Ashdown ABM 115 Cabinet

Have a 15 "plus a 4x10, while the ABM with a head ABM300 evo II English.

SOUNDS

'm No sound engineer, but it is the sound that I love ... and my favorite Ampeg is, everyone's tastes

OVERALL OPINION

I bought this cab because I wanted a 4x10 over a 1x15 ... I still use them together ... until the day I go to a gig in a squat, I only took the 15 " ... and coincidentally, I was the only one to have an amp that day ... well, everyone played on until late at night ... as we had played the night before, I did not stay up late, and I got the stuff the next day ... result, a grilled mess ...
I replaced it with a celestion (after having contacted Ashdown, who told me that it shall cost me less to do that rather than have it delivered an ashdown from home) ... so, the Celestion is a bit has better ... yes, for information, the ashdown cabinets are guaranteed ... but not HP! You can grill your timber crib!

I will speak of my complete setup:

- ABM 500 EVO II (575W, with tube preamp, EQ and sub-octave)
- ABM 410 (subwoofer 650w into 4 ohms, with 4x HP 10-inch + tweeter)
- ABM 115 (subwoofer 300W into 4 ohms, with 1x HP 15 inches).

2 years, I use an ABM 500 EVO II, connected to a ABM410 and a ABM115.
The three are connected in a daisy chain, the receiver does not have two exits, but both chambers have two jacks in parallel 6.35 (a Speakon connector is also available at the rear).

I had to pay all around 1600 euros, having listened carefully to various combinations Ampeg / Hartke.
It is mostly the roundness and warmth of the amp that I was seduced perhaps, I admit, the sub-octave system, allows to add a (small or large) pinch of serious issues of octave below the treble strings.

The ABM 500, the possibility of adding a tube preamp from the grain can make the sound more aggressive. It's strange, but it's the opposite of what feeling on my audiophile tube amps (which sound much rounder and warmer than a transistor amp.

If the configuration ABM500 + ABM410 enough (I usually limit the movement of these two monsters), reinforces the ABM115 really well in infrasound.

As one would expect this level of benefits, no vibration noise, nothing but deep bass and powerful. Not to be used only behind an amp, but as a complement to reinforce the bass ABM410 The tweeter has a central (not available to the ABM115), which has a real function in the reproduction of the attack of the strings and in the dynamics of sound.

A flawless finish (weight confirmed) - the envelope is even buffalo leather!

SOUNDS

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OVERALL OPINION

Not having had the opportunity to connect to a configuration better than mine, I think I would do without a doubt the choice.