Avatar B210 Cabinet

This cabinet was purchased from a pawn shop in 2004. I was looking for a 4 ohm, 2x10 cab to go with my Peavey Combo 115 to add more mids and highs. I play a large of mix of classic through new rock with my band so I needed more tone capabilities. The cab was either new or very lightly used because the plastic corners looked brand new and the felt covering was almost perfectly clean. It even smelled new. Not a bad find for a pawn shop.

The features are practical. It has two 10" Eminence drivers, a tweeter, and two 1/4" jacks in the back for an input and daisy-chaining, and a Speakon connector. It also has a tweeter adjustment knob. Each speaker handles serious wattage (350 each for a total of 700). It's also made in China...At first that worried me, but it didn't last long after I tried it out.

I am a fingerstyle player that plays in a working rock band and at church. The cab hits the nail in the head for what I need. In combination with the Peavey's 15-inch speaker, this cab really delivers on the mids and highs. You have to work the Peavey Combo 115 so it doesn't sound muddy, but when you add the Avatar B210, it sounds like they are made to compliment each other!!

The Foster tweeter on the Avatar does produce a slight hissing noise, but after moving away a few feet you can't really hear it, and not at all if you turn down the tweeter. I turn the gain on 5 and volume on 7 on the Peavey amp, and the whole rig turns into a wall of sound. Most of the tone comes out of the 2x10 cab, and it's clean and crisp. The low end stuff that drains out of the Peavey speaker makes a nice compliment. It enables my bass to play its role by both moving and driving my band's material...I don't have to settle for just either mud or only mids, I now have both.

I'd rate it a 10 if it had more bells and whistles, but it's excellent value for the money anyway.

I haven't had the cab that long, but I fully expect it to last. It's rated for 700 watts and the most I can put through it now is 300. The construction is sturdy as well.

I've never had to call Avatar, but I've heard from other posts that the customer service is really good.

If it were stolen, I'd throw my Peavey Combo 115 at the guy. But I'd buy another B210 if mine came up missing.

My B210 was purchased in 2004. Very basic with parallel 1/4" dual inputs with a Speakon Jack. Two 10" Eminence 350 watt speakers for a total of 700 watts of power handling. It comes with a Foster high frequency horn with a volume control. It weighs around 50Lbs and is covered in carpet with a wire mesh grill and stacking corners. Perfect for what it is designed for.

I have the B210 stacked on top of my Avatar SB112 single 12" cabinet. The sound is fantastic! I play Fender basses and the sound is punchy and very tight. I play primarily finger style through a Fatman compressor and an Aphex 204 Aural Enhancer directly into an Ampeg SVT II 300 watt tube head. Both Avatar cabinets are rated at 4 ohms. I run them in parallel with no bi-amping for a 2 ohm load. All frequencies are covered very well and my E string is super tight. There is plenty of punch and bottom end, but with detail, no mud!
If I use the B210 on its own it sounds great, but with my SVT monster head I can cause the speakers to "flap" slightly on very high volume settings (past midway), when I dig in on the open E string. However, this is to be expected. Remember this is a monster SVT head which can push two SVT-810 cabinets with ease. My favorite Fender Jazz base is also wired with its pickups very hot. Hey, we are talking about only two 10" speakers! The addition of the SB112 Avatar cabinet along with the B210 will handle extremely high volume levels. The SB112 gives me a little more bottom end too. The B210 by itself will hold its own for small to medium sized venues. The combination of both cabinets definitely takes the sound to the next level. My tone is deep and tight with a high-end snap. I basically tap the strings as I pluck them which gives the sound of second guitar following the bass. The Avatar cabinets gives me the sound I look for. It matches my style perfectly. After many years of playing I can honestly say that my Avatar setup finally has given me the sound I have always wanted. I have owned many Ampeg cabinets from a B15, SVT-4HLF, SVT-810, etc. Now I have the perfect sound at a fraction of the cost and in a small package for easy handling. The Foster horn in the B210 sounds good too, but be carefull it can get too brittle sounding if you dial in too much. I keep it at 1/4 the way up and it adds the snap I need. I play primarily R&B with a funk style. In my mind the B210 cabinet is perfect.

Built like a brick s#@t house. As good as the best high end cabinets on the market.

You deal with Dave. He is the owner and will be there to assist you.

