Avatar B210 Cabinet

Bought this cab over five years ago as an addition to my Avatar compact 115H (no longer available). I've used it regularly in a classic blues/rock band. Preamp is a Tech21 RBI with QSC PLX1802 power with 500 watts per channel into both 4 ohm cabs. The B210 features are right on the money with sturdy, black "carpet" construction, heavy plastic, fitted (no slip) corners, recessed handles and cable outputs. The speakers are protected by heavy, black metal mesh. They are Dave's original design with Eminence Delta 10's rated at 350 watts and a Foster horn tweeter. I can think of no other features I'd want. It fits my needs perfectly when I used it as a single, stand alone 210 or in combo with my Avatar 115H compact cab.
The BEST FEATURE IS THE PRICE. It can't be touched by anything on the market today.

I use two basses: an original 1969 Fender Jazz and a 1978 Fender Jazz and have gigged with my Avatars playing blues, jazz, rock, country and rockabilly. The single 210 cab is plenty loud enough for small clubs with great high's and mid's and enough bottom to suit my needs. I was fortunate to have the world class bassist, Trip Wamsley, help me set up my rig by having his Glockenklang and Alembic sit by side with my Tech21/Avatar rig and my '69 Jazz with TI flats.
It was hard even for me to believe, but after a bit of adjusting my Tech21 RBI and the Avatars' tweeter volume controls we got my rig in the same ballpark as Trip's tone-to-die-for super rig. That was nearly three years ago, and I still use the same settings. The Avatars are just dialed in like Flynn.

I had something go wrong with the input on myB210 shortly after I purchased it in 2003, but it was quickly and easily repaired. These Avatars have proven to be road warriors and have held up remarkably well. One of the 10's cratered just this week over five years after purchase), but that can happen with any speaker in any cab. I have a replacement speaker on the way as I type this. I would not hesitate to buy Avatar again.

I've NEVER experienced better customer support. Dave, the owner, usually answers the phone personally, is extremely helpful, and never hesitates to make things right. As mentioned above I had an input issue soon after I purchased the B210. He quickly sent a replacement at no charge. Over three years later and way out of warranty I had one of the 10's quit working. I called him from the gig, and again he answered personally. He offered me a great price on an upgraded replacement speaker. No hassles, no hesitation, no head games, NO PROBLEMS. Best customer support in the business!

I've been playing bass professionally for nearly 40 years and have owned everything from a '59 Bassman to an Acoustic 360 to custom built rigs. DO NOT waste your money to buy an emblem or logo. My Avatars are the best cabs for the money I've ever owned. FOR THE PRICE I can't find a better built or better sounding cab. I would buy again in a heartbeat.

2 - 10" Eminence Neodymium speakers with Foster horn

This is an extremely portable and awesome sounding full range speaker. I use a Nemesis (by Eden) 320 w head and this is plenty loud and provides tons of head room. It is punchy, has great bass response for a 210 and has tons of clarity. With a few tweeks on the knobs on my amp and G&L Bass, I can get every rock, blues, and funk sound that I need.

Seriously. This cab performs in the category of a $500 - $600 cab that you can get a GC. It blows away anything in its price range of $320.

I tried the Mark Bass 210 at GC for $700 before deciding to buy one of these direct. The MarkBass is a great cab, but this one compares and can keep up. Compare stats for yourself between this cab and the Markbass , then ask why you would spend another $400 for the Name.

If you were going to by a cheapo cabinet lets say from Behringer, then spend a little more and get this cab. If you were going to buy an Eden, Markbass, etc for $600-$700, then save you money and buy this one and have money left over for another Bass, Cab, Effects, whatever.

