Bass Cab

Sure you can - you can do anything you wish.

However, will it make sound - yes

Will it sound good - unknown
Will the speakers get damaged - unknown

 

You can. Who's to stop you?

It is a roll of an N-sided pair of dice as to whether you get your money's worth in improvement.
Here is Plan B: sell it.

 

You could also spend a few hours online reading about speaker cab design and learn how to make a cab you'll enjoy, rather than just make one for the hell of it.

But by all means DIY it up.

 

I would get the proper Port Specs and port it out the front and throw two Eminence Delta-lite 10's in it. or just grab an Avatar B210 Neo.

 

Of course you can. Just do it, Johnny Reb!

Avatar has Faital Pro 10PR300s for only $83 a pop . Less than 1/2 price! Excellent drivers for a pittance. http://avatarspeakers.com/home/product/10pr300/

 

What do you mean by 'punch'? Do you just want more loudness capability, or 'punch' in the tone sense? Are you sure that you can achieve that goal with two 10's? Of the commonly available cab formats, 210 cabs are the most likely to leave a player underpowered. Maybe just sell that cab and buy something that will work for sure.

 

either add another identical 2x10, or sell it and get a 4x10.

The extra volume you yearn for is acheived by larger speaker area, and /or by lowering the total impedence of your cabs, so adding another 8 Ohm cab making a 4 Ohm load or buying a 4x10 4 Ohm cab will both add volume.

 

Try this layout with two 210's of ~same type. No tilt-back needed!

 

If you don't make sure that the new speakers can actually play louder than the old you could be worse off. You can't tell that from the watt ratings. And if you just drill a hole in a cab you'll probably make it worse. The science always works whether you believe in it or not.

Stack two 2x10s vertical. Or put one 2x10 on a stand. You can lift a cab two feet without losing any low frequency coupling with the floor. It might sem like there is less low end but that's only because you can hear the mids and highs better with it lifted.

 

Yes you could. Should you? Probably not.

Personally I think you'd be better off if you sold of the Hartke and bought a used Yorkville 210 for $200, if you could find one.

 

go with this one. play it safe

 

^^^ Put the 410 on a stand. Raise it up.

 

.. do you have a Transporter or an XL model?

... and as mentioned, describe what you want in terms of 'punch' ... I have had several of the 210XL's, and a sealed 210 with alum cones is pretty much all 'punch' by my definition .. especially with GK heads ... not going to be real deep sounding, but with a lot of (low-high) mids present ... and best sounding at lower-mid volume levels in smaller scenarios due to limited 'projection' ... also not designed for extreme power handling ...

... so which of the above design features intended for this cabinet do you wish to defeat? ... if more than one, sounds like you need a different cab ...

 

An empty 210 makes a lightweight 410 cab stand....

 

Your least expensive option is to get a matching 210 cab, used saves even more money. I've recently gone with a 212 cab and it's definitely got more volume than the 210 cab I also have... Maybe pick up a 212 cab from the same manufacturer and same line of cabinets so they may sound similar enough to work well together. My TC Electronic cabs I think work well together and "they" say work well together. 210 alone for small things, 212 for bigger 210+210 for my biggest... and that's all I actually need. YMMV