Attn: Genzler fans - would this stack idea work?

[J-Bass RMR]

The MG cabinets in particular, seem to take a variety of heads very well.
I used the following through these cabs:
MG800, Aguilar AG700 & TH700, V4-B, Tryanor YBA 100, & Mesa Prodigy.
(the latter 2 w/a single cab only)
Very honest & articulate cabs that respond well to eq.

I'd give the Mesa 800 a little more time - at least until you speak to him and find out what the deal is.
You know him better, though...

 

[TimBosby]

Snagged a local Mesa D800+ for $650. I talked to my guitar player who bought my D800 for $500. We both agreed that this D800+ was a great deal. He likes using the D800 for acoustic guitar and keyboard. He said he may want to trade my old D800 to me plus $150 cash for the D800+ But if not, he and I will both have a sweet Mesa head either way.

For the brief period I tried it out at the D800+ owner's house, it sounds freaking AWESOME with the Genzler Magellan 212 and I have the Genzler Magellan 112 on the way...3x12 Rig of Doom, here I come! So yeah this has all cost me a good chunk of change but, pound for pound, I got good deals throughout the process.

 

[TimBosby]

Question for the group. I used the Mesa D800+ at rehearsal last night with the MG212 and it was great. I'm still waiting on my MG112 to arrive. But, when it does, do I connect both cabs to the Mesa head using the Mesa's two speakon outputs? Or do I connect the cabs to each other? The reason I ask is because the MG212 only has one speakon input. So I would need a speakon/quarter inch cable to connect the cabs together. I actually have one so it's not a problem. Just want to make sure I do this correctly. Also the MG112 I believe is 8 ohms and the MG212 is 4 ohms, which I don't think will matter since the Mesa can do 2 ohms and I believe this is a 2.67 ohm load.

 

[J-Bass RMR]

Either way. (both are parallel connections)
I prefer to use 2 speakons from the amp, 1 to each cab, and I avoid using speakon to 1/4" cables required for a "piggy-back" cab to cab connection whenever I can.
This is due to the way class D power sections are designed; in my simple understanding, they are not the standard + / - connection, and there is a potential for a short if you are not careful with the 1/4" barrel plug.
This is something @agedhorse has described (much more intelligently than I can)

 

[TimBosby]

Either way. (both are parallel connections)
I prefer to use 2 speakons from the amp, 1 to each cab, and I avoid using speakon to 1/4" cables required for a "piggy-back" cab to cab connection whenever I can.
This is due to the way class D power sections are designed; in my simple understanding, they are not the standard + / - connection, and there is a potential for a short if you are not careful with the 1/4" barrel plug.
This is something @agedhorse has described (much more intelligently than I can)

This is what I thought, thanks. I think the reason I have a speakon to 1/4" cable is that my old setup involved an Eden 1x12 cab that only had a 1/4" jack. Hence the speakon side was connected to the Mesa head and the 1/4" to the Eden.

 

[J-Bass RMR]

I still have some 1/4 to speakon cables as well.
(Ampeg tube amps and Prodigy still have 1/4" speaker outputs.)
And I have piggy-backed cabinets on occasion with the class D amps. (Sometimes, I have a cable shortage - can't imagine why )

I use heat shrink around the barrels of my 1/4 plugs as a precaution and don't plug/unplug while the amp is powered on.

All the modern cabs I've had only have the one speakon connection.
I'm not sure why this is still so common these days.
I converted to speakon wherever I could 30+ years ago.