Dave answers his emails FAST

Late 2005 model with 2 Eminence Delta 10's good for 350 watts each so what I have is a 700 watt cab. One Foster horn tweeter. A real crossover with tweeter level control. Two 1/4 inch jacks, one Speakon jack. I could use 2 Speakons. Very loud powerful small cab. But sort of heavy. I have a larger Avatar Neo 15 cab and it is acutally lighter and easier to move. I think it weighs 60 plus pounds. It is also front heavy, so when you carry it the front of the cab wants to dip down and twist your wrists so it is best to move it with two people. Very solid construction with a recessed back. This model is discontinued and they have gone to lower power capable NEO speakers. The new Neo version is rated at 100 watts less but weights less too and is probably better balanced when carryign it. You could pick a 4 or 8 ohm cab and I got the 8 to stack it with another 8 ohm cab to get 4 ohms for my Ampeg that only does 4 ohms. At the time I bought it in late 2005 the only option was the standard carpet covering but now you can buy Avatar cabs in a rainbow of Tolex coverings or the new LINE-X heavy duty sprayed on coating. The front grill is sturdy metal, the corners are plastic locking corners for stacking. The handles are solid and easily gripped with no moving parts to bend or wear out. Very basic features, but more features than some that cost less. The tweeter level control is smooth and seems pretty linear. For the money you will not find a better made more solid cab. There are cheaper cabs but these genuinely outperform cabs costing much more. I wouldn't

I use this cab for rehearsals driven with an old 100 watt Peavey Century 200 amp from about 1976. Plenty of volume to hear it over the drummer and he's very agressive. I use it at gigs stacked on an Avatar B115-Neo cab and push them both with a 450 watt Ampeg B2RE head. I also use an Aphex Bass Xciter pedal with the big bottom cranked to about 7 on the pedal. WOW what tone! Sounds better than any of my other set ups ever did. Alone the 2x10's sound OK for rehearsal, but when I add the 1X15 cab I get an incredible snap, pop and a black thunder sound on command. Piano like tones galore. Beats the Fender, Peavey and Ampeg rigs I've used before and they all cost more and were heavier to move.

I've used a Fender USA Jazz which sounded quite modern, but I'm a P-Bass man first and this set up is the best I've ever had for a P-Bass. Both my '53 single coil P-Bass and my brand new Mexi P-Bass sound very lush. I have an active Ibanex SRX-700 and when I boost the high end eq on it I get the most amazing sounds out of these Avatars. WOW. Sometimes a bass player from another band does our sound and he's JEALOUS of how my rig sounds. So, I get a very versatile sounds, smooth lush old school and modern brash with lots of punchy high end when I need it. I give it a 10 for sounds AWESOME. For a 10 inch cab with 2 tens I don't think you'll get a better sound. They ain't pretty, but they are utilitarian and the front porting makes them efficient as heck. Having started out when 15's were the normal size for bass speakers, I'm really not happy at a gig without the thumpy 15 inch tones so I wouldn't play with this alone except for rehearsal, but as far as 2x10 cabs go you can spend more and get less!

Mine is out of warranty (1 year) and still popping along nicely. Sturdy construction. Would probably survive a fall off a truck physically, but I've heard the crossovers in these might be fragile, however so far no problems for me! Perfectly functional and still looks pretty much like new.

I've called AvatarSpeakers.Com to order twice, Dave Noss the owner answered both times. My order was shipped fast and arrived way before I expected. Even though my right is out of warranty now, I would expect Mr. Noss to ship whatever parts I needed quickly at a reasonable price if he had them in stock. He just sounds like that kind of guy. I suspect he is a musician too. He seems to love what he does. He sure has a great product. It would be nice if they offered covers to fit their cabs on their site, but few cab makers do that anyway. At least they don't try to sell you a bunch of stuff you don't need!

