ThomBassmonkey Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 (edited) I received my order of a 210RBH yesterday and a few things have struck me about it. It sounds ACE. Seriously good. It looks the business, the tilt back is a great feature and it's a good size to fit in cars and under pianos (out of the way at home). Unfortunately there's some bad points. It weight about 8 tonnes and because it's only a 2x10, it has no casters (which all the bigger models have). Also the handles are placed length ways, so it's awkward to lift with two hands and a pain in the shoulder with one hand. It starts to distort fairly early in the volume on my 700RB-II. Before halfway. I don't know if it's loud enough because I've not tried it in the context of my band yet (will be having a practice tomorrow and I'll see how much headroom there is there). It does seem loud but I don't know if it's loud enough to give me some headroom to play with. Basically, as a preliminary question, if it's not loud enough (the weight's less of an issue) I'll be thinking about moving to a Neo 212 (I'd love to stay with GK because of the bi-amp system and apart from the 210RBH, Neo 210 and Neo 212, the rest are way out of budget (not interested in the 115RBH), as much as I'd love a 410RBH. The 200 extra w handling should mean that I have more headroom to play with and it's a tad lighter. I've heard various things about the tone from the Neos being a bit different to normal cabs though. Can anyone shed any light on the differences? There's an Eden dealer in Derby so I might pop over to them to have a look at the NSP410 too, so any other suggestions will be welcome (though please try and suggest places around the Midlands if you can that stock them as I don't want to buy blind). Edited February 17, 2010 by ThomBassmonkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussFM Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 I never tried an RBH, but my old Neo212 (now owned by Josh) gave me way more volume on stage than anything else I'd played, and a crisp, clear tone. Can't go wrong with them in my opinion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomBassmonkey Posted February 17, 2010 Author Share Posted February 17, 2010 (edited) [quote name='RussFM' post='748805' date='Feb 17 2010, 07:04 PM']I never tried an RBH, but my old Neo212 (now owned by Josh) gave me way more volume on stage than anything else I'd played, and a crisp, clear tone. Can't go wrong with them in my opinion![/quote] I've heard things about them sounding a bit synthy (all Neos, not specifically the GKs). Does that make any sense? Also just noticed that the Neo 410 is only about £40 more than the 212 on Thomann (with casters). Might be worth going with that instead if I decide to try the Neos. All this might be in vein though if I feel that the 210 is loud enough at practice. We shall see, but I'll keep looking so my options are open. Edit: just noticed the 212 goes lower. Bah, why's there nowhere in the midland that stocks these? It'd be so easy if I could just try the buggers. Edited February 17, 2010 by ThomBassmonkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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