Another Question About Matching an Amp Head with a Cabinet

#21
B-string said:
If you have POS cab or a guitar cab you like the mids from fine. Otherwise you are carting two cabs for the loudness of a single cab.
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first off,..i didnt mean to hijack this thread ...
...but all this stuff youre all saying.. is 'steering' my purchasing decision right now..
i can tell you that the low end going to my 210 cab, is making sound like ass...lol

anyway,..i have the peavey headliner 210 (8ohm) and the 115 headliner as well
i was about to get the corresponding head...
but someone rt now on CL, is selling the SWR WP 700 for $400
being that i think it will have a better tone than the Peavey, i dont want to pass it up...
and now you all got me confused on powering 2 cabs with one head....lol
i just want to make the right decision for a properly driven, TIGHT punchy tone for my 1976 Jazz Bass
 
#22
Juicyanalog said:
first off,..i didnt mean to hijack this thread ...
...but all this stuff youre all saying.. is 'steering' my purchasing decision right now..
i can tell you that the low end going to my 210 cab, is making sound like ass...lol

anyway,..i have the peavey headliner 210 (8ohm) and the 115 headliner as well
i was about to get the corresponding head...
but someone rt now on CL, is selling the SWR WP 700 for $400
being that i think it will have a better tone than the Peavey, i dont want to pass it up...
and now you all got me confused on powering 2 cabs with one head....lol
i just want to make the right decision for a properly driven, TIGHT punchy tone for my 1976 Jazz Bass
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you mentioned a Peavey and in the next breath you mentioned crossing over, which is about biamping and some Peaveys actually do biamping. Apparently you just threw out crossing over like some inconsequential buzzword. All cabs can do tight and punch if you eq less low bass to taste and give the strings a good thwack. You might prefer the tone of a vertically arrayed pair of the 210 for stage monitoring and room covering.
 
#24
Just to clarify an earlier post. From your amp to one cab should use one cable only. As you have two cabs, you can run a cable from the amp to each cab, or one cable from the amp to one cab, and a second cable from the first cab to the second (daisy chaining). Either accomplishes the same thing, your amp driving the two cabs in parallel.

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#29
Juicyanalog said:
first off,..i didnt mean to hijack this thread ...
...but all this stuff youre all saying.. is 'steering' my purchasing decision right now..
i can tell you that the low end going to my 210 cab, is making sound like ass...lol

anyway,..i have the peavey headliner 210 (8ohm) and the 115 headliner as well
i was about to get the corresponding head...
but someone rt now on CL, is selling the SWR WP 700 for $400
being that i think it will have a better tone than the Peavey, i dont want to pass it up...
and now you all got me confused on powering 2 cabs with one head....lol
i just want to make the right decision for a properly driven, TIGHT punchy tone for my 1976 Jazz Bass
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If your 210 sounds that bad it may be damaged. Does the 115 sound good on its own at the same loudness level?
 
#30
B-string said:
If your 210 sounds that bad it may be damaged. Does the 115 sound good on its own at the same loudness level?
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yup...but what youd expect from a 115 only...muddy highs & untight...
the 210 is fine on its own..until i try to push into somethings its not..lol (believe me, i can tell wen its a broken spkr lol)
and they both sound Frequecetically "complete" together... (< like that word i made up lol)
but theres an "untight" "woof" factor that i cant put my finger on...thus wanting to Biamp/Crossover
but ive been using the wrong head with these...so that could be the problem too...
thx
 
#32
Juicyanalog said:
yup...but what youd expect from a 115 only...muddy highs & untight...
the 210 is fine on its own..until i try to push into somethings its not..lol (believe me, i can tell wen its a broken spkr lol)
and they both sound Frequecetically "complete" together... (< like that word i made up lol)
but theres an "untight" "woof" factor that i cant put my finger on...thus wanting to Biamp/Crossover
but ive been using the wrong head with these...so that could be the problem too...
thx
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While bi amping can cut the lows from the 210 so you can drive it harder, it won't "fix" a sloppy 115 cab. The 115 will just be more "woofy".
 
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