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Pilgrim:

--- Quote from: Denis on August 04, 2009, 04:55:33 AM ---Terrific, thanks! Sure looks like I'll need it with all those EQ controls. I appreciate the infor on the W vs ohms as well. Since you've run a single 15 and a 4x10, it begs the question I've been meaning to ask: What would a 4x10 give me compared to a 4x12 or a 2x15? Since the Sunn sounds like it can handle anything I'd ever throw at it, what do the different speaker sizes offer?
Thanks for humoring a relative newbie!

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That's hard to answer since I haven't done a side-by-side.

I started years ago with a Fender 2x15 cab and liked the sound, but found it too much trouble to move around and I had one speaker that farted out.

I changed to a Peavey single 15, and that was very much like the 2x15.  That speaker let go but I replaced it with an Eminence which sounds just fine.  However, over time I found that I wanted more note definition than I was getting with the single 15. Was it the (Behringer) head I was using? I don't think so, I think my ear was becoming better educated.  About this time, I also started using more high end instead of playing with the bass knob rolled down on my instrument.  (I should note that although I'm learning to use a pick, I'm still a 100% fingerstyle player, so that affects the note definition.)

Last summer I went into GC during the July 4th sale and tried some 4x10's, having played a few at jams.  After some noodling, I found that the G-K Goldline 4x10 with the gold metal cones sounded more punchy and articulate in terms of note definition, but still had a very solid, consistent low end.  I liked it best of all the 4x10's they had.  The only drawback to the darn thing is that it's 90 pounds, but it's more compact than the 2x15 and has rollers, and is therefore a bit more practical to move.  I've never tried a 4x12, so I just can't comment.  

The 2x15 is an all-time favorite for Sunn players, so I'm not going to vote against it.  I figure that if I really need it, I can always bring the 4x10 and the single 15 to a gig and get the advantages of both.  But since I play in a surf band and we don't get very loud, I'm not sure that it will be necessary unless I just use both for the helluvit.

That's probably no help at all....

Denis:
Hahaha, actually it does help! This morning I threw a WTB ad on Craigslist to see if anyone has a Sunn 2x15 around here they don't need. Craigslist has been good to me!

Dave W:
IMHO no number of 10s can give you low end extension like 15s can.

gearHed289:

--- Quote from: Dave W on August 04, 2009, 09:38:12 AM ---IMHO no number of 10s can give you low end extension like 15s can.

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Have you tried, say eight housed in (4) individual, sealed cabinets?  ;D

I love the tone of 15s, and the punch and low end of multiple 10s.

rahock:

--- Quote from: Dave W on August 04, 2009, 09:38:12 AM ---IMHO no number of 10s can give you low end extension like 15s can.

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For that Sunn head, a nice Sunn 2 15" cab would be very sweet.That would be one of my all time favorite sounding rigs ;D.
 I've been a 15" speaker lover for decades and never really jumped on the 10" bandwagon.  The 10"s are great but you tend to need a boatload of them. The SVT cabs and a few others I really love but never wanted to haul around . I will say that some of the  2 12"  / 4 12" cabs with the newer speaker technology (like Eminence neos) are so good and so low you really don't miss the 15" bottom . There are dozens of 2 12" cabs out there right now that are as strong or stronger just about any 2 15" oldies.
Rick

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