Positioning cabs

[zenfascist]

Does the way the cabs are stacked really affect the sound? I know you're supposed to have the bigger speakers on the bottom, but is it that big of a deal?

[tylytle]

I have seen a lot of players put a 15 on top of a 410.

[james on bass]

Can't say for sure, though I always seemed to follow conventional wisdom as well when I also had a 1x15 cab. I'm of the opinion that my cab should always be on the stage floor for extra resonance through the stage, while others believe you should raise the cab off the ground so it's closer to your ears.

[zenfascist]

Well, the reason I'm asking is because I have a 2x15 with weird dimensions (14"Dx21"W) and I can't seem to find a 2x10 with dimensions that match. They're all too deep.

[Ole Man Blues]

A 15" should always go on the bottom to increase resonance. If you have hollow spots under the stage raise the cab off the floor a few inches............from my experiences...........

 

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[Adrenochrome]

Generally most people do have the smaller drivers on top for 2 reasons.

1- the brighter cab is nearer your ears which helps you to hear yourself onstage

2- the soundwave from the smaller drivers generally develops nearer the speaker than larger drivers.

[Darkstorm]

Put the larger cab on the bottom. Simply cause that means you wont have big cab tipping over cause its tryng to balance on top of smaller cab.

 

 

Only the following things affect speaker sound in regards to positioning:

 

 

1. Closer to the wall the speakeris the more bass will be accented. This is esp true if its in a corner angling out. If you have a port in the rear of the cab this problems amplifies except if the cabs so close that the port is blocked. Generally you can use the same placement guides as you would for home stereo speakers for best sound. >If near a corner have it farther away from the side wall then it is from the rear wall. If needing more bass, have cab closer to rear wall. If wanting the cabs more balanced sound, ha cab at least 1 ft away form rear wall and at least foot and half away from side wall. This also helps stereo imaging but isnt practicle to do in many small rooms.

 

2. Angling cabs where one faces a little toward the left and another a little toward the right can help project the sound more evenly to audiance. Placing one cab more toward the right side of stage and the other more toward the left side of stage is another way to improve sound projection to the audiance.

 

 

3. Woofers, and 15" cabs are ussually underneath the other speakers cause closer to ground

 

 

can help boost bass responce some, same as putting cab closer to rear wall. Though many highend speaker cabs design them with woofer further from floor so reduce this artificial bass boost to acheive more uncolored sound.

 

 

4. My eden nemesis 15" cab actuallyhas more balanced sound then the 2 tens with tweeter in the 210 nemesis combo. It emphasizes bass a little more then the 15" ext cab even with it on top of the 15 cab. If the combos controls where in front instead of on top of it, I could put the 2x10 underneath the 15. Cause the combo weighs more then the ext cab, that would be sensible for heaviest on bottom. However I'd not like the added bass boost that would give the combo when useing it with the ext cab.

[mistermike]

I had the same problem, my 15 was smaller than my 4X10. I always ran the 15 on top so I couldn't say if it sounded different either way.