What do you prefer, straight or slant cabs? and why?

[Young Angus]

Re: What do you prefer, straight or slant cabs? and why?

You need to be about 20 feet or more away from your cab before it starts to sound right. Closer than 10 feet and the speakers are aimed at your chest. From about 12 to 15 or 18 feet (depending on make/model of speaker) your head is in the speaker beam. After that, you get the full spread with little to no beam.

Also, some speakers are more directional than others. I friend of mine is running a pair of Greenbacks and he swears that when he steps out of the speakers cone of projection the volume drops by atleast half.

My speakers are vintage 30s in an ENGL slant cab. And yeah all im talking about is standing about 6 foot away at most, so i guess that doesnt really count

[some_dude]

Re: What do you prefer, straight or slant cabs? and why?

My speakers are vintage 30s in an ENGL slant cab. And yeah all im talking about is standing about 6 foot away at most, so i guess that doesnt really count

Doesn't really count, but I know what you mean.

Sometimes, I like to crank my amp and sit on the floor about four or five feet in front of my cab and play lots of chugga chugga stuff with this big, stupid looking grin on my face.

[RushOfBlood]

Re: What do you prefer, straight or slant cabs? and why?

if i could have a spherical cab i sure would.

[Kent S.]

Re: What do you prefer, straight or slant cabs? and why?

Slant, most definitely, they look better, and perform better as a half stack, with PA being what it is the full stack is almost a thing of the past ; even if two cabs were required, I'd opt for two slants in a half stack array.They work good laid of their side also with the two slant sections in one plane. That's great so you can here yourself all over the stage( so can the rest of the band), and without that top end smacking you in your face (also causes less phase cancellation that way). Ideally the cabinet could be made a little deeper though.I still prefer them if they are ported with a telescopic port, but that's me.

[Imp]

Re: What do you prefer, straight or slant cabs? and why?

if i could have a spherical cab i sure would.

no more worries about cones of projection... but imagine getting it out of a 3 door hatchback

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: What do you prefer, straight or slant cabs? and why?

No preference...gimme both and a big Plexi head!

[59paul]

Re: What do you prefer, straight or slant cabs? and why?

Straight or Slant, doesn't matter to me, as long as they're Marshall....