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Anybody using lightweight class D heads with big, heavy, old school(ish) cabs?

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My flagship rig is a GK MB800 on top of two Mesa Powerhouse 410s. The cabs weigh a ton and the head looks like a toy on top of them. However, this rig (despite being my "flagship") doesn't get a lot of time on stage these days. Right now that work is done by a GK MB115 Mk II and a GK MPB115 - for a thunderously loud yet seriously light combo rig. The combo rig can't compete with the 810s in terms of raw volume, but the combos get me pretty much anywhere I need to be these days. I would love a chance to unleash the big guns, but gigs that would make use of them are rare for me these days. So combo rig goes on the live stages and cabs wait patiently for their turn to shine again.
 
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This qualify? (the SVT head is unplugged...)

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dBChad said:
Not my rig, but kicked out of a guitar center for hooking a Trace Elliot Elf into a 4x10. I must say, that little head was quite impressive in a full sized cab; alas, the employees no longer able to hear customers on phone calls were not amused.
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What's the bass equivalent to playing "Stairway to Heaven" or "Smoke on the Water" in Guitar Center? :cool:
 
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Can't read the thread right now, but have pondered mixing Class A/B with neo magnets, and Class D with ceramic magnet speakers. Exhibit A: the Genz Benz Contour 500 combo. Exhibit B: Great results I've had with a Thunderfunk or old Genz Benz GBE 600 head on top of Duke LeJeune's Audiokinesis cabinets. In truth, I'm also happy to pair those cabinets with a Mesa Subway or Trickfish head, so that's modern all-around...but I'm curious to see Class-D headmakers (Trickfish; Genzler) sell both neo and ceramic-magnet cabinets.
 
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Joebone said:
Can't read the thread right now, but have pondered mixing Class A/B with neo magnets, and Class D with ceramic magnet speakers. Exhibit A: the Genz Benz Contour 500 combo. Exhibit B: Great results I've had with a Thunderfunk or old Genz Benz GBE 600 head on top of Duke LeJeune's Audiokinesis cabinets. In truth, I'm also happy to pair those cabinets with a Mesa Subway or Trickfish head, so that's modern all-around...but I'm curious to see Class-D headmakers (Trickfish; Genzler) sell both neo and ceramic-magnet cabinets.
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I'm not sure what you expect. There's way more than just the magnet type involved in setting the kind of tone you'd get out of a speaker cabinet. I use a Class-D head with ceramic speakers. One set is a pair of Hartke 112HD cabs (ceramic version) and the other is an EA CXL112. Both use Ceramic-magnet drivers and they couldn't be more different, but they are in completely different boxes, under completely different design parameters.

I've also used class A/B amps (or Class-H in a couple of cases) with Neo cabs and really, I don't think it's honest to say the magnets themselves are so much of a factor in the sound.

Don't worry about the magnets. If you like the tone and if you feel you can carry or transport your gear without hurting yourself, then you're good to go.
 
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DogsNbeer said:
Just wondering if it's a thing. I've been using my Traynor SB500h in various combinations with my 3 Bergantino cabs, 2 NV212s(alone and in tandem) and an NV215. I've really been enjoying the pairings. And because of TB generated GAS (probably only worsened by the server outage) I just pulled the trigger on a Tone Hammer 700 which will also see use with the aforementioned cabs.
I'm wondering if I'm unique in this approach. Here on TB most people seem to automatically pair their lightweight head with a lightweight cab, or two.
A small part of my thinking is that cabs are easier to move around in general as they usually just rest on the stage( I generally don't stack) While the heads go on top and lifting a heavy head onto a 215 ain't easy( esp my Classic 400). But mostly I just love my cabs and they make most any decent head sound good
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Yup. I also have an 810e.
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I frequently use a Mesa D800 or Darkglass MT900. When I play in a rehearsal studio or a club with a backline, they are almost always 810s of some kind. I would never own one of those things because of the size. They sound fine with a class D amp.
My regular cab is a Barefaced Big Twin 2x12. It is a monster that is lightweight and puts most 810s to shame tonally. On a whim I recently bought a Aguilar DB210. It is a little thin on its own, but adds a lot of clarity to the BF when I use both.
 
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