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Please recommend me a smaller cabinet for Acoustic 360 preamp

I'm building an Aionfx Acoustic 360 preamp, and I'd like to find a cabinet for it. I could ask a carpenter to build an Acoustic 301 clone and feed it a power amp, but I'm also interested in a smaller option. I understand that it won't sound exactly like a 301, but I'd like it to play well with the preamp.
For a medium-sized option, I wonder if I could build something like 361M, or would the 406 2x15 be better? From impulse responses I find I prefer the 406 to many other cabs such as the 402.
For a compact option, maybe a small combo (with power-amp in) would work better than a power amp and a small cab? I already own a Roland PM-10 electronic drum amp, but I'm interested in a more bass-specific cab design, such as the SVT Micro or the Hartke Hydrive.
 
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You're building a preamp, what will you use as poweramp?
If I don't go the powered cabinet route (such as the Roland PM-10), I may either get a Class D module, or the "effect return" of an existing amp head. Note that I've been ampless for a few years, so I don't own an amp head except the Roland.
For medium to large I may get an Acoustic 320 available in my city. For small I may use the Aux In of a Micro-CL (or Mini 260), or the effect return of a 25W Portaflex valve amp kit. Both of the non-Micro options also include a very nice preamp for when I want a non-Acoustic-360 flavour.
 
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