Do you like mixing speakers...

[Omnipotent1]

I hate it mostly . Even my Uberkab . Everyone loves it but I only like wizards and Bogners through it . Everything else idk . I hate 75s

You take that back.. you love them & you love them good

 

[MadAsAHatter]

I agree that it's a great cab. If you only had the stock speakers, would you go with K100's up top or vice versa?

I tried it all 3 ways K100's on top, bottom, and X. With the T75's and K100's being pretty similar the differences in sound were pretty nuanced. I did notice the T75's seem to get buried a bit if they were on the bottom. I think the extended range and slightly more prominent mids of the K100 contributed to that.

 

[JohnnyGtar]

I tried it all 3 ways K100's on top, bottom, and X. With the T75's and K100's being pretty similar the differences in sound were pretty nuanced. I did notice the T75's seem to get buried a bit if they were on the bottom. I think the extended range and slightly more prominent mids of the K100 contributed to that.

Thanks!

 

[Omnipotent1]

So controlling… lol jk personally I love 75s & v30s but I let the amps decide which ones they like best. Sometimes it’s even the uberkab.. weirdest combo was the dual rec through a 1960b looked blasphemous but it actually sounded better than the OS/Traditional Mesa cabs. Go ahead let me have it:

 

[jabps]

And if so what is you preferred configuration?

This is in regard to live/in-the-room sound. Recorded tone doesn't matter as much.

I've mixed speakers over the years. While I don't have any ultimate favorite paring I have learned I only like mixing in top/bottom configuration in a 412. That translates to a vertical 212 for a smaller cab. My preferred method is to put the speakers I want to be dominant on top and speakers to "fill out" the sound on the bottom. My secondary config is putting quieter speakers on top so they don't get lost.

I don't like an X pattern. Yes, it blends the two speakers together better, but that's only if you're standing right in front of the cab. I find there's too much change in sound walking across the room.; or even just stepping slightly to one side or the other. It throws me off. Top/Bottom has a more consistent sound regardless of where I stand. It's also the reason I hate mixing speakers in a horizontal 212. The change in sound as I move around is too inconsistent.

For me it depends on what you like to hear. I do think the cab build has an affect as well. I've had mixed cabs that I didn't like and mixed that I do like.

My main cab, a Bogner OS 2x12 is a mix of V30 and Anni 30. Sounds great. Best sounding cab I ever heard in my life was a Mojave 4x12 with GB's on top and Annis on the bottom. I replicated that same setup in a Splawn 4x12 and it sounded like ass. However I don't like the 75's and GB's mixed and yet that is one of Bogners offerings in their cab. Bogner and Splawn build great cabs so go figure.

I think if I was to mix a 4x12 though I'd do top and bottom vs the X for the very reason you stated above.

 

[dave74]

My favorite live/rehearsal 412 is a 2000 mesa straight-slant rectifier with those old basket-stamped V30s,,,,,,,, combined in an X-pattern with a pair of 8ohm k100s.
I wired the cab in the most super simple 8ohm mono-jack method. I think the stew-mac diagram listed it as series-parallel.

For really dialing in the midrange detail I think my stock 2011 rectifier straight is the best. That is definitely the one I would use as a studio cab.

 

[mentoneman]

I'll bet that would be great for recording to have 4 tonal options in 1 cab.

my old bogner cab which i used live in Cali morphed from an uberkab, eventually configured like so:

never experienced phase weirdness live and it sounded great clean or dirty. i normally miced the gh30 but would change from time.

 

[anomaly]

I don't. I think mixing speakers tends to sound kinda phasey. When they're all the same speaker type it sounds more direct and in your face to my ears.

 

[thegame]

Only when the different speakers are in separate cabs.

 

[7704A]

I liked it when I mixed a Sheffield 1290 with a Marshall G12 Vintage in a half-empty 4x12.

 

[Techdeth]

You take that back.. you love them & you love them good

You know I hate them lol

 

[stephen sawall]

I don't like X pattern.

I usually mix Vintage 30 with whatever.