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Carvin RL810T
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The Carvin drivers are not that efficient. The PS10 drivers that the Redline series uses is 94.7 at 1w/1m. Here is alink to all the Thiele Small parameters on their drivers:Carvin Thiele Small Specs
A Peavey 8x10 will be much louder, deeper, & probably cost the same. The Redline series aren't known for going too deep. 
Try finding a Genz Benz 610. I found one new at a store for $600, and it is a great cab. I cannot find a better cab for that price range, and this thing is definately louder than any Carvin. 8 Ohms too so you can daisy it up to another cab (though there is no need, this is loud as hell). Peavy 810s are good too, but I prefer this 610.
We seem to be forgetting the Schroeder 410. Likely more volume than the Carvin can even dream up, and a MUCH MUCH more portable package. $900 new I believe.... if your willing to save up.
Or then again, if you had $600, you could get multiple Avatar cabs, and you'd surely be louder than the Carvin.... mostly because you'd have the ability to get larger speakers in your arrangement.
Carvin's arent horrible... but it is in Carvin's lower tier of cabs. I'd only get one if I SPECIFICALLY wanted an 810 cab, and had a lot of power to run through it (in case it was inefficient).
Or then again, if you had $600, you could get multiple Avatar cabs, and you'd surely be louder than the Carvin.... mostly because you'd have the ability to get larger speakers in your arrangement.
Carvin's arent horrible... but it is in Carvin's lower tier of cabs. I'd only get one if I SPECIFICALLY wanted an 810 cab, and had a lot of power to run through it (in case it was inefficient).
TheChariot said:
The old red line series are about as close to horrible as you can get. The rolloff for the 10s is somewhere around 120 hz, they're more like guitar speakers than bass speakers.
The 0x said:The old red line series are about as close to horrible as you can get. The rolloff for the 10s is somewhere around 120 hz, they're more like guitar speakers than bass speakers.
120Hz!!!
Wow....
Um..... dont get one.
TheChariot said:120Hz!!!
Wow....
Um..... dont get one.
I would doubt this, seeing that the cab is 60 to 16K +/- 3 dB.
Still, even relatively flat down to 60 Hz isn't optimal. Personally, I'd bet that one of their new BRX10 4-10s would put out more effective sound and have a better low end than the RedLine 8-10.
Richard Lindsey said:
I've heard nothing but great things about the BRX series, but I haven't tried one out myself yet.
The 0x said:
Yeah, same for me. I'm probably going to be in SoCal this spring for a few days, though, and I'll likely take the opportunity to try the BRXs out.
Carvin very recently reworked their entire redline series of amps and cabs. They are now using titanium compression tweeters and different (noticeably smaller dust cap in the pics) 10 inch speakers. They also made the amps 5 pounds lighter.
Got this off of Carvins site. Does this help? (you will need Adobe Reader)
http://www.carvin.com/manuals/RL810T.pdf
http://www.carvin.com/manuals/RL810T.pdf
Go to main page. Go to Customer Service tab and click on manuals. Here is the direct link:http://www.carvin.com/manuals.phpMudbass said:
Washishimi said:
That's just what I mean. What's the max SPL? What's the effeciency rating? Where's the -10db down point? I assume it's at 60hz, but I don't know. For a company who expects people to buy their stuff sight unseen through the mail they sure don't give you much info.
