2x15 or 1x15 + 2x10?

[Wesley R]

Buy another Peavey of a similar version. The cost is minimal (in a relative sense), it is a practice space, and all should work out well enough, and might even look impressive.

Best of Luck,
Wesley R.

 

[higain617]

I did the dreaded 4x10/1x15 stack for a while in a rehearsal space. I had both cabs so I tried it out. My 2x15 crushed it volume-wise.

 

[fourteenstrings]

For mono heads, adding an identical cabinet is the most practical solution. Stereo heads with a balance or pan can be helpful with mixed driver setups, because you can adjust relative volume/power to each cabinet to help compensate for mismatches.

My experience only - I had a Peavey 1516 cabinet back in the 90s (1-15"/2-8"). It was a nice cabinet, but I didn't see any major benefit over a regular 1-15" cabinet. I also briefly tried biamping multiple cabinets back in the 90s (10s and 18s) but saw no advantage to that, either. I've used only setups with either all 10s or all 15s since then.

In the end, find what you like and roll with it.

 

[steamthief]

If it's just to use solely for extra volume at the practice space, I'd get whatever costs the least. YMMV

 

[Thundar]

Peavey 210TVX or a Hartke 2.5XL should work well on top of that 15..I have used both of these with a 15 in the past and they sounded great!

 

[lfmn16]

The mixed driver question is probably the most mischaracterized issue on TB. No one is saying you CAN'T mix 10's and 15's; what they are saying is that identical cabinets have the BEST chance of sounding good. If you have unlimited resources, mix and match to your heart's content.

People want to mix and match because they think they need 15's for bass response and 10's for punch. It's a fact that speaker SIZE does not dictate those characteristics. Sorry if that upsets anyone.

 

[monsterthompson]

seriously? as long as you've been around here, you gotta know this already, it seems like you're just trolling for a reaction at this point.

Right?
Here come the responses saying to sell it all, DIY a Greenboy 1515/66 cab, but a Sire bass, then with all the money you save blow a huge wad of cash on a B7K UltraMegaOkay and three B3K pedals to run into it.

 

[lfmn16]

Right?
Here come the responses saying to sell it all, DIY a Greenboy 1515/66 cab, but a Sire bass, then with all the money you save blow a huge wad of cash on a B7K UltraMegaOkay and three B3K pedals to run into it.

You beat me to it!

 

[walterw]

Right?
Here come the responses saying to sell it all, DIY a Greenboy 1515/66 cab, but a Sire bass, then with all the money you save blow a huge wad of cash on a B7K UltraMegaOkay and three B3K pedals to run into it.

Also tort and flats

 

[electracoyote]

All I know is, I went 2X15, never experimented any further, never looked back, loved the tone, that plus around 500-600 watts at 4 ohms got me through large theater and outdoor gigs just fine.

 

[jwilson67]

I think I'm just gonna forget the whole thing and buy some raw drivers and build my own cabinet. I can get some awesome 1000w 15" car audio drivers for like $49 and they should be a lot louder than the Peavey because those speakers have 1000 watts. They also have 10" but they only have 700 watts but that shouldn't be a problem. I'll just get 3 of the 10's to distribute the power then build one big box for all the speakers to share since the more space they have the better they will sound. I'll probably add a tweeter horn as well.

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the efficiency of a home/car audio woofer very different from an instrument speaker?

 

[jwilson67]

Also, I must have missed something on TB but what is this ridiculous idea about not mixing driver sizes?

 

[madbass6]

410s!!

 

[Steve Dallman]

I used a mixed driver rig since around 1983, first bi-amping and later with passive crossovers. Typical were 18's with a pair of 8's, crossed at 500Hz.

I haven't used mixed drivers without crossovers. I have a lot of old cabinets. A couple are old Peavey 4 ohm 4X10's that don't produce much in the lows. I've used one of those with a PV 18 with a 100Hz crossover to the 4X10's and compared to both running together full range. It sounds good either way...better than either cabinet alone.

I don't gig with them...smaller is better these days.

 

[PeaveyPlayer]

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[jwilson67]

I think I'm just gonna forget the whole thing and buy some raw drivers and build my own cabinet. I can get some awesome 1000w 15" car audio drivers for like $49 and they should be a lot louder than the Peavey because those speakers have 1000 watts. They also have 10" but they only have 700 watts but that shouldn't be a problem. I'll just get 3 of the 10's to distribute the power then build one big box for all the speakers to share since the more space they have the better they will sound. I'll probably add a tweeter horn as well.

OK - the joke is on me with this one. Obviously a joke. Duh...

Proof I shouldn't be responding to things while at work because I only see what I want to see!

 

[Old Garage-Bander]

I think I'm just gonna forget the whole thing and buy some raw drivers and build my own cabinet. I can get some awesome 1000w 15" car audio drivers for like $49 and they should be a lot louder than the Peavey because those speakers have 1000 watts. They also have 10" but they only have 700 watts but that shouldn't be a problem. I'll just get 3 of the 10's to distribute the power then build one big box for all the speakers to share since the more space they have the better they will sound. I'll probably add a tweeter horn as well.

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO! Speakers do not have watts. They are rated for how many watts they can handle. The watts come from the amp. Or is my sarcasm filter full again and you plunked me?

 

[Old Garage-Bander]

OK - the joke is on me with this one. Obviously a joke. Duh...

Proof I shouldn't be responding to things while at work because I only see what I want to see!

I am at home. Got no good excuse. He should have saved that for a couple of weeks. Well played OP.

 

[mmbongo]

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO! Speakers do not have watts. They are rated for how many watts they can handle. The watts come from the amp. Or is my sarcasm filter full again and you plunked me?

 

[Old Garage-Bander]

Not just LIKE it. Love it!