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Help me choose a 2x10!

Which 210?

  • Mesa Powerhouse 210 - Used

    Votes: 14 16.3%
  • Bergantino HD210

    Votes: 27 31.4%
  • Markbass 102HF

    Votes: 15 17.4%
  • Other

    Votes: 30 34.9%

  • Total voters
    86
One of the few times I had to bring my own rig into the recording studio, the engineer mic'd up my Eden D-210T (with a Neuman TLM-170i, for those keeping track) and afterwards told me "I have never heard so much usable low end extension out of a 2x10 cabinet!"
I don't doubt it for a second. EQ it right, maximize your headroom, etc.
A pair of biamped 210s is my dream studio rig because there's more spank hitting the mics with less extraneous sound bouncing around the room.

But live isn't the same as the studio.
 
Mixing the SVT-410HE and SVT-210HE will probably not work well. Those cabinets are (in spite of their similar names) very different from each other. The 410HE is a sealed cabinet - half an 810 with rolled off lows, slightly growly low mids and limited excursion. The 210HE is basically half an 410HLF, vented cabinet with deep tuning, long excursion transducers and a bit shy in the upper mids.