If there is a better made 2x10 bass cab that handles 700 watts, I don't know what cab that would be. It isn't an Ampeg, Fender or Peavey. Lots of people NEED a big nameplate behind them. They are so brand snobbish. This cab isn't for them. This is for players who only care about sound and getting mileage for the dollar. My two Avatar cabs separately were a good value and sound great, together they are unbeatable as far as I'm concerned! When it is time to buy more speakers, maybe a 4X10 cab I'll buy another one from Avatar.Com

avatar b210 speaker cabinet. eminence 10 inch speakers

i play 70's and 80's rock and metal music. i use a fender p-bass with my avatar b210 and a peavey 15" speaker cab with a jbl 15" speaker hooked up to a ampeg svt III pro head. i have had a fender bassman 412 speaker cab a sun 610 cab and another fender 210 w/15" speaker. the avatar w with the jbl is the best sounding combo i have had. i really like the avatar cab

absolutely no probems. when i first got the cabinet my wife ordered it direct from avatar for my b-day. she knew what i wanted . when i got it out of the box the tolex had a big gash in the top. i looked over the box but could not find any damage. i called dave at avatar told him the problem. he told me he would give me a discount or send out a new one no charge i said i would take a discount, but after i got off the phone i looked closer at the box and noticed a cut in the box. not easy to see. i called dave back and told him that the damage was from fedex and that i would take care of and dont worry about the dicount. but dave being the great guy he is wanted to give it to me anyway. i'm not saying this so others can claim they got damaged product and get a discount, i am saying this because by only buying from him once he totally went out of the way to make sure his customer was taken care of. and if you not sure about some thing you are considering getting from avatar. be not afraid dave will make sure you are happy with his products. and his cabinets are the best. any cabs i buy in the future will be avatars. thanks dave

the best support ever

I bought the cabinet brand new direct in the end of 2005. I Like the simplicity of the cabinet, it does not have much on the rear pannel, but it's got the speakon connectors, the Foster horn, the Eminence Delta 10s, compactness, light weight and it can hangle the power that I need

I found the cabinet to be rather bright overall. It took me a while to get a tone from my bass that I really liked. Like everyone else says on here, it's not deep sounding, but it is still only a 210. The midrange and highs just scream out of this thing, very efficient and projects well. I wish that it did have a little more bottom end than it does have, that's why it only got an 8 from me.

Super reliable. Light weight, very solid construction, stronger steel grille than a lot of other cabs I looked into also, and 700w power handling. Every gig it has done exactly what it was designed to and nothing less. With a 250w amp, I can not distort the speakers.

One of the drivers was cracking a little in the voice coil when it came in, Dave sent out a new Delta 10 and I was happily on my way to the gigs! Could not ask for better communication and reliability in a company. I know from personal experience that the bigger brand names do not treat you this way.

I was very happy with the cab from the start. Though it was very bright in sound, I finally tweaked out my preamp to get a good tone. for $229 new with the reliability and customer satisfaction of Avatar, good luck finding a better 210.

There are a ton of reviews here so I'm not going to be redundant and repeat the same information as everyone else. I'll just say that almost all the reviews are accurate.

I play with a G&L Climax and a YBA200 head. I also have an Avatar 1X15 paired up with the 2X10. I use round-wound steel strings and I like a punchy mid growl. I play primarily indie rock (a la Pixies, Superchunk, etc.).

The sound on this cab is amazing. You could get better but then you'd be spending about four times as much money. The Eden 2x10 is also a pretty amazing sounding cab but I would say the Avatar is just as good if not better.

Never had any trouble but I also take care of my gear. Judging from the construction, I'd say it's well built.

Dave and everyone else at Avatar is very helpful and they respond quickly to e-mails. Basically, I just decided to chime in to say that everything everyone has said in these reviews is absolutely true: great sounding cabinets, great customer service, great value, blah blah blah ... beleive the hype.

I've played through Ampeg cabinets, Fender cabinets (boy was that a mistake), Acoustic, and I tried a couple of Eden cabs. The only thing that could really blow away the Avatar was an AccuGroove I had the great luxury of trying out (but at $1500 for a 2X10 it was way out of my budget). If you need a well-built cab, made by nice people, that sounds like your bass is supposed to sound then you cannot do better than the Avatar.

