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#68
What no one is accounting for here is that great minefield of mixed cabs, and yes it's a crapshoot:

What the interaction of a mismatched combination sounds like from five feet away can sometimes be fantastically different than what the interaction of the mismatched combination sounds like from 50 feet away. There's often some sound non-random science these days in cabinet design regarding pattern and throw.
 
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I really like the sound of my old Fender BXR300C. It only has one speaker in it. How can I tell if it's mismatched without looking underneath?

If I build an empty box that looks like a speaker cab to sit it on and look cool, and bigger, would that be bad?


How bad?
 
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#76
Mix
[miks]
verb (used with object), mixed or mixt, mixing.
1.
to combine (substances, elements, things, etc.) into one mass, collection, or assemblage, generally with a thorough blending of the constituents


I mixed my 15" cab with my other 15" cab this weekend. Sounded great.


mismatch
[mis-mach; for 2 also mis-mach]
verb (used with object)
1.
to match badly or unsuitably.

I think that's what you don't want to do with cabs. Mixing the 210 that you chose with the 15 that you chose...doesn't sound like you mismatched cabs, you just mixed cabs, and it worked out. :thumbsup:
 
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#77
I wanted a smaller cab to take to rehearsals. It turned out that stacked up sounded pretty damn good too. The extra volume not really necessary but nice to have a bit of extra headroom to use judiciously.

I tried biamping it and that sounds even better but not enough to warrant carrying all the gear. So I know they are not a perfect match. Therefore I always recommend perfect identical stacking when shopping for another cab to get loud. I am in the mixed cab police and I mix! No flies on me!
 
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#78
Coolhandjjl said:
To the folks who do mix cabs, what are you trying to accomplish?
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My situation: New to Bass, old to the world, no time to spend 10 years testing. Plus, I like to spend once, big and not waste any money "working up" to things.
Two Bass players who I know and love deeply, both used a 410+115. One, I played with for over 20 years and everyone, everyone says that band sounded great and that he's a bloody treasure.
Then I read this on the Sweetwater site where I bought my Bass (and received good service and advice):
For large halls, auditoriums, and open arenas, high-powered heads matched with a single or double cabinet will be required to get the job done. These mega-watt monsters can play loud and clean right down to the low E-string. If you need a rock-solid foundation that will be felt as much as heard, nothing beats a high-powered amp driving two 1 x 15″ cabinets or a single 2 x 15″. It's worth noting, however, that most manufacturers offer closed-back 4 x 10″ cabinets, which, when matched with a 1 x 15″, produce a wider frequency response that is favored by bass players who have active tone-shaping capabilities on the instruments.
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I checked and my Bass has active tone-shaping capabilities.

I hope that explains how and why I made the decision, even if you wouldn't have done that yourself.

Uninformed it may have been, but luck seems to have been on my side. I have not regretted it since, my stack sounds bloody marvelous.
 

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