New Ampeg VB-88 Cab!

[bassace97]

Seems ampeg has released a lightweight 810. Interested to hear this given its ported and has a HF driver.

https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2024/04/02/ampeg-announces-the-venture-vb-88-bass-cabinet/

[BassmanPaul]

That's an 8x8" cabinet not an 8x10.  I've played through an 8x8 cabinet, Traynor, and it handled the Low B on my six string just fine. LOL

 

[bassace97]

Interesting, seems several places reporting on this thought it was an 810 as well. Hoping there will be demos soon!

[Lozz196]

Makes me very envious of those able to cart such gear around, would love one of these but sadly reading about them is at the top end of my limits now.

[Bill Fitzmaurice]

I wouldn't go hopping on that band wagon. If loaded with premium 8 inch drivers the total cone displacement will be perhaps 1000cc. Four tens of equal quality would have 900cc of cone displacement, which is close enough to call it even. The response of the eights might be a bit better in the highs, but by placing them side by side much of that advantage is lost to comb filtering. That side by side placement also loses midrange off-axis response compared to vertically arrayed tens. Tens of equal quality will go lower than eights. A pair of two tens is a smaller arrangement, and you can leave one of them at home when you don't need both. IMO all things considered those considering one should reconsider.

[shadven]

On 03/04/2024 at 17:47, Lozz196 said:

Makes me very envious of those able to cart such gear around, would love one of these but sadly reading about them is at the top end of my limits now.

67 lbs. Not prohibitive in my book.

[Lozz196]

You’re very fortunate, given the state of my back 30lbs is now my limit.

[lemmywinks]

Costs £1.6k, weighs 30kg, is 116cm tall and performs about the same as a 4x10 or a pair of 2x10/2x12 cabs. Kinda get what they're going for RE the visual aspect but surely the whole point of an Ampeg fridge is that it's massive? Having the Spinal Tap Stonehenge version isn't quite the same IMO.

[Bolo]

On 04/04/2024 at 00:10, Bill Fitzmaurice said:

I wouldn't go hopping on that band wagon. If loaded with premium 8 inch drivers the total cone displacement will be perhaps 1000cc. Four tens of equal quality would have 900cc of cone displacement, which is close enough to call it even. The response of the eights might be a bit better in the highs, but by placing them side by side much of that advantage is lost to comb filtering. That side by side placement also loses midrange off-axis response compared to vertically arrayed tens. Tens of equal quality will go lower than eights. A pair of two tens is a smaller arrangement, and you can leave one of them at home when you don't need both. IMO all things considered those considering one should reconsider.

The arrangement is identical to the 810 so they'll suffer from the same, but now you're suddenly pitting them against different configurations that imo don't serve the same purpose or crowd.

 

If one would compare apples to apples then have a look at the glorious SWR Henry the 8x8.

[Bill Fitzmaurice]

They do suffer from the same shortcomings. If you must have that driver arrangement AFAIK the only manufacturer that does it the right way is Barefaced. The purpose of any bass cab arrangement is to provide a desired low frequency output with wide midrange dispersion. A pair of quality 2x10 or 2x12 vertically stacked will beat an 8x8 in both those regards.