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[GCool]

What your Favorite cab. Not any lill 1 10 deal either... I need VOLUME! and somthing that can take about 700watts.
Any thoughts?

 

[Steve]

Pretty much anything with Bergantino stamped on it.

My jury is still out as to whether or not the 212 or 322 is #1.

 

[seakamp]

I LOVED the HT322 with my Quantum 5. One of the best sounding cabs I have ever played through! Can't go wrong there, just make sure your back can handle it and you'll be in tone heaven. I haven't owned one for a while but I think it will just start to sing with 700watts. The cab can eat some serious power.

 

[Anthbass]

What your Favorite cab. Not any lill 1 10 deal either... I need VOLUME! and somthing that can take about 700watts.
Any thoughts?

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[Blake Bass]

Epifani 3x10

 

[bassist4dalord]

I don't own a 5-String, but when I play a 5'er at Guitar Center, I love going through their Ampeg SVT-3 Pro/SVT410HLF Rig. You can smack that low B and watch the guitarists start to cry...

 

[TSanders]

Pretty much anything with Bergantino stamped on it.

My thoughts exactly. HT322 is my all time favorite cab.

 

[tlwaps]

I love playing my Warwick's through my SVT810E. There's some volume for ya.

 

[nubs]

I play a Lakland 55-02 and a 55-01 through a GK1001 plugged into my SVT215E. growl, punch and plenty of balls

 

[unclejam]

215's With 610's on the side!

theres b strings for ya

 

[Bryan316]

If it were one single cab, the Eden D410XST. 1000-watt handling, unbelievably deep low end. B-strings sound like magic with this cab.

If it were a combination of cabs, the Eden D210XLT and D212XLT. The 212 has a wonderfully rich thick low end but still tons of definition, and the 210 gives me punch and clarity when I'm up higher on the fretboard.

 

[cnltb]

If you can give it what it needs, a wayne jones 2x10.

 

[bgavin]

On a watt-per-watt basis, the loudest possible volume always comes from bass horns. You can make more noise with 700w into bass horns than direct radiator boxes.

The downside is, bass horns are expensive to have built for you, and intricate/time consuming to build yourself.

Any commercial box can make a lot of noise at 100 Hz. If you need a lot of noise at 40 Hz, you need a large box. Bass horns are no exception to this rule.

Link Removed is the loudest 410 I have tested. It has no bottom end, but is loud as hell above 100 Hz. Generally, the higher the rated SPL of the cab, the less bottom it has.

 

[Gearhead17]

410XLT - no bottom end? It goes down to 50hz...I guess you are looking for around the 30hz range....what's the point of blasting away down there? The soundguy isn't going to like you blasting away heavily in that range on stage anyway and the PA system is going to be much more efficient in that range, so it's just about useless to do it yourself.

I pair my 410XLT with the 212XLT (which goes down to 40hz) and with those two I get a massive and thick low end. Yeah, my b string is not fully reproduced, but a thick sounding low end (50hz-100hz) is a lot more useful for my bandmates to hear me on stage.

 

[greenboy]

Bruce did actual measurements.

You've just read marketing materials.

 

[NicJimBass]

GK Neo 412

Louder and lighter than an 810, and sounds awesome.

 

[Dan Knowlton]

Accugroove Whappo Jr.

Dan K.

 

[lomo]

Very loud with up front mids....Schroeder 1212
Very loud with a touch of mid-scoop.....Epifani 12s or 115/210

 

[msquared]

+1 on the HT322 and everything else with the Bergantino name. I also like anything by Acme.

 

[knarleybass]

Schroeder 4 x 12 is pretty rocken'.