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Anyone have this setup/what are your thoughts on this stack+head?
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Per TB conventional wisdom, get two matching HD enclosures and stack vertically. Then again, it may sound perfectly wonderful together. I use an HD 410 in the rehearsal space.
Riis
This seems to be a pretty contentious issue on this forum for sure, one weird consideration I have for this setup is that I want it to be the roughly the same height as the guitar amp+cab I'm going for and this wouldn't really be possible just matching identical cabs from the hd series. I'd be willing to reconsider if it really stifles your tone but I feel like the matched powerhandling/impedances and getting a head specifically designed to run multiple cabs could address some of these things. But then again, I'm just trying to gauge people thoughts on this
If Victor Wooten has no problem with it (...per ad copy), I don't think you will either.
Riis
Should be fine. Don't mind the sheep, they don't bahhhh-ther me lol.
I'm new to this... both amps are 500 watts, would I run into any issues you think
I used to use a Hartke amp with 210 and 115 cabs - it sounded great. Became a bit too much for me to schlep about, though, so I switched to neo cabs and have used them for about 17 years now. I’d never go back to heavy ass gear again; there’s not a single good reason to do so. Light, low and loud is perfectly possible these days, even though it can work out expensive.
Not really. Per spec, each side pushes 225 @ 8 ohm, 320 @ 4 ohm, 500 @ 2 ohm. You'll be fine as the components are, for the most part, designed to work with one another.
Riis
I was thinking about going with the hl series cabs (lighter variant) only issue is that its a lot harder to find them used.
Should be fine. I think the implication that many times is not stated in the mis-matched driver size thing is about cabs that are NOT designed to work together and therefore you have no idea if they will work together. Cabs that are designed to work well together (and I assume these Hartke cabs are) you can mix driver size with great results.
I have it. It’s a great rig for the money and it’s more transportable that other big rigs. Thick lows from the 15, nice articulation from the 10’s. Two 500w cabs align perfectly with the 1000w head.
I run a 115 with a 210, Ampeg version, and really like it. Bet you will too!
I think those would work fine together. Use your ears and turn down if you feel like the cabs are working too hard.
There’s lots written here about mixing driver sizes— and there’s a lot of truth to the idea that mixed-cab rigs can have some drawbacks— but those two are designed and marketed to work together, so my guess is that you won’t have problems. I still might go with 2x210 rather than one and a fifteen, but only because that means you could run a vertical 410 stack for ideal dispersion and maximum height for monitoring.
I think that setup will work fine and sound good. I got 2 HD 210s and have been breaking them in with my Mesa and my Ashdown. They sound really good stacked.
It can work great, you just need to audition it and hear what those cabinets sound like together. Since that isn’t always possible, the SAFE bet is to just get two of a cabinet that you like the sound of. Different speakers may not have been designed to run together and thus may not sound well together.
The other consideration is what I’ll call “disparate juicing”. When you turn up enough to get that 210 up to the volume you want, you might be roasting the 15 because it is getting the same amount of juice as the 210 cabinet gets, except only has one driver to utilize it.
as cool as the vert stack sounds something about the look just offends my sensibilities
