Loudest vertical double 210 (or 212) stack?

[MultiScaleMale]

Don't hold your breath. OTOH, I have yet to trial any of the newer designs but none appear to embrace the desired conventional 2 X 10 format. As you've guessed, I also run two Acme B-2's powered by either an XLS 2500 or Epifani 1000 as the cabs scream "...bring it on, *****!".

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Riis

Yeah, it won’t happen. I had a rack and a Carvin DCM power amp. Then class D happened and Neo speakers.

 

[Rimshot]

+1 on the Mesa 210s.

 

[MultiScaleMale]

+1 on the Mesa 210s.

+2 on the Mesa

 

[cromag31]

hear ya go!

 

[SactoBass]

Opinions seem all over the map on this so to narrow it down, let's define "loud" as:

Loud: noun. The ability to keep up with two guitarists and a drummer playing ZZ Top and Black Keys covers and never miss your old Ampeg 810.

Looking to downsize/go modular but still bring that mid presence and vintage sealed cab tone and volume.

J-Dub: if you are seeking the sealed cab vibe, and if you like the idea of stacking a pair of 212 cabs vertically (giving you four 12" sealed speakers in a vertical arrangement), an option worth considering is getting a pair of Bergantino NV212T cabs. Each 400-watt cab is 8 ohms so a stacked pair would be a 4 ohm load. If you were to pump enough wattage into that stack, you could easily blow the two guitarists and the drummer off of the stage with a gentle twist of the volume knob.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

You said you like the 810 sealed cab sound. Surprised @JimmyM hasn't dropped by. I'll bet he'd know a couple good Ampeg 210 cabs to give you that sound.

 

[baxter_x]

I'm interested in this thread as I might consider lightening a little bit m rig, especially cabs.
I own two SWR Goliath III. Love everything about them, but a bit heavy to move around.

I'll bet he'd know a couple good Ampeg 210 cabs to give you that sound.

A couple of 210 will give the sound of an 810 without any compromises?

 

[alexclaber]

All else being equal, which is a problem as it never is, the loudest cab is the one with the most driver displacement. Catch-22: only Barefaced publishes their driver displacement, and even they don't for their tens

It's about 250cc for the 10CR250 driver (the clue is in the name! )

 

[MTN.bass72]

Opinions seem all over the map on this so to narrow it down, let's define "loud" as:

Loud: noun. The ability to keep up with two guitarists and a drummer playing ZZ Top and Black Keys covers and never miss your old Ampeg 810.

Looking to downsize/go modular but still bring that mid presence and vintage sealed cab tone and volume.

Greenboy Audio Fearless F212.. you won't be disappointed

 

[drpepper]

Looking to downsize/go modular but still bring that mid presence and vintage sealed cab tone and volume.

Certainly not the loudest, but a completely capable setup the meets these criteria would be a pair of TCE RS212s.

Compact, modular, and bringing mid presence and vintage sealed cab tone are precisely what the RS cabinets were designed to do.

I ran with two RS212s for some time, and actually ended up going with a single most often.

 

[CapnSev]

A couple of 210 will give the sound of an 810 without any compromises?

Everything less than the 810 is going to be a compromise somehow.

 

[alexclaber]

Everything less than the 810 is going to be a compromise somehow.

Well...

 

[songwriter21]

It's amazing as to how many people have not discovered the company, Flite. I had them custom-make me a 12" with a mid driver and horn, with selectable settings for the latter two parts, and it CRUSHED...one of the best cabs I've ever had. It's was also STUPIDLY light.

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[Rick James]

It's about 250cc for the 10CR250 driver (the clue is in the name! )

So that's about twice the displacement of the average ten, making your 210 able to go as loud as the average 410. That fact shouldn't need a decoder ring to figure out. It's way past time that every cab have its driver displacement listed. Who would buy a car not knowing the cc displacement of the engine? Unless it's a Tesla.