Hi,
My thread title says it all...curious what's out there these days that's lightweight, but only relies on one type of driver per cab. 2x12, 1x15, 4x10 are the sizes I'm looking at, and I'd want to run two such cabs off of something lightweight-ish, like an Aguilar AG700 or something similar that can run two 4ohm cabs. The purpose of this is to create a mid-sized rig that sounds warm and familiar, takes drive and other pedals well, and ultimately that I can also fit in my car without having to go to storage to pull out the big rigs in flight cases.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Yours,
JMJ
I used one Eden EX112-4 cab for my small venue and two for my medium venue gigs in 2019. They are very small footprint and have a great sound. Reason their footprint is not as big as the Eden D-series 112 cabs is that they have a whizzer cone instead of a separate tweeter horn. Weight is 30¼-lbs. each.
The "whizzer cone" is a dual cone speaker. It has a smaller cone nested inside the larger cone. The smaller cone handles the highs and high-mids. I was skeptical about that, but a good friend of mine from the UK has gigged those for years and swears by them. I was only going to buy the one for use at a small brew pub where we hosted an open-mic night on Fridays 3 to 5 times a month. I got the 4 ohm version because I wanted to get the most out of the amp I was going to use. Here's a shot of that small-venue set-up:
It worked great. In fact I was so impressed with the sound that within a week I ordered a second one, also in 4 ohm. I couldn't use both of them at once with that little class D Eden TN226 amp (225-watts rms) but I had my main amp that is a dual powerblock amp capable of 400-watts @ 4 ohms per channel, or bridging into 8 ohms. So I just use my big amp and plug one into each side. These little 112's will handle 300-watts rms but they get loud enough for a medium-sized gig well before I get near that power handling rating. On a medium-sized venue, I typically run the master on my amp at 10 o'clock.
Here's a shot of the medium venue set-up with these. Notice that even though I turned them on their side (they are taller than wide), my amp still overhung the edges on it. Was plenty stable though even on top of a milk crate, which I sometimes use. You can see the smaller cone inside the larger one on this shot:
This is a good solution. Problem is that Eden has discontinued them and once their gone, there will be no more.
However, I am selling mine. I recently got accepted as a DNA (David Nordschow Amplification) Endorser and decided I would get the DNS-210 cab by DNA to use for both small and medium venues, reserving my DNS-410 for large, outdoor, and outdoor festival venues. So I no longer need these 112's and am selling them. They are just this month 1-year old and in great shape. If you plan on running both of them through a single-powerblock amp (just one power channel) you will need a 2 ohm capable amp to do so. Price is $185 each plus shipping.
Even though they are not on the "new" Eden site, you can still access info about them at the older site. Here's a link to the info:
EX112 | EDEN Amplification
In other words, gigs where I don't have a tech. I have what I need for big gigs already. Sorry, I'm very spoiled. I want like two cabs that are easy to schlep, then when paired with a good loud modern class D amp they are loud AF, never sizzly, and take pedals well. I also wouldn't mind if they were fun to record with, through all my old lower wattage tube heads from Ampeg, Sunn, & Traynor.
One of those two would unquestionably be my top choice!
