Ashdown Abm Wih Abm 410 + Mag410 ?

[callingltu]

Hi,

I am thinking of buying ABM 500 head and abm 410 cab, but recently i got veary good offer for mag 410cab. Would this improve the sound or not? If i connect head to abm 410 and mag 410 cab? And will i be able to play on max sound with those two cabs? i know that mag is 350w, but still i connect two cabs will they share the wattage in half?

Thanks

[DirkThrust]

It would be perfectly safe to use both cabs together providing they're both 8 ohms. They would share half the wattage as you say.

Whether it would be desirable to do so is another matter. If you like the Ashdown sound then the ABM500 + ABM410 would be a very powerful, bassy sounding rig.

Do you need the volume of 8 10" speakers? If you do then there is no reason not add the MAG except that the MAGs are budget speakers and won't sound as good as the ABMs so you'll be detracting from the overall sound quality by adding the MAG.

In practise though, if you like the sound then that's all that matters.

[danhkr]

The advantage of using two (8ohm) cabs is that you'll be running the amp at 4ohms which means you'll get the full 575 watts of power out of the amp. Using just one (8ohm) cab will reduce the power somewhat, although as AndyMartin says, it'll still be loud enough for most 'usual' gigs.

Really the issue is down to whether you think the extra power and headroom is worth the expense and the lugging around of an extra cab.

[callingltu]

Thanx for you replies. I think I'll buy both cabs, because i was offered to buy mag 410t for about 100$ so it's almost nothing Extra cabinet wont do any harm
Btw how do you think i should put mag on abm cab or oposite?