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best cab to go with a 1x15?

Best Cab to go with a 1x15?

  • another 1x15

    Votes: 38 20.1%

  • 4x10

    Votes: 65 34.4%

  • 2x10

    Votes: 67 35.4%

  • 1x12

    Votes: 5 2.6%

  • other

    Votes: 6 3.2%

  • a bag of carrots

    Votes: 8 4.2%
  • Total voters
    189
#41
IvanMike and JimmyM - I've just thrown down for a Mesa 2X12 to go along with my Mesa 1X15. I was running the cabs side by side for most of my band's rehearsal yesterday and I was switching between the two as well as using them at the same time. I wanted to get a feel for what the tone would be like in all combinations. I noticed that when I ran them side by side, the 115 dominated the 212 (to my ears). By the end of rehearsal (all 5 hours of it) I had switched to stacking the 212 on top of the 115 and the 212 seemed to stand out more. Any input on how much of this was due to the 212 being closer to ear level vs. how much was due to phase issues when they were side by side?

This makes me wonder how much of what I hear on stage as "my tone" is making it to the audience. I'm going to try switching things around and placing the 115 on top of the 212 at some point as well. But as I said, my concern is how the sound will be in the house for the band as a whole, not just what I will hear on stage. I suppose the true answer is to take a long cable or wireless and walk to the floor in a pre-show sound check. Any other suggestions or advice you can offer?

edit - To the OP - Sorry for the hijack question about my rig, but this seemed an appropriate location for the question since I was running a 115 and added the 212 with the same goal you had of getting a bit more mid emphasis.
 
#42
monsterthompson said:
Any input on how much of this was due to the 212 being closer to ear level vs. how much was due to phase issues when they were side by side?
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50/50. Cabs should never be placed side by side. For that matter neither should drivers inside a cab. If you didn't have the 2x12s vertically aligned try it again that way, it will be better still.
 
#43
Interesting with the side-by-side info. My 212 cab has the spearkers offset, so no worries there. It does make me wonder about guitar cabs, since most guitar speaker cabs with multiple speakers seem to place them side-by-side within the cab (like a 2X12 combo or 4X12 half stack).
 
#44
monsterthompson said:
Interesting with the side-by-side info. My 212 cab has the spearkers offset, so no worries there. It does make me wonder about guitar cabs, since most guitar speaker cabs with multiple speakers seem to place them side-by-side within the cab (like a 2X12 combo or 4X12 half stack).
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The over-riding design concern with most cabs, be they guitar or bass, is how they look. The origin of side by side drivers and the 4x can be traced to Leo Fender, who did it that way to match up visually with the width of the amp. Not being an audio engineer he had no clue that doing so was a bad idea, and also not being audio engineers neither did his customers. Offset drivers are better, but still not as good as vertical.
 

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