Hey guys. Had some questions that I think are hopeless anywhere aside from here.
Years ago, a bandmate had a Mesa Road Ready 215 that I lusted over. The tone out of that thing paired with an SVT was jaw dropping.
I knew those Mesas were paired with 15" EV speakers. Since those Diesels and Road Ready cabs are near impossible to find these days, I went looking for something similar.
That's when I stumbled on these behemoths. I ended up trading some other gear for a full system, including the horns/crossovers and a pair of these LF215 cabs. To my understanding, they were TL606 style boxes and had the same drivers as the Mesa, so I started running them for bass.
These sound a little different than I expected. I find myself cranking up the bass regardless of what amp I plug into them. Is this a characteristic of all TL606 cabs?
Another thing I noticed is they are not a huge fan of pop/slap sounds, as the transient is weirdly super loud on these.
The overdrive tones on these are divine, though. Cranking a 200S or OB1-500 through this sounds otherworldly, even if you do have to turn the bass knob up pretty high.
Am I just misremembering the Mesa and it also lacks bottom end? Or is the Mesa not even close to being a TL606 sibling? If so, is it based on some other architecture? I've seen Sunn 215 and Yamaha J120L-215 cabs that looked awful similar.
Years ago, a bandmate had a Mesa Road Ready 215 that I lusted over. The tone out of that thing paired with an SVT was jaw dropping.
I knew those Mesas were paired with 15" EV speakers. Since those Diesels and Road Ready cabs are near impossible to find these days, I went looking for something similar.
That's when I stumbled on these behemoths. I ended up trading some other gear for a full system, including the horns/crossovers and a pair of these LF215 cabs. To my understanding, they were TL606 style boxes and had the same drivers as the Mesa, so I started running them for bass.
These sound a little different than I expected. I find myself cranking up the bass regardless of what amp I plug into them. Is this a characteristic of all TL606 cabs?
Another thing I noticed is they are not a huge fan of pop/slap sounds, as the transient is weirdly super loud on these.
The overdrive tones on these are divine, though. Cranking a 200S or OB1-500 through this sounds otherworldly, even if you do have to turn the bass knob up pretty high.
Am I just misremembering the Mesa and it also lacks bottom end? Or is the Mesa not even close to being a TL606 sibling? If so, is it based on some other architecture? I've seen Sunn 215 and Yamaha J120L-215 cabs that looked awful similar.
