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Does vary from manufacturer to manufacturer as indicated here already - It's not just about the amount of air you can push - the enclosure has so much to do with it.

I have a Gallien-Kruger head pushing GK cabs - 115RBH and 210RBH - i.e. one 15 and 2 10's both bi-amped. Best of both worlds and you can then 'tune' the balance between the two if need be.
15" cabs will ever die out.

My main set-up I'm using for rehearsal & gigging is a Hiwatt 4x12 guitar cab (not the 4x12 bass cab with the folded port in the middle.) The speakers are Celestion 85 watters and were customized by a guy in Seattle at a tiny shop called 'Around The Sound.' He replaced the paper hinges of the speakers with canvas, and made the coils deeper to accomodate low-end response. This cab CRANKS and has amazing low-end clarity that is far superior to a lot of 4x10 cabs I've tried. For me, the 10" speaker was too brittle & small sounding, and the 15" didn't quite provide the tone & punch I was looking for.



What was crucial to achieving the sound I was shooting for was the proper match between amp & cab. So as many of you have stated, I'd also agree that if you're not satisfied with your sound overall, try different heads, too. I use an SWR SM-400 with my Hiwatt. I used to use an Acoustic 2x15 cab loaded with JBL's along with the Hiwatt, but it was stolen. That was my source for the "cathedral church organ" subs. Drag that I lost that cab, but I find that the line-in solution + the mic'd 4x12 works fine for gigs and recording.

Now then... that being said, I heard some amazing things about this particular set-up:



For more info:
http://www.philjonesbass.com/Products%20page.htm

That looks interesting!

I've been hearing good things about 12's, but haven't tried them yet.

I like 15s more for the overall tone than the low end. They have a nice snap to them, especially the old EVM15L (not 15B). The L go up to 6k. Geddy Lee's classic tone was all 15s for a LONG time. But, I also like 10s for the punch.
Having said that, I'm still amazed at the range of tones that come out of a vintage SVT 810 - including massive lows.
Folded horns are pretty dated technology for a stage rig. I leave that kind of stuff to the FOH system.
Here's my stage rig...

DSWP - is that an SVT III on top of the 410HLF cabs? I've got a friend running that rig, but the SVT III is not supposed to be run at less than 4 ohms and those are both 4 ohm cabs. Anybody else running a III at 2 ohms?

That being said......

I used to use this...



Now I have this...




I can't wait until THIS arrives!

Excellent choice Mr. Brown!

I thought the PJB cabnet was a photoshop spoof until I went to the site. Interesting.

Did you see the prices on the PJB stuff?

Dave - I agree on the SVT-410HLF. Nice tones but a back breaker! I don't move it more than I have to! And you have two. You have my sympathies - or, hire roadies!!

How this for a back breaker?

So that Ampeg cab is pushing 8 feet tall?

Looks more like 10' to me since that 8X10 is 48" by itself!

So does it require heavy equipment to move it around?

I do believe it comes with a fork-lift!