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   Oh yeah, just reminded by the X1 thread, do you think that the cab will perform any better on it's side like an X1 or will it perform just as well upright?

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norty303 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 18 August 2004 Location: Eastbourne Status: Offline Points: 8800	Post Options Post Reply Quote norty303 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 October 2004 at 9:00pm
	Oh yeah, just reminded by the X1 thread, do you think that the cab will perform any better on it's side like an X1 or will it perform just as well upright?
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loophole Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Registered User Joined: 02 March 2004 Status: Offline Points: 469	Post Options Post Reply Quote loophole Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 October 2004 at 8:36pm
	probably not much difference. x1 has ports that extent right to the sides of the cab, and therefore when placed on the floor, the floor will act as an extension to the ports, making it play slightly lower and slightly louder. in the mtl-2 the advantage will not be nearly so clear, as in any orientation 2 of the 4 rear ports will be close to the ground. you might see some improvement on its side as each port next to the ground would be adjacent to a different driver, loading them more symmetrically, but i think you'd be unlikely to be able to hear the difference oh and surely you dont want to cross the mtl-2s to the hd's at 115hz? the mtl's may kick, but little i know kicks quite like an hd15. i would cross them over at more like 70-90hz?

whitehousejamie Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Young Croc Joined: 08 March 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1485	Post Options Post Reply Quote whitehousejamie Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 October 2004 at 8:45pm
	Yeah, there's not much difference in output on the MTL-2 whether on its on its side or upright when using just 1 per side. A stack of 2 or 3 cabs on their sides certainly moves some air. In general, the MTL-2s are crossed over at 160hz, but in my opinion, this is too high as they dont have massive amounts of kick, so i crossover at around 90hz. HPF at 30hz.