Simple, effective. Has a tweeter level control on the back of the cab. Front slot ported. Mine is 8 ohms because I wanted to stack it with my B112 for a 4 ohm total imp small stack. They do sound very good together.
Nice that Avatar gives you the choice of 4 or 8 ohm cabs, most manufacturers don't do this. This concept makes it a 10!
Excellent carry handles, well placed.

I play 4,5,6 string or fretless. Mostly Jazz but some of it is pretty kick ass jazz (heavy). The tweeter adjustment knob is nice for different rooms. I think hard Rock players will be very pleased with this cab as well. But then it's clear enough to play any kind of music.

Really well made cab, excellent materials. Tough to beat.

Dave is the best. Superior.

I got the wheels for it (good move)and put them on because even though this is not a really big cab it makes it easyer to move.
I play Fender, Yamaha, and Carvin Basses and I'm sure this cab would sound excellent with any type of pickup or bass, nuteral sound is good for me. I don't like a cab which colors my sound at all and this sounds like the instrument should. I am very critical and don't give great great reviews offten. My dream cab is this BUT at a under 20lbs weight, I know this isn't made yet but someday . . ..
If there was any way to make it lighter that would be a plus.

I got this in 2002. The manual said 700 watts so more handling than the current offerings. It is 4 ohms. The older kind with port hole in the back. Features already covered by everyone

The other day I bought a used Yamaha TRB6P. Before I paid for it, I tried many amps and cabs in the store and only the Aguilar with an Aguiar B12 sounded neutral. I wanted to know how it would really sound so I went home and tried it in my Avatar 210 mated to an Ashdown MAg 250. Yes the Avatar 210/ Ashdown combo was neutral and as good as the Aguilar setup. I was surprised because I was thinking to upgrade to an SWR or Dave Eden. All I need is an SWR or Ampeg head that can go 2 ohms and I'd get another Avatar 12 or 210 for louder gigs

Dependable.

Great company.

I'd buy Aguilar again. I'd choose it over an SWR, Eden, Fender or HArtke. Only exception will be the Acme and Aguilar and I think it is almost in par with the Aguilar in the 2 10 department.

One could say it has a sparse back pannel, but I never daisy chain (a second cabinet if used is plugged directly into the amp), so no biggy really. It has what it needs to do the job.

I am in a classic rock band. This cabinet was purchased to replace a very very heavy Mesa Boogie 2x10 (with 300 watt EV speakers). I used this cab primarily as a top cabinet with a (dare I say) Peavy 4x10 bottom (which actually does a really good job on the low end, but has almost no mids).

The Mesa (which I will sell) did a nice job on the highs and mids, but had a hard time reproducing the low end. It gave a fluttering sound when handling the low E. In comparison, no flutter at all from the Avatar. All of this with a huge weight savings.

The cabinet is built solidly, the drivers are from reputable companies. I have absolutey no concern in this area.

AVATAR AND NAMELY DAVE ARE OFF THE SCALE WITH AN 11! Dave is "really" great to deal with. Call him and he will be glad to speak with you; He is that nice! I am sure his personality and attitude have much to do with Avatar's popularity and success in the marketplace.

For amplification, I use a GK 1001, which I believe is is an excellent rig, with tons of reserve power. I don't believe I have ever run this above 1:00 on the dial (usually around 11:30). I just tweak my EQ settings as needed, usually very close to flat at all times.

Because this amp has a crossover and separate 50W amp and output for the tweeter, I will eventually get into my cabinet and (bypass that little tweeter knob that everyone has to mention and I will) install a jack for direct connection the tweeter. For now, and like many others, I find that 9:00 is a good setting for the Avatar tweeter.

For basses, I have a sweet Rick 4001, Warwick Thumb Bolt on, a Custom Warwick FNA Fretless, Fender Jazz.

Next, I will definately be ordering the Avatar 2x12 for my bottom cabinet and will lighten my load for some of those smaller gigs.

I just wanted to clarify a mistake in the review below. The reviewer mentioned he was concerned because he thought the B210 was made in China. Avatar cabs are all assembled in Idaho USA...THANKS dave Avatar