michael]

Depends on the cabinet.
Depends on the speaker.
Depends on your personal taste and preference.
Depends on your EQ'ing.

Yep. Depends on the application too...

My band plays alternative rock, and our guitarist is getting more and more into metal. With my teacher, I'm learning all sorts of things, jazz, ska, funk, reggae, motown, classic rock. Personally I like a more neutral and old school sound.

In this case, the 1x15 sounds like a great solution for you. Particularly for the classic rock, Motown and reggae. There are a few 2x10 cabs that might be able to give you the right mojo for those styles. But not many.

MM

 

[Alex1984]

Yeah, I'm tempted to try the 115 too, but a little worried as it seems the 15 BX's EDS shows a peak at 1kHz~2.5kHz, not sure how that'd change the sound. Another thing is that the upper frequency range is an entire octave lower than the 10 BX, would that make the cab too dark?

I think I tend to have a preference for cabs that sound as flat as possible when my EQ is flat, hoping to get the most room available for tweaking.

 

[Calaverasgrande]

Thing is, Mesa uses mostly EV drivers until recently. Also until recently they made variations on the old EV TL606 cab. So not being familiar with the particular EV cab you mentioned...its hard to say. But I would think they would sound a lot alike.
Are you sure it isnt the EV B-115M?
Those have a mid driver which makes it a very different cab than your standard 15".
Les Claypool used to run a couple of the EV B-115m's back in the late 80's or so when I first saw Primus.
Very hi fi but not painfully so.

 

[Alex1984]

Yeah, it's the B-115 not the B-115M, see here:

archives.telex.com/archives/EV/Speakers/EDS/B-115%20EDS.pdf

I believe Invincibal was selling one for about $250 on here a while ago.

 

[Jerryr63]

I'm and old f@rt and like that classic rock, mowtown..... Jamerson/Babbit sound and the thump that comes from 15's.

I did use an Eden 410XLT cab for 10 years. It did a great job on the low end and projected very well but 98lbs is just to much for me now. So I'm back to a single 15", Ampeg STV15-E which is only 70lbs and feels lighter than that for some reason.

I'm not gig now. I quit a couple of years ago and sold the Eden cab at the time. I'm going to be starting again this summer and think the Ampeg cab is going to work very well. I'm using a small Eden amp (is this the forum were they don't talk about Eden?) to power it. I already have my first gig booked for June. I'm playing in a medium sized hall to about 300 people and going through a 14,000 watt PA system that has four, 2x18 cabs for subs. I think my most important piece of gear, next to my American J and P-Basses, is going to be my Radial Pro DI