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#8,846
Downunderwonder said:
How about the odd one that kicked off the discussion?

Two10 @12 with One10.

Crude nominal number analysis is not a good look for the One10 hogging 2/3 of the power to itself. I think not so crude as to invalidate the red flag.
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It's a fairly pointless pairing - what you gain from having another speaker, you lose from less power going to the bigger cab with more speakers. So if you had an amp that's 300W into 4 ohms you'd get 300W into a Two10S @ 4 ohms. That equates to ~123dB.

Or Two10S @ 12 plus One10 you'll get about 300W too but split 200W into one 10CR and 100W into two 10CR. That's 118dB from the One10 and 118dB from the Two10S, that sums to ~124dB. A marginal gain.

Repeat that with a 600W amp @ 4 ohms and you'll get ~125dB from the Two10S @ 4 ohms, but the One10 only handles 250W so you'll get 119dB from that and 119dB from the Two10S @ 12 ohms so that sums to ~125dB - no gain at all because the One10 limits how much power you can push into the Two10S.

But if you have a 600W amp that runs down to 2.7 ohms then you'll get 124dB from the Two10S (400W) and 118dB from the One10 (200W) which sums to ~127.5dB.

NB: These figures are all pretty rough but hopefully they illustrate the point!
 
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#8,847
broncobenshea said:
What's your feedback? I just ordered a Two10s. What we're the guitars playing through?


Seems like a
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Single guitar through a 412. He actually had me turn down because I was too loud . Front of house was great, not sure how much they had me in the PA. Sounded great on the stage.

Curious as to if Alex and company would do a vertical 310 cab set to 2.67 ohms. Using the tougher finish the 12 series has would be nice too since the tolex isn't as rugged.
 
#8,850
Marty Forrer said:
3rdcurve I use three One10s and is just awesome. The beauty of it being modular is I play in four bands all of different genres, and varying from small coffee-bar type venues to big bars. I can pick from one to three cabs. My Genzler amp has a 2.67ohm switch so no problem.
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I wonder the Genzler sound would sound thru thru the Barefaced cabs vs the 12-3 arrays?
 
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#8,852
3rdcurve said:
Curious as to if Alex and company would do a vertical 310 cab set to 2.67 ohms. Using the tougher finish the 12 series has would be nice too since the tolex isn't as rugged.
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I think that would be far too niche a product - especially as a Two10S + One10 stack gets you that in a convenient modular form. We do offer the textured acrylic finish as a customisation on the 10CR models.
 
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#8,853
I'm currently without a Barefaced cab, but I'm considering the Super Compact once I decide to start gigging again. My current (and only) amp is a GK MB200. Would it provide enough power to the SC, or should I upgrade to something with more wattage?
 
#8,854
friskinator said:
I'm currently without a Barefaced cab, but I'm considering the Super Compact once I decide to start gigging again. My current (and only) amp is a GK MB200. Would it provide enough power to the SC, or should I upgrade to something with more wattage?
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You you be running 100 watts into an 8 ohm cab. I suggest something that would give you at least 250 watts into the cab.
Something with 500 watts. I run a TC electronics
Thrust 500. That gives me 250 watts into a 8 ohm barefaced bb2. Plenty of power to be heard over a band. Gk mb200 won't be enough to push the cab.
I also think that the lowest watt recommendations is 175
 
#8,855
friskinator said:
I'm currently without a Barefaced cab, but I'm considering the Super Compact once I decide to start gigging again. My current (and only) amp is a GK MB200. Would it provide enough power to the SC, or should I upgrade to something with more wattage?
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I'd need more wattage if you're going to play with a drummer that hits moderate to hard.
As far as class D amps go, I'm very fond of the voicing of Mesa WD-800 through all my BF cabs (BBII, Two10 and Super Twin).
The WD/ST combo is just about perfect for me.
The Quilter BB8 also works very well if you get your tone shaping from a pedalboard, or a pre amp or just like a clean uncluttered tone stack.
Personally, I don't think I could make a 200w (@4ohm) class D amp work for me in a full electric band setting if my cab was 8ohm.
 
#8,856
friskinator said:
I'm currently without a Barefaced cab, but I'm considering the Super Compact once I decide to start gigging again. My current (and only) amp is a GK MB200. Would it provide enough power to the SC, or should I upgrade to something with more wattage?
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I think the GK MB200 is underrated as far as power goes. You can probably try it but if it's not enough get something more powerful.
 
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'Action' shot from last nights gig. Cabs performed superbly as usual.
 
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