[quote name='markdavid' post='514855' date='Jun 15 2009, 10:57 PM']I had a Hartke combo a while back , it wasn't the most powerful combo (100 watts I believe) but it was so punchy sounding, really punchy mids, coincidentally I also have an Ashdown combo (150 watts) which is nowhere as good as the Hartke , It must be something to do with the aluminium cone[/quote]
I don’t think it’s all to do with the driver – I’m not a fan of any of the Ashdown budget amps at all. They sound f***ing awful IMO. So with this in consideration, I’d say that any other brand of combo that’s of a similar wattage would be ‘better’ (louder, punchier, clearer, more usable tone, etc…) than any Ashdown equivalent. This, of course, is just my opinion.