Hey Ed,
I think you have both the 200S and 2000S cabinets right? I used to have a 200S cabinet about 15 years ago, and recently got a 2000S cabinet at a great price ($300 with reconed D140F's, and it even has the old style grille cloth). I haven't played it yet since testing it when I bought it with the previous owner's Traynor.....but I was wondering if you could describe the difference in sound between those two cabs with the Sunn amp going through them?
Greg
$300 loaded with D140F's? IMO that's a righteous score!
I really haven't ever A/B'ed a D/K140 200S with a D/K140 2000S, Greg. I used to use a 200S rig pretty much all the time, with one or two cabs depending on the venue, or if I was feeling froggy and the stage was big enough a 2000S rig with one or two cabs. But honestly, I can't think of a time when I used the same head through each cab. I always use a 2000S head with a 2000S cab and the same for the 200S.
I can compare a 200S
rig with a 2000S
rig, but not a heads up cab to cab comparison.
I know this sounds silly, but the 2000S sounds... bigger. A lot louder with substantially more bottom end, I suspect that the bigger cab volume explains the bigger bottom and the bigger amp explains the louder part.
My big amps live in my shop, the only thing I keep in the main house is a B15N. It takes a
real good reason for me to unpack a 2000S cab and schlep it to a gig.
I keep a 8,000+ watt PA, lights, and my "bass rig du jour" loaded in a E250 van in my garage, and currently I have 4 rows like the one pictured sitting in my shop. It's the only way I can have enough room to move around in there, but it isn't conducive to "quick changing" gear. It's like solving a Rubik's cube. A really, really heavy Rubik's cube.
Every few years I will drag everything out into the garage and make sure all is well sonically and electronically, the next time I'll do the A/B with a 200S head.
