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ABM 900 EVO III head: What cabs are designed for this head

sparkyj

sparkyj

Mar 2, 2018
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Greetings,
Thinking of buying an Ashdown ABM 900 EVO III head.
The 2 channels are said to be 575w into 4 ohms each.
What cabs were designed to work with this head? What success have you guys had if you've used this head?

I also have an option to PU an Ashdown ABM 115 500w 8ohm cab. Will this work for one of the channels?
If so what needs to run on the other side? A matching 500w 8 ohm cab?

I have a 210 400w 4 ohm cab but I lost a speaker running that as a side cab with my Ashdown ABM EVO 500w 115 combo one night :-/. Learned 4ohm and 8 ohms don't really mix.
 
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This is from the user manual for the 1200, which is the newer version of the 900. Basically, you can run 1 4ohm cab per channel or 2 8 ohm cab per channel. I assume you can also run a pair of 8 ohm cabs out of one channel and a single 4ohm cab out of the other at the same time as well if you wanted to. I'm selling a pair of Ashdown RM 210 EVOs that would work with the head.
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CoR Bass said:
This is from the user manual for the 1200, which is the newer version of the 900. Basically, you can run 1 4ohm cab per channel or 2 8 ohm cab per channel. I assume you can also run a pair of 8 ohm cabs out of one channel and a single 4ohm cab out of the other at the same time as well if you wanted to. I'm selling a pair of Ashdown RM 210 EVOs that would work with the head.
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Thanks. That makes sense! I can use my 4ohm 400w 210 if I keep the volume reasonable. I bought the ABM 115H cab. It states 500w on the back by Ashdown just informed me it is 300x (;-/)... Also this cab had a broken SpeakOn connector, which I have ordered. I have also tested the tweeter which was not giving any sound. It is dead, the switch works however. What tweeter is used in an Ashdown Cab that is tagged as 500w yet is only 300W? I have contacted Ashdown 2x. Waiting for response and was hoping for some direction from them by this weekend. Where are your cabs for sale? Here on this forum?
 
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sparkyj said:
Thanks. That makes sense! I can use my 4ohm 400w 210 if I keep the volume reasonable. I bought the ABM 115H cab. It states 500w on the back by Ashdown just informed me it is 300x (;-/)... Also this cab had a broken SpeakOn connector, which I have ordered. I have also tested the tweeter which was not giving any sound. It is dead, the switch works however. What tweeter is used in an Ashdown Cab that is tagged as 500w yet is only 300W? I have contacted Ashdown 2x. Waiting for response and was hoping for some direction from them by this weekend. Where are your cabs for sale? Here on this forum?
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I don't know anything about the tweeters. I always have them off.
Yes, just posted them yesterday
For Sale - Ashdown RM 210 EVO cabs
 
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sparkyj said:
does Ashdown mention what wattage speakers those are? Are they 150s ? Sweetwater says the cabs are 300w but "rated" up to 500w. heh....
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The ones I'm selling? I was told they are 500w cabs,not the 300W ones that are normally sold. I think they were early prototypes. I run an ABM EVO II with them which is the same as running one channel of the 900. No issues.
 

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