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Aguilar DB 810 VS Ampeg 8x10E?

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Nicky-T

Nov 10, 2007
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Orlando
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Anyone tried out the Aguilar DB 810? It has a much higher wattage handling and says that it gets up to 136 db's.

I'm looking for the loudest/ballsiest cabinet out there to run my SVT CL through.

I currently use an Ampeg 610 but it just can't handle it. It starts to fart out when i really crank it. I play a lot of southern/classic/blues/hard rock stuff with a good amount of overdrive so I really want the punch as well as the nice low end response.

Any thoughts experience with the DB 810? I can't really find any good reviews comparing the ampeg and the aguilar 810.

thanks!
 
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go read justin meldal-johnsen's forum...he recently switched from ampeg to aggie and used a db810 with nin. look for the thread "aguilar it is."

however, if a 610hlf isn't handling it for you, two extra speakers probably won't help much. you'll more than likely have to modify your tone/volume (which is your best bet if you want to keep your band from getting canned) or get two 810's or 610's.
 
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JimmyM said:
however, if a 610hlf isn't handling it for you, two extra speakers probably won't help much.
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Not necessarily - IME, the 610HLF just isn't all that robust... The 810e will definitely take more of a pounding from an amp, and definitely gets louder... Truth is, the Goliath Sr and PH 610 will both trounce the 610HLF in terms of volume, low end, and power handling... I've played all those cabs in a band setting quite a few times, and that's my experience...



- georgestrings
 
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Definitely the DB 810! last time i heard an DB 810 it had the fattest sounding midrange I've ever heard in an 810.

I've talked to Brandon Giffin from the faceless and he swears the tone is all in his aggie 810 and I have to agree... Aguilar makes some awesome stuff. The ampeg may be the industry standard.. but i think its just that.. just a standard nothing more.
 
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I just sold my 1978 810 fridge because of the size/weight.
I jusy picked up a pair of 4 ohm DB410's to play with my 1978 SVT and they sound great albeit cranked up in the basement plus I have the option of using 1 cab when necessary. All the midrange/ tone you could ask for and more than enough bass.
I really like aguilar cabs. I have a pair of GS 112's for those smaller gigs
 
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Nicky-T said:
Anyone tried out the Aguilar DB 810? It has a much higher wattage handling and says that it gets up to 136 db's.

I'm looking for the loudest/ballsiest cabinet out there to run my SVT CL through.

I currently use an Ampeg 610 but it just can't handle it. It starts to fart out when i really crank it. I play a lot of southern/classic/blues/hard rock stuff with a good amount of overdrive so I really want the punch as well as the nice low end response.

Any thoughts experience with the DB 810? I can't really find any good reviews comparing the ampeg and the aguilar 810.

thanks!
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The 1400w of the DB 810 should give you all the punch and low end you need. There's always the smaller portable option of using two or four 410's at 2 ohms.
 

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