I have been playing for more years then I would like to mention and quite honestly this is the best sounding dual 10" cabinet in my opinion regardless of cost. The price is NUTS! Where can you find another cabinet built like this that sounds so good and for so little money? Maybe Dave is a millionaire and doesn't care about money? Go Dave! One of the best parts is that the cabinet weighs so little and fits in my trunk. My back feels better already! If this cabinet was ever stolen I would be on the phone to Dave to order another one immediately. I love my Ampeg cabinets, but I need someone to carry them around for me.

2004 model, 2-10" eminence speakers, tweeter, 8 ohm cabinet. It is ported, carpeted, it has handles and a control for the tweeter. I think it handles 800 watts. For what it is a 10.

Basic bass. Billy Cox, blues, Zep, ABB. Has a nice deep sound but still punchy. It's hard to believe it's 10's. I'm not sure I even need an additional 15 like I was planning on adding. I can't really get it to distort, but I haven't pushed the Hartke 3500 all the way. Had it up over half though... still clean as a whistle.

Seems solid.

Talked to the owner. Great guy. Lifetime warranty I do believe.

I'm a guitar player that plays a little bass and wants to have bass equiment for the ready. While I'm not as seasoned as many of the bass critics, I have been a guitarist for 35 years. To my ear, this thing sounds great. I would buy more of these in a heartbeat. What a great deal.

i have had this cab for about 7 months. it is the 4ohm version so i can pull my peavey t-max head down to 2 ohms for more wattage. it has the metal input thing on the bak with two parallel jacks and an attenuator for the tweeter. has a foster hron and 2 eminence delta10 speakers in it. a metal grill, carpet covering. i have had this thing on the road with me in my praise band and in my hardcore band (www.colourofacasualty.com) and you would think it is brand new. this thing is durable. i am surprised at how much low end these 2 10" speakers can handle. this thing kicks butt! i have used this thing outdoors in my stack with my blackwidow 18" and this amp can handle outdoor gigs and the biggest of sactuarys with much volums capacity to spare. the only thing some of you may want on this is the speakon jack, but im not gonna gripe about that because i know that i would never use speakons. besides, i am pretty sure dave has added those to his newer cabs anyways. this thing is well built. the carpet is my favorite. my guitarists are always griping about how their tolex is getting ripped and im like, "ive got carpet." and then they get jealous. awesome cab.

i run my peavey millennium 5 (mm bridge p-up, jazz neck p-up) through my peavey t-max head at up to 500 watts at times and into this cab. this thing handles that perfectly and without any sign of stress. i usually keep the tweeter turned off or very low because i dont need stuff that high end, but it is a very good quality tweeter. this amp can handle my drop c tuning fine and it can handle my b without complaint, though it is a little faint but i dont use my b that much anyways. this cab makes no unwanted noise, but delivers tone that you would expect only out of nicer stuff...stuff that costs 2 or 3 times more.

being that im a poor hardcore kid, i have to be able to relly on my stuff without having a backup. i have no money. if this cab broke then i would be screwed. i am not scared of that happening because it hasnt let me down yet. this cab is a tank. i have had 0 problems with this cabinet and i dont expect to encounter any down the road.

avatar can not be beat in this area. i never needed to talk to him once i got the cab but when i emailed with my questions and concerns i recived a prompt email back from dave himself. dave is the owner of avatar speakers and he cares enough to talk to his customers and answer their questions. try calling ampeg and asking to speak with the owner. that wont happen. but dave makes that happen when it comes to avaterspeakers.com.

i have been playing for 6 or 7 years and this was my first cab. i had always been doing the combo thing or going direct. i had concerns about this being my first cab, but dave reassured me. i play my peavey millennium 5 ($1600) through my peavey t-max head (~$500) through my avatar cab ($229) and my homemade cab w/ peavey blackwidow 18" speaker (got on a trade for an old bass). the avatar cab was the least expensive of all of my gear, but it is probably the best built piece of equiment that i have and it can probably take the biggest beating out of all of my equipment. if this cab were lost or stolen i would either buy it again or i would try another avatar cabinet. avatar is the only way for me. cheap price, but top of the line product.

Same features as listed on other reviews. It has all of the features that I'm looking for in a cabinet.

My setup consists of an SWR WM160 head and a Spector NS2000 bass. My playing style is a combination of vintage prog and alternative/hardcore. So far, this cabinet gives me all I need and more. For a small cabinet, it has incredibly tight punch and clarity. I haven't had a chance to push it yet, but honestly, I never have to push my gear. I either play in my studio or on smaller gigs. On larger gigs, I'll be combining it with a 1x15 cabinet loaded with an EVM.

