most aggressive 15?

[Jazzdogg]

To my ears, the sound of a particular cabinet depends a lot on one's tonal preferences and the gear that's being used to drive it.

I haven't found cabinet recommendations particularly meaningful or helpful without dislosure of tonal preferences and allied gear - which is one of the reasons I value Ken Jung's feedback so much; his tonal goals are far different from mine, but his comments are provided within such a clear and consistent framework that I find his opinions particularly lucid and valuable.

I own a Dr. Bass 1580 that I've been pushing with a Carvin B1500, and although I like the combined sound I get when I stack the 1580 beneath my Dr. Bass 2460, I haven't been able to get "my sound" through the 1580 by itself; to my ears, with my gear, there's a lower-midrange "hole" in the sound provided by the 1580 that's been inescapable.

If I strung my basses with rounds and were a fan of upper-midrange emphasis and scooped lower-midrange, the 1580 might be just my cup of tea, but I play flatwounds with the treble rolled off, and I don't slap.

I just obtained an EA iAmp800, and I'm curious to hear what the 1580 sounds like when amplified by it - I might be pleasantly surprised and end up liking them together.

 

[RS]

+2, Bag End sounds like what you want.

 

[morebass!]

...The growl you hear from the 1502's as well as EV15L's is the driver going into overexcursion due to the short xmax and general lack of lowend response. Also known as cone cry.

Will - Interesting. Never heard of "cone cry" before but its a good descriptor. Driver distortion I guess. Can be very pleasing. Thanks.

 

[will33]

There's more to it, some of the pro's here can describe it further but yes, it's designed into guitar speakers on purpose. Sounds good to some bass players who like a little grit in their tone too. Plays clean at lower volumes and gets some grit or growl when you put more power to it, makes the speakers be kind of "overworked".