210 trickery

[aende]

So,

I am using 2 x 210 cabs with a series cable - the cabs are 4 ohms each, but zapped together by the cable box to make 8 ohms. Effectively a 4 x 10 @ 8 ohm.

I am looking to add another cab and thinking about an 8 ohm 15" cab or possibly another 210, but running 8 ohm.

Will this work? What would a 6x10 made of 210 cabs actually sound like?

[barkin]

2 of 'em would get twice as much juice as the others. Apart from that...

[flyfisher]

Adding another 8 ohm cab in parallel will give you a 4 ohm load for the amp, so almost certainly OK (check the amp spec).

The power output will be split 50:50 between the 8 ohm cab and the two series 4 ohm cabs.

Keeping the maths simple, if the amp pushes out 100 watts at 4 ohms then the 8 ohm cab will 'see' 50 watts and the two 4-ohm-in-series cabs will also 'see' 50 watts, split evenly between them, i.e. 25 watts each.

No idea if it will sound better. Some would say that a 4x1 stack would be better than a 2x2 stack, so perhaps a 6x1 stack would sound better than a 3x2 stack (if a bit precarious!). Experimenting is probably the only way to find out for sure.

[Damonjames]

My matamp 610 sounds pretty awesome, but id be keen to see how this sort of setup worked out as I've considered adding either a 210 or 115 cab to it and run at 4 ohms

[Lozz196]

I`ve used a 410 & 210 together and they sounded great. Both at 8ohms, so each cab got the same watts, but techie-frowns & theory aside, the ears they did like.

[flyfisher]

It's the ears that really count!

[TimR]

Are you stacking the 2x10s vertically? That'll get them sounding their best and worth trying before adding yet more speakers.