I don't have any experience in this area. But Dave offers a great warranty, and I don't doubt that he will cover it if there's any problem.

I've purchased from Dave before, and I know several others who have as well. Avatar has one of the most consistently outstanding customer service reputations that there is. I highly recommend Avatar to anyone looking for a great speaker cabinet at a great price.

Honestly, I can't find anything I don't like about this cabinet. It's a killer cabinet. Period. The price just makes it a whole lot more attractive. I've compared it to a few other cabinets. To me it easily sounds as good as the others, and often it's at a fraction of the cost of them. If this one got stolen, I'd buy another in a heartbeat. The bottom line is, if you need more than what this cabinet offers - get a couple of them and stack em!

Absolutley the best 2x10 bass cabinet around, the two eminence speakers give out some serious bass and the Foster compresion horn, once adjusted to your particular taste give you some tasty highs, for a small guy it is plenty powerful.

this cabinet sounds awesome, run it with a good head and you will get whatever sounds you want, I have an American P-bass and a Jazz bass, running through a SWR workingmans 4004, my p-bass in nice and punchy and the jazz bass is nice and funky through it, I do have to trim the horn back a little bit with the Jazz bass, but it sounds awesome. I get no distortion even with the amp on full (not that I really need to push the cab that hard, but it will take it like a champ)

havent had it that long, but this baby is well built, I belive it will last me for a long, long time.

Everyone is saying it, and it's the absolute truth, Dave rules!!, fast shipping, great packaging and even a thnk you email for purchasing from him, prince amongst men. he could teach Fender a lot about customer support.

If it were lost or stolen I would buy another one right away, if your thinking of spending twice as much for a Bergantino or an Eden, I would recomend you have your head examined, this cab is right up there with them, for half the price and twice the power handling, I would hurry up though, this are going to go up in price and are going to give other companies a run fro their money, Dave please don't let a big company buy you out!!!!

The new taller, front ported B210 03 is a bass cab that features a rugged 3/4 inch PLYWOOD cabinet with
dadoed joints and is loaded with two heavy duty American Made Eminence 10 inch Delta Bass Speakers and
a tweeter. These Eminence Delta 10's have 56 oz magnets and 2.5 inch voice coils and are rated at 350 watts
RMS each speaker. The two 10's combined are rated at 700 WATTS RMS. It has tons of Punch! The Foster
high frequency compression horn tweeter is THE most popular tweeter used by some of the best companies
in the business. The tweeter is filtered with a smooth sounding 6dB per octave slope mylar capacitor
crossover and has an adjustable tweeter volume control on the back input panel. The cabinet is covered in
black carpet, has protective corners, large recessed steel bar handles, full face steel diamond pattern expanded
metal grill, front slot port, steel input panel with dual 1/4 inch in/out jacks. Available in ONE of the
following: 4 ohm or 8 ohm This B210 cab has tons of Punch! Weight 50lbs, Enclosure is tuned to 63 Hz and
-3dB is 76 Hz. Dimensions 18H x 25W x 16.5D. One year warranty and 14 day return policy.

The sound is awesome, plenty of low-end and lots of good quality sound.

I got the 4 ohmn setup and use use this cab with my Peavey Nitrobass, the amp is rated as 450 Watts RMS
into 2 Ohms, 300 Watts RMS into 4 Ohms, 170 Watts RMS into 8 Ohms.

On its own the Avatar B210 is great, much lighter and more portable that my 1x15. When I put the Avatar
B210 4 ohmn on top of my 1x15 4ohm the sound is even more deep and powerful. Now I?ve got the sound I
was looking for. It is nothing short of wonderful.

Strong and rugged.

Excellant communitcations with Avatar.

Excellant.

I just purchased this used from a local music store. Sounds great! This one is an older model with the rear porting instead of the front porting, but it doesn't seem to make a whole lot of difference. It also has the old school solid brass horn attenuation knob on the back plate, along with parallel 1/4 in/outs. The recessed handles are very cool and easy to use as well.

I love how the Eminence 10's really are very round and sonically clean, which is good for those of us that enjoy hearing the actual sound of our basses! The horn is a little too bright for me, but Foster horns do "bright" really well, so I keep it dialed back. The low end on my B is a bit pushed, and I can easily get them to fart out if I put too much signal to them, even on top of my Avatar 15. I may have to put an active crossover in my rack to aleviate the problem, because I play at high enough volume levels at times that it may fart out when I don't want it to.

