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Gk combos 10s vs 12s

Mar 28, 2019
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I'm not somewhere where I can try gk cabs in person.

I'm looking at 3 combos.

The mb series combos (210bs 212 and the legacy 212 combo.

What's the difference in sound? In my experience, 15s are usually a bit brighter with more mids than 10s, but I know that's not a rule so I don't want to blindly apply my previous experiences here.

Im hesitant to say what I want from the sounds as all the words I'd use can be so easily misinterpreted.

So instead I ask, how do gk 210s typically sound different from their 212 offerings?
 
I'm not somewhere where I can try gk cabs in person.

I'm looking at 3 combos.

The mb series combos (210bs 212 and the legacy 212 combo.

What's the difference in sound? In my experience, 15s are usually a bit brighter with more mids than 10s, but I know that's not a rule so I don't want to blindly apply my previous experiences here.

Im hesitant to say what I want from the sounds as all the words I'd use can be so easily misinterpreted.

So instead I ask, how do gk 210s typically sound different from their 212 offerings?
The 12s will getter louder, and will most likely have more low end. There's much more speaker area.

Most 12 cabs are voiced mid heavy. Mid mid. Most 10 cabs are voiced on the scooped side, some have a big high mid bump, some have very little mid presence, but generally...2 and 4 10 cabs are scooped. Most 15s are voiced warm with a round mid range and solid bass. Most, not all. I'm generally speaking here. I don't have experience with those cabs in particular, but that's a general observation by my experience.

Me, I'd go with the 12s. Every day.
 

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