NJE Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Hey all, I have been offered a eden CXC110 combo for £600 should be around £750 normally supposedly. I cannot play this amp as it is some way away but have the option to send it back if I am not 100% satisfied but just wondered if anyone had any experience with this combo. The situation is I want something different and smaller than my current Ashdown ABM300 and ABM 4x8 cab. I have always read great things about eden and have always wanted one but do not have the budget for the big stuff. I was thinking about pairing this with a Eden 2x10 or aguilar 112 for bigger stuff and on its own for practice although from what I have heard it does alright on its own with a band in a medium venue. I play five string in a rock band but we usually have PA support live and only play smaller venues. I was just wondering what other folk would do? worth a stab? It is not the brand new series it is the older discontinued model but is new old stock hence the price I guess. Here is a pic: [attachment=28577:zoom_cxc110.jpg] Comments/advice/suggestions welcomed. Cheers Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 [quote name='NJE' post='536688' date='Jul 9 2009, 06:49 PM']Hey all, I have been offered a eden CXC110 combo for £600 should be around £750 normally supposedly. I cannot play this amp as it is some way away but have the option to send it back if I am not 100% satisfied but just wondered if anyone had any experience with this combo. The situation is I want something different and smaller than my current Ashdown ABM300 and ABM 4x8 cab. I have always read great things about eden and have always wanted one but do not have the budget for the big stuff. I was thinking about pairing this with a Eden 2x10 or aguilar 112 for bigger stuff and on its own for practice although from what I have heard it does alright on its own with a band in a medium venue. I play five string in a rock band but we usually have PA support live and only play smaller venues. I was just wondering what other folk would do? worth a stab? It is not the brand new series it is the older discontinued model but is new old stock hence the price I guess. ..................... ...................[/quote] Wouldn't be my choice at that price... I'd use a 2x10 or 1x12 wih a view to doubling up the cabs at some point..so could end up running 2 1x12 or 2 2 x10 for example.... My route would 2 1x12 Auguila cabs to replace the Ashdown cab...and then save to get a better amp and then sell the Ashdown. Might even consider the EBS stuff on here F/S.. but I do think you should try whatever you buy...if you can't demo the Eden, then look elsewhere...and that applies to any amp/cab IMV.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 For a single speaker cab I wouldn't go under 12 inch and £600 could get you much, much more than this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJE Posted July 9, 2009 Author Share Posted July 9, 2009 You have both confrimed my thoughts, I think I just needed to hear it from someone else. Its a nice looking thing but I need more power and more than a 1x10. I am curently pestering a few folk on here about some gear so think I will leave it for now. Cheers for your help, this is why i love coming on here. Many thanks, Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endorka Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 To offer a slightly different point of view, I have owned one of these, I think for over 4 years now, and I would not necessarily be so quick to dismiss it. It's a very flexible amp, you can easily remove the amplifier section which works perfectly as a standalone unit. The amplifier is hugely configurable, has tons of inputs/outputs, and works well with acoustic pickups - a very well thought out device. On a recent tour I put the amp in a rack case, and used the 1x10 speaker combined with an Eden d112xlt for amplifying my double bass and bass guitar, and the sound was great. Tons of power; I hardly had the volume dial turned at all. My only concern nowadays would be that technology has moved on a bit, and you can get similar stuff that weighs less, although I think the amplifier section still stands against current competitors. It's slightly more powerful modern equivalent, the wt405, retails at £735 - and that's the amp alone; [url="http://www.basscentre.com/bass-amps/eden-wt405-bass-head.html"]http://www.basscentre.com/bass-amps/eden-w...-bass-head.html[/url] Other than the slightly lower power, the wt330 is the same, and for £600 you're effectively getting a free 10 inch speaker :-) In your shoes I'd try to barter down from £600. Jennifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhk Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 (edited) Worth having a look at is the `beeps` rig for sale currently .Eden metro combo plus Eden 2 x 10 xlt cab for £800.More power,more versatile and much better value than your prospective purchase if you can strech that couple of hundred quid further.As a metro owner myself i cant praise these combos high enough!! Edited July 24, 2009 by jhk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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