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#41
Ewo said:
Mr. Ed prolly woulda been a neigh-sayer...

(You gotta be of a certain age to get that one.)
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A cab is a cab
Of course, of course
And no one should ever mix cabs, of course
Because, of course
The sound is coarse
And your bass will sound like a$$
 
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#42
Zigman said:
So i have read a hole bunch of negative stuff posted on TB about mixing cabs. And i have read nothing but how big of a P. O. S the siesmic audio cabs are, well granted they are cheap, but i got the SA 210 4ohm put it ontop of my 115 black widow:mixing cabs:and a P. O. S , with my mark 6 head, and let me tell you this rig sounds very very good. Good tone good punch good volume and very clear at any volume . so dont allways be so quick to put something down untill u have tried it, just thought i would put that out their. Keep rockin
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Your premise is sound, but if you think about it, YOU haven't really "tried it."

Take that SA210 and put it on top of another SA210 and see if it doesn't sound louder and better. Then you can say you disagree and have the experience to back it up.
 
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#44
Downunderwonder said:
.....A lot of 410 on 115 users have never actually heard what the 115 is doing. They get a giant earful of a very much louder 410 and dig it immensely.
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This^

Their are two reasons people mix cabs: because they see other people doing it, or they want something their current cab isn't delivering. However, adding a 15 to a 410 does not add deeper bass. Adding a 410 to a 15 does not make for 'faster' sound (whatever that is).

Whether the result is better sound or not is always subjective. All one can say with certainty is that the results are unpredictable and it will produce 'different sound' than either of the cabs alone.

If you like your present cab, and your goal is to add SPL, a matching cab always wins. Always.
 
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#48
Zigman said:
Im not saying that mixed cabs are better than mached, all im saying is my current set up sounds pretty dam good, and mixed should not be ruled out
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(In my best Kung Fu Master voice) Grasshopper - Many things in life can sound good, the journey in life is to seek what sounds better and the destination is to find what sounds best. Now, snatch these cables from my hand!
 
#50
Whatever you do...DON'T mix a 410 and a 115 cab. According to TB, they will explode if you try to play through that combo of cabs. Never mind the fact that Doug Wimbish uses them to this day...he obviously paid a lot of money to a shaman to put some sort of witchcraft on his rig, allowing them to sound amazing. Everyone else...BOOM.

Also, I played in a band a couple years ago, and our singer invested in Seismic Audio PA speakers. They sounded great, and were much lighter than the Peaveys we used to lug around. I have no problem with SA stuff at this time. I'd go with them over Behringer ANY DAY, from a reliability/consistency standpoint.
 
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#51
I had a PF500 and a 115. Wanted another cab. Didn't NEED one, but, you know, gas....So I took my head and cab, and tried it with another 115HE. And then I tried it with a 210HE, first on the bottom, and then on the top. What I found was, for me, THAT 210HE on top of THAT 115HE was the best of THOSE three combinations. Some might agree, some might not, but that is the beauty of it, you have to find what works for you. And then rock the poopie out of it.
 
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#52
Coolhandjjl said:
This^

Their are two reasons people mix cabs: because they see other people doing it, or they want something their current cab isn't delivering. However, adding a 15 to a 410 does not add deeper bass. Adding a 410 to a 15 does not make for 'faster' sound (whatever that is).

Whether the result is better sound or not is always subjective. All one can say with certainty is that the results are unpredictable and it will produce 'different sound' than either of the cabs alone.

If you like your present cab, and your goal is to add SPL, a matching cab always wins. Always.
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I agree with this as a general rule if you're looking for the safe bet, specifically if you want louder with pretty much the exact same tone. However, if you expand "matching cab" to mean cabs with different sized drivers if the manufacturer designed them to be complementary, you can perhaps get the best of both worlds in terms of a tone and SPL improvement.

Good examples would be the Mesa Subway cabs where a 112 and 115 were meant to work well together and some of the Hartke XL gear (210 and 115 for instance) where they were designed to be used as a set. I will concede that in these cases you're likely to get more than just an SPL increase, as there will also be a different tone.
 
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