These cabinets are built like tanks. I've moved it around a bunch since I bought it, and I've never had any trouble. Just plug and play! The construction and materials are as good or better than the SWR, Mesa, and Ampeg cabs I've played. I would like to see them maybe offer a cover material option such as Bullhide or Line-X truck bedliner. Much more durable than black carpet since they don't offer covers (hint hint Dave!)

Dave Avatar is probably the coolest and most likeable salesperson I've dealt with long distance. You get what you ask for. When I ordered another piece from them, He took my credit card number, and it shipped the same day. When it hadn't arrived yet on the day it was supposed to, I called him, and he took 10 minutes out of his hectic schedule to find the tracking number and give it to me. Didn't matter, because it arrived 20 minutes after I called him, but just the fact that he took the time and was concerned that I received it and was satisfied was very cool indeed.

I've been playing for 11 years on Various amps and basses from Fender, Alvarez, Steinberger, Washburn, Carvin, SWR, Mesa Engineering, Ampeg, and Line 6. I currently play a Fender 50th Anniversary 5 string P-bass w/active P & Humbucker configuration, as well as a Carvin Quilt top maple neck through 5 string fretless w/active J's and an ebony fingerboard. My rig consists of a Gallien-Krueger 400 RB, Avatar 210, and a recently purchased Avatar 115H to go underneath. My extras include a Furman Rackrider RR15-HD, an Audio Technica wireless, MKS Productions Pedal Pad (www.pedalpad.com), Boss TU-2 tuner, Boss super phaser, Ernie Ball volume pedal, MXR Bass Octave, Guyatone Micro-Chorus, Electro-Harmonix Bass Balls envelope follower, Boss GEB-7 bass equalizer, and a Fulltone Bassdrive.

If my 210 were stolen, I'd probably upgrade to a 410, but I'd still get it from Avatar. I love the construction, the price, the service, and the overall sound. I dislike the hissy-ness of the horn, and the tendency of the 10's to fart out when digging into the lower registers of my basses at higher volumes. Overall, these are a great investment, and a rock solid cabinet

After reasearching different 2x10 Cabs, and trying to say enough cash, I read "Bass Player's" review on the Avatar B 2x10 Bass Cab. I finally ordered one and was pleasantly surprised. I'm using it along with my Eden Metro Combo amp. The cab is equipt. with 2 eminence 350 watt speakers and tweeter. Very easy to lift by yourself.

The cab. sounded very nice by itself, thumped when I turned on the Eden's internal speaker.

I did notice the left driver had some static as the note would decay.

But the best part was, Dig this!! Dave, the owner of Avatar, when I e-mailed him about this (He get's back to your E-mails and Phone calls very quickly), told me how to isolate the problem, and sent out a new driver A.S.A.P.! Problem fixed, Extremely Class AAA Customer Support. The Best I've ever dealt with.

Well, I rate this cab. very highly for those of us that don't have a lot of cash, are working musicians, and need Good, great sounding equiptment. I recommend this to my fellow musician's!

I like the simple set-up of this cab, though a little more info on the bask plate would'nt hurt. The construction seems solid and the covering nicely done. I like the fact i could choose between a 4 or 8 Ohms , ichose the 4 Ohms. Other manufacturers offer this option but in sorest you only see 8 Ohms version.

I've had it for 3 weeks and i can't really say but since it's so well built i guess it can withstand my kind of playing ( I play Blues and some classic Rock like Cream and Clapton ).

Dave is very friendly 2 days ago he phoned to tell me about the single speaker i bought and told me, since i live in Montreal, Canada, i needed to pay a little more for the shipping, no problem but i asked how come when i bought tht cab i did'nt need to send more money, he replied that he sent it anyway. Now if it's not great custumerr support what is. I own 2 Eden 4X10 and when i tried to ask some questions i got no answers. So for this i'm giving a 10.

I've been playing for about 32 years now i've played through Electro-Voice,Acoustic, Peavey and Eden speakers and i can honestly say this cab can stand its own against these cabs. I play 2 Fender Jazz basses one American Deluxe and a Mexican Deluxe through An Eden WT-800 and an Ampeg B-2R. What i love about this cab is its efficiency S.P.L. If it were stolen i'd buy another one roght away.