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Madison ML810

insomniac2295

insomniac2295

Dec 12, 2007
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Minneapolis, MN
#1
I've kinda been cruising around looking for a modestly priced 810 that gets a relatively low frequency response. I play B-F#-B-E-A and right now I play through a Peavey 810TVX which goes down VERY low for an 810, it just doesn't handle the power that my Fender Bassman 300 is throwing at it and the volumes that I operate at. That's why I was looking at the Madison ML810 because it goes down just about as low as my Peavey, but handles WAY more watts(1600 MORE watts to be exact).

What do you guys think? Am I making a bad choice by switching to Madison? I've heard good and bad things about them. Anybody have some of their gear that would like to pass knowledge?

Thanks
 
#4
The maximum wattage rating lets you know approximately when the voice coils are going to melt and the speakers cut out all together.

Have you had total cut-out failure from your Peavey's from the wattage? I highly doubt it.

If you're talking about farting out at high levels as being "not able to handle the power" I would suspect the Peavey's are pretty much up there with other mid-level quality manufacturers and I would be highly suspect that the Madison's wouldn't fart out at about the same point.
 
#5
I haven't used the 810 but playing a low B through my Madison 410 doesn't work out very well - it's kinda midrange-heavy and the low end just gets lost. I've moved to using it for my church rig where the midrange bump allows me to be more articulate against our keyboard player. I'm not a big fan of that cab for rock, though.

On the flip side, I love my Madison 210's. I use them individually for practice and currently run them as a pair for live gigs - they have more low-end push than my single 410 by far. I'm planning to put basslites in my Madison 115's soon to get more boom (and reduce them to 4ohms) and match them with the 210's for a low-cost rig with a broad spectrum of sounds.
 
#7
Visirale said:
I haven't heard anything good about Madison. May be similar to behringer quality... I wouldn't spend my money on one. Your peavey should be a lot more dependable and of a higher quality, IMO.
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I've owned both and the Madisons SMOKE anything from Behringer. I did an A/B between my Madison 210 and a friend's Avatar 210 and they were VERY similar. The Avatar had slightly stronger upper mids thanks to the Eminence speakers but a bit of EQ cleaned that up. The tweeter in the Madison is a touch less brittle and mixes a bit smooter than the Avatar as well IMHO.
 

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