VHT Sig:x Mesa Trecto,VHT Fatbottom,Mesa Trad and Recto and Orange PPC Cab shootout!

[Auroras]

So me and a friend had a bunch of cabs laying about and decided to do a cab shoot out everything was miked on the edge of the dust cap exact same spot in the room we tryed to make it as scientific as possible every clip has the same amp settings

gear used Ibanez Jem 1990 Sm57 edge of the cone on all clips VHT SIG:X Mesa Triple recto on 1 clip Recto cab mesa traditional orange Cab and VHT fatbottom cab I'll reveal the answers to whats what after i see theres enough votes or after the new year

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5569534/A.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5569534/B.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5569534/C.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5569534/D.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5569534/E.mp3

 

[Auroras]

almost 60 views and only 3 votes with no comments?

 

[KillDivision]

Try mp3's.
The Wav's take too long to download.

 

[azistenostora]

E for me. D sounded weird.

 

[AllanD]

E for me, it sounds like the recto. C is second for me, sounds good but a little honky in the mids, sounds like the Traditional.

 

[Wolfeman]

One things for sure, you can tell which clip isn't a V30

 

[Tommy Gun]

E for 2 guitar tracks, C for 4 tracks

 

[Auroras]

i think ill reveal after 20-30 votes

 

[blacK.eXe]

I voted for E, too

 

[drew_drummer]

C gets my vote.

I'd say E probably is the recto. But sounds a bit woofy in the low end.

 

[Robert W]

Voted for C. Thought it had the nicest balance of clarity and crunch.

Think D would mix well w/ another tone as well.

 

[phatfil]

E by a long shot for me.

 

[professorlamp]

E aswell, whatever the fuck D was, I do not want it

 

[lolzgreg]

A is PPC Cab
B is Recto Cab
C is Traditional Cab
D is Fatbottom Cab
E is Trip Rec with Recto Cab

 

[Auroras]

A is PPC Cab
B is Recto Cab
C is Traditional Cab
D is Fatbottom Cab
E is Trip Rec with Recto Cab

you got the closest to guessing all the cabs except you got two wrong

A is Recto Cab
B is PPC Cab
C is Traditional Cab
D is Fatbottom Cab
E is Trip Rec with Recto Cab

We also opened up the PPC AND mesa cabs and found that the mesa were loaded with english V30'S and the Orange with Chinese i can hear similartity between the english ones vs the chinese there definatly smoother and middier in a good way the orange has some extra unwanted fizziness imo and its got a hollowness to it


i personally think that the settings on the VHT/fryette Didn't suit the recto cab and i think it could perform much better also there was a bias for the orange since the settings were set on that cab but it seems only 1 person choose it

recto wins haha

 

[lolzgreg]

I'm really surprised on A and B. I thought B and C sounded more similar than A and C, at least in terms of characters that I would associate with cabinet design. Regardless, I didn't do too bad, eh

Thanks for the test.

I don't like Fatbottom cabinets unless they're paired with a VHT head (which sounds like pure sex to me).

 

[Auroras]

We'll the VHT cab was with VHT head i think it had some phase issues in the wireing so bleed from another speaker may have been cause the phasey/hollow tone could also be the settings didnt suit the amp .

the orange cab and traditional are similar size and shape the diffrence comes down to the chinese V30's vs Made in UK i hear a definite diffrence and quality to them that the mesa's share and i believe it's due to the speaker build and not the cabinet design.

also the interior of the orange it becomes obvious the cab is a lower quality build