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What amp are you using?

I suggest setting your 2x12 up on a about a 2' stand and adding an adjustable HPF to your signal chain. Cut subsonic mud and stage boom, overcome poor venue acoustics, and get the mids closer to your ear. One you get this done, hear your rig FOH. I think you'll find that hits as hard or harder than a 4x10.

Another option is to eventually pickup another 2x12 and create a vertical stack. It'll kill.

 

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It's TB.

The 212 isn't particularly rare nor would it be hard to find if you decide the quad isn't doing it for you. Expensive lesson for sure but like you already said the RR has a couple pros over the 212 to you.

 

If you want to move from two 12s to four 10s, get a pair of 2x10s. Since discovering the many advantages of a vertically stacked pair of 2x10s I no longer have any interest in a 4x10.

 

if you keep the 212, will you be able to another head sooner?

is the 212 loud enough for your current use?

 

Keep the 2x12 and use your money to upgrade from that amp. Then you will forget about that cube.

 

If you are moving the cab around a lot, then the Road Ready 4x10 makes sense, assuming you can truly come out with $0 sum. If not, I'd keep the 2x12, save the $ to get the head you want and later pick up another 2x12 if you really need it (and if so, also invest in some serious earplugs... ).

 

well, there ya go - change to a new head

 

Your amp is definitely the weak link in the chain. You'll get way more out of upgrading to a really nice head. You can get Genz Benz Shuttle 6s for basically dirt cheap. GK 700RB is another great one for fairly cheap. If you have a low level GC Acoustic head, I'm guessing you're not touring, and if you're not touring, a cab with it's own flight case is not only completely useless to you, it's actually highly detrimental. I don't know what the weight difference is between the 2 cabs, but before the subway stuff, basically all the Mesa bass cabs were obscenely heavy, and the RR ones are probably the heaviest. I'm sure it's an awesome sounding cab, but I wouldn't buy it unless I had a need for something sturdy that was going to sit in a practice space but still sound good. As it is, I have a GB 410 XB cab and it was probably hundreds of dollars cheaper than that Mesa you're looking at, and likely 10-20+ pounds lighter (and the Genz is already heavy for a 4x10, but it sounds fantastic).

 

^^^This.^^^

 

Which one do you think sounds best? Let the anwer guide your decision.

 

4x10s move a LOT of air, but they tend to beam. My instinct is to think a 2x12 (such as the GK or SWR staggered style cabs) will have a more even coverage pattern, but there are many many variables that come into play for that.

If you carry the room a lot with your amp, I would most likely keep the 2x12 (after trying the 4x10 out to be sure). If you run into FOH and just use your amp for stage monitoring, the 4x10 could have some advantages.

 

I had a Powerhouse 2x12 for many, many moons. Loved that cab! If you like what it does & the way it sounds, know that a 4x10 will not reproduce that. You could try adding casters & case to it, & possibly be $$ ahead.

...or, use something I discovered. Folding hand truck. I won't go anywhere without it now.

 

NICE !

 

Could you get another 2x12? That would kill.

 

He's got a a $150 200w amp. He's not using all the cab he has right now. Adding more cab is not really a solution to an actual existing problem.

 

Yup.

We need him to post a New Amp Day.