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What's the deal with Cab size combinations?
- Thread starter Ezmar
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billfitzmaurice
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- Sep 15, 2004
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Let's put the ball in your court: what's good about it?
Gee, there can't be more than a hundred of them...in the last month.
Kind of a newb here,but i thought it was good cause you have the 4x10 for mid high range and the 1x15 for lows.I am wrong?
Yep.
Not to be too much of a smartass but it's all in the sticky above there ^^ as well as several threads. If you still don't get it, come back and ask about what you don't understand.
its not like theres a big conspiricy behind cab companys to do this. its a good idea to keep sizes consistant aswell as power.
bill is a expert on this kinda thing
bill is a expert on this kinda thing
I had a 1x15 with a 4x10 setup for years and it sounded fine. I recently switched back to two 4x10 cabs. It's really a matter of personal preference.
1x18 is ideal. It rolls off every thing you don't want and kicks ass with what you do. 1x15 is OK, but 10" speakers don't reproduce bass frequecies at all......
nah, 18s are for midrange in my rig, I use 10s for the tweeters
nah, 18s are for midrange in my rig, I use 10s for the tweeters
holy tap dancing steve albini (my one true god)
it takes a different amount of power to push the 1x15 than it does the 4x10, basicly you'd be overpowering one cab to get the other to the volume you want it at. also, the different sizes dont do better (or worse) jobs of producing lower (or higher) frequencies, its all about how much air a cab moves
that being said, play what you want.
that being said, play what you want.
Six, count 'em, six EV 30" drivers, accurately reproduces the SF Bay Area 1989 Earthquake to within 0.5 Richter of the original 7.0
(btw, not my home stereo rig, just dreamin'
)nah, 18s are for midrange in my rig, I use 10s for the tweeters
I shall call you "Sir" from this day forward!! I'm not worthy!
fun to find stuff on Google Image, I must say
But think of it, just one of these 30" monsters and that's exactly the same as a 2-15........
Six, count 'em, six EV 30" drivers, accurately reproduces the SF Bay Area 1989 Earthquake to within 0.5 Richter of the original 7.0
(btw, not my home stereo rig, just dreamin'
damn. i would have tryed to rob you
the frightening thing to me is that EV actually published DIY plans for these things. IIRC it was a big old sealed box. And I think they may have actually marketed a home version of this thing called the "Emperor" or something like that back in maybe the 60s/early 70s 
he dropped it on his foot, lost curculation and was wating to get it amputated?
