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I recently bought a GK MB500 head and was looking for a cab. The GK Neo 212 IV is what I have in mind but well, something came along and I grabbed it because... well....maybe I am impatient :), will I live to regret?
A pretty good deal, I think, showed up for a DG 212NE so I snapped it, thanks to a generous return policy, I guess I don't have much to lose. I like DG stuff and I think my DK7 is a lot more flexible than just doing the "Metal" stuff (but it's hell good at it :bassist:). Seems the DG 212NE doesn't get much love but it may just be lack of exposure?

Any experience/opinions?
Also, is a 500W head driving a 1000W (rated, not sure about reality) too big of a mismatch?
 
I recently bought a GK MB500 head and was looking for a cab. The GK Neo 212 IV is what I have in mind but well, something came along and I grabbed it because... well....maybe I am impatient :), will I live to regret?
A pretty good deal, I think, showed up for a DG 212NE so I snapped it, thanks to a generous return policy, I guess I don't have much to lose. I like DG stuff and I think my DK7 is a lot more flexible than just doing the "Metal" stuff (but it's hell good at it :bassist:). Seems the DG 212NE doesn't get much love but it may just be lack of exposure?

Any experience/opinions?
Also, is a 500W head driving a 1000W (rated, not sure about reality) too big of a mismatch?


A DB212NE probably won't sound like a NEO 212. Maybe you will love the DB212NE and maybe you won't. Good luck!

Running a 1,000W amp into a 1,000W cab is more likely to result in damage than running a 500W amp into a 1,000W cab.

Often the power rating of a cab is based on the driver's RMS power rating. The RMS rating relates to how much heat the voice coil can safely dissipate. At 500hz the cab should be able to safely take the full 1,000W, without the voice coil burning out.

A more useful rating for bass cabs is the mechanical power rating. This relates to how far the cone can move in and out before it becomes damaged. The mechanical power rating comes into play under 100hz, where the speaker cones tend to jump around a lot more. How much the driver jumps around depend on how the driver and cab work as a system. Put the same driver in a different cab and the mechanical power handling may increase or decrease.

It's not unusual for a cab's mechanical power rating below 100hz to be 50% or less of the drivers RMS power rating. So running a 500W amp into a 1,000W cab means you are less likely to damage the drivers from over excursion.
 
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