Thanks! I have S15XD + S15D stack myself and a powered 2x10 birch cabThe bigger cab has so so much deep lows, its like having a FOH just for the bass,hehehe.
The smaller cabs have a perfect "real world" roll off that is IMO perfectly balanced.
My favorite is the big cabs and it is worth the extra weight and bulk. They weigh 70 lbs and at least that is less than a "typical" 410 cab.
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Bag End Club.
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svtb15
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I had a few S15.DBs. they are the Deeper cabs in birch.. I also had a custom D15DB which is a 212 DEEP... I think the DEEP cabs were the Best 115 cab that i have played.. Very even , punchy and full ... Tight yet DEEP sounding
I don't believe so.
I know I will not likely ever need or want anything else when it comes to cabs......except for more Bag Ends,hehehe
Good to know!!!
I am also a BagEnd guy.
Gassing for a 18" and a deep 15"
A 2x12 wouldn't be bad either, hehe
Thanks
I am also a BagEnd guy.
Gassing for a 18" and a deep 15"
A 2x12 wouldn't be bad either, hehe
Thanks
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Interesting! I am buying a S15-D, XD stack this week. I am currently using a Berg NV215 and it has stock Delta 15As init.!
Have not played out with the Bags yet but in the house with Fender4 with flats, Dingwall5, and HofnerCT, they sound amazing with GK400RB, Sun 2000S, and Ashy500 ABM! I think It will be the Ashdown for live. It has a heavier low end than the GK.
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I have an irrationally intense distaste for calling these cabinets bags instead of Bag Ends. I even cringed writing that.
So if you haven't played the BagEnds...Do you mean with the Berg cabs???
I'd like your A/B comparison
I live 4 miles from where Bag End started.
I used to live even closer to their current location, though they weren't there at the time.
My dad played in a band with a Bag End dealer and bought his cabs direct before I was born.
Bag Ends were the first cabs I ever played through, and I have owned many of my own over the last twenty years.
I've always thought that the name came from The Hobbit, and referenced the round rear ports looking like a hobbit's door. Specifically Bilbo Baggins' home, Bag End. I've played with several Tolkien fans who freaked out when I showed up to gigs with BAG END on my cabs.
I used to live even closer to their current location, though they weren't there at the time.
My dad played in a band with a Bag End dealer and bought his cabs direct before I was born.
Bag Ends were the first cabs I ever played through, and I have owned many of my own over the last twenty years.
I've always thought that the name came from The Hobbit, and referenced the round rear ports looking like a hobbit's door. Specifically Bilbo Baggins' home, Bag End. I've played with several Tolkien fans who freaked out when I showed up to gigs with BAG END on my cabs.
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Bag END speakers were being developed and sold way before they had the ROUND PORT on the cabs..
They were originally sealed cabs and then later front ported with Rectangular ports..early 1980s maybe earlier.. My first Bag End cab was a custom build D15B-D which was a 215 DEEP with front rectangular PORTS that had removable port covers.
.. The round ports were only used many years later and started around early 90s maybe late 1980s .
I've had many of the early Bag End cabs.. I was Perhaps one of the first on the east coast to receive them.. It was a custom 215 DEEP.. I Also had a Bi-amped 18x 12, 212 DEEP sealed, current model 212, a few 112s and 115s DEEP, but i have never had the newest ( late 1980s cabs with the round port on the rear.
They were originally sealed cabs and then later front ported with Rectangular ports..early 1980s maybe earlier.. My first Bag End cab was a custom build D15B-D which was a 215 DEEP with front rectangular PORTS that had removable port covers.
.. The round ports were only used many years later and started around early 90s maybe late 1980s .
I've had many of the early Bag End cabs.. I was Perhaps one of the first on the east coast to receive them.. It was a custom 215 DEEP.. I Also had a Bi-amped 18x 12, 212 DEEP sealed, current model 212, a few 112s and 115s DEEP, but i have never had the newest ( late 1980s cabs with the round port on the rear.
I've always thought that the name came from The Hobbit, and referenced the round rear ports looking like a hobbit's door. Specifically Bilbo Baggins' home, Bag End. I've played with several Tolkien fans who freaked out when I showed up to gigs with BAG END on my cabs.
Well, my dad's cabs have the round rear ports and are older than me ('82). Whatever that means in the timeline.
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I've been playing a Q10BX-D for the past 20 years and I just played my first gig with my new Bergantino HDN410. I bought the Q10BX-D for its clarity, however the Bergantino is clearer and I think does a better job of reproducing what your amp and bass are delivering to the cab. One of the biggest differences is front ported vs. rear, and a 20 year difference in Technology.
Tonight I played with Irving Symphony and my rig was:
Bergantino HDN410
Kustom KXB500
Music Man Big Al 5 SSS in passive series
The sound was big and clear with not much volume and only rolling the highs off .5.
I am a fan of clean solid state sound, and this combo did the trick. For me, the Q10BXD is has a slight woolly sound and needs to be dialed in a bit (more mids and highs).
This does not mean I will be getting rid of my BagEnd. I am currently using it in our band's practice studio, but I am very happy with my HDN410, and it is 31 pounds lighter.
DS
