thinman Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 I'm currently using a BFM Omni 10 with a Hughes & Kettner head which I'm very pleased with. I was going to sell my Ashdown MAG 300 1x15 combo as I want a spare head (250-300w into 4 ohms) but wondered if I may as well build a sleeve for the MAG's head so I've effectively got a MAG 300 head rather than sell the combo (for £190-ish???) then buy another head. An obvious down-side is that I get an amp-less combo hanging around as I doubt a MAG head in a home-made sleeve will be worth much. I wonder that for the money I could get for the combo I might get me a better head than the MAG secondhand. I quite like valve pre-amps which the Ashdown doesn't have but the spare doesn't necessarily have to be a sound-alike. I'm sure someone here can put me on the right road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatbass787 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 I think in the past Ashdown may have supplied sleeves for people doing the same thing, gotta be worth e mailing them and asking as that would be the ideal solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowhand_mike Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 would be nice if they did but isnt the mag 1x15 combo narrower than the mag head? then the sleeve that they make would be too wide unless you didnt mind making some fillers for the gaps. and you could always cannibalise the speaker enclosure into a small extension cab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinman Posted May 13, 2008 Author Share Posted May 13, 2008 [quote name='lowhand_mike' post='197816' date='May 13 2008, 11:16 AM']would be nice if they did but isnt the mag 1x15 combo narrower than the mag head? then the sleeve that they make would be too wide unless you didnt mind making some fillers for the gaps. and you could always cannibalise the speaker enclosure into a small extension cab.[/quote] I think your 210 head is wider - it's got the vents each end which neither the separate head nor 115 have got. According to Ashdown's site there's 11mm difference in the overal width of the MAG 300 head and 115 combo which may be just case thickness differences. I'd probably make a sleeve anyway. Can't really use or need the 115 as an extension cabinet as my Omni 10 is 4 ohm and I doubt the Ashdown cab would keep up with it anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowhand_mike Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 i stand corrected, i should have looked first really :blush: and as you say your omni is 4ohm yeah the 15 would overate the amp. but would make sense to keep the amp as a backup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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