Two Ampeg SVT-410HLFs???

[earsplit]

I play in a doom metal band and we're rather noisy. I've been having trouble keeping up volume-wise, and I'm looking to add more speaker area.

I'm currently using a Sunn 300t into an Ampeg SVT410-HLF.

The Sunn goes down to 2 ohms, so my options are as follows:
1) Get an 810 (or even two???)
2) Get another SVT 410HLF

The 410 is boomy to begin with, which I love for the doom, but would two be too much? Which of the rigs would be most crushingly loud?

Let me know your opinions... Thanks!

 

[JimmyM]

if you like the 410hlf, the 810e would probably not be your thing. so i'd probably go two hlf's in a vertical stack.

 

[SVTDOUBLEBUCK]

if you like the 410hlf, the 810e would probably not be your thing. so i'd probably go two hlf's in a vertical stack.

+1, very good idea, the lows on that cab are amazing, get another HLF you can't go wrong!

 

[BASSKADET]

I had a 410 hlf and I didn't find it boomy.

 

[MasterBass!]

I sold my 2 SVT-810's for a pair of SVT-410 HLF's and couldn't be happier!! Plus...you have the ability to use just one cab if the gig is small.

 

[earsplit]

I sold my 2 SVT-810's for a pair of SVT-410 HLF's and couldn't be happier!! Plus...you have the ability to use just one cab if the gig is small.

How is the volume of the 2 HLF's vs the 2 810s? Do you kick them back?

Thanks guys... time to scour craigslist for a bit...

 

[JimmyM]

hlf is a little less loud but that is the price for having that big low end. i seriously doubt you will find volume much of an issue either way, though.

 

[Engine207]

I sold my 2 SVT-810's for a pair of SVT-410 HLF's and couldn't be happier!! Plus...you have the ability to use just one cab if the gig is small.

I was thinking about Ampegs and was wondering the same thing. Other than the flexibility/portability of using just one 410 (if that's all you need), what are the up/downsides of stacked 410s vs. an 810?

Also, what are the essential differences between the 410he, 410hlf, and 410hln? If I decide to go 2x410, is one of the three better than the other for this application? What about combining? Thanks!

 

[RickenBoogie]

The difference between an 810 and THOSE particular 410's is that the 810 is a sealed cab. and the 410hlf is ported. That makes a HUGE difference.

 

[Williamsburgjim]

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20739

Also, remember the he is 8ohm while the hlf is 4ohm.

Jimbob

 

[SVT2PRO-PE#93]

ive been on the same dilemma, ive had a 410he and paired it with the first 8 ohm 410 i could find for dirt cheap. (hartke) ive been looking to replace the hartke and getting a matching HE,but recently ive been wondering about getting 2 hlf's....
so does anyone have first hand knowledge of what the tone, volume, and feel differences between stacked he's and stacked hlf's are? any recommendations as to getting another he or seeking 2 hlf's?

 

[Anthbass]

hlf is a little less loud but that is the price for having that big low end. i seriously doubt you will find volume much of an issue either way, though.

This. I tried a 2 X 410HLF stack powered by a Peavey Classic 400. Not my sound, but jayzuz, it did move some air. Seemed to me to be just the ticket for some righteous doom.

 

[SVT2PRO-PE#93]

This. I tried a 2 X 410HLF stack powered by a Peavey Classic 400. Not my sound, but jayzuz, it did move some air. Seemed to me to be just the ticket for some righteous doom.

not so much for the rock - pop/rock genres? 2 sealed 410's would be more the ticket??

 

[rbonner]

The SVT-410HLF moves a ton of air. It is almost as loud as an 810 and has more bottom end. When I was playing my HLF from 10 feet away I could feel the air blasting out of the thing and waving my pants.

A pair with a say something like my 4PRO's running one to each channel would be phenominal...

With 8 cabs currently here... I've compared my 410HLF with the 810's and the 215's and it is the highest performance cab per size and power of the three.

A pair of SVT-410HLF's (don't mistake B410) would be great.

Too bad you are so far away as I would love to sell my 410 as I'm selling off all the cabs and doing much larger cabs here.

BOB