How much difference does a 4x12 cab make? verusus a 2x12?

[GtrGeorge!]

the saga goes on...
still no Celestion vintage 30s in sight. They are around, but are now made in China and cost $120 each (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Anybody here ever notice any difference between the Chinese made and the British?????

 

[GtrGeorge!]

Im getting impatient, and I am considering
buying a cab with GT12-75 in it, thats probably whats in that old Marshall cab at the rehearsal place,anyway. (its an old Marshall 4x12 1960 lead cab)
I saw an old ada cab for sale cheap..it has GT12-75 in it.
Anybody remember the sound of those old furry ada 2x12 cabs?????
Opinions welcome..

 

[unconventional]

I bought one of these cabs. Lopo Line 2x12

Our 2x12 Signature Series Cabinets are an extraordinary American made quality product. Made from 100% premium 3/4" Baltic Birch Plywood, dado joints, glue and nails. This cab is built to last! It is covered in black bronco tolex with a silver fixed grill accented by white piping and nickel hardware. This removable back cabinet is ready for you to install the speakers of your choice

I'm totally stoked with it. 2 celestion T12-100's that I put in, but the cab itself was like $270 with shipping. After the speakers and whatnot, was about $500 and the quality on this thing is top notch IMO. It's got the threaded inserts around the speaker hole. Even comes with rubber feet and removable casters.

I email them and I get a response within 12 hours. I order and they ship out that week. Can specify tolex, corner colors, piping color, grille color. I had a Mesa 2x12 cab and it sounded kind of sterile. This thing with the RM-2/50 and the RM4 sounds unreal to me.

 

[GtrGeorge!]

and it had 2 GT12-75 celestions in it. I compared it to a 4x12 1960cab with 4 celestion V30s in it.
The ADA was kinda like an ice-pick. It was very loud, very piercing. It seemed to reproduce accurattely whatever you put into it..but with a kind of harshness. Distortion even had a cleanness to it. Not very msuical,I thought.
The Celes. V30 sounded kinda trebly but far more musical. More warm, though not night and day. The transients were more reasonable,too.
Its a shame I wanted a cheap good answer to my cab woes.
I cant afford the 4x12...so the search goes on.
i think I might buy 2 Hellatone60s..beacuse they ARE celestions supposedly and I can get em cheaper (ebay).
But are they REALLY Celestions or is that a hoax. How can anyone really know??????????????

 

[davis3]

I've got a 2x12 LOPO with G12T75s and to me it is the nicest sounding cab I have had yet. Its a convertible cab and I have it closed right now and it has that punch like Brad Paisley and hot country type punch.
I also had a G-Flex and man that thing had even more lowend and punch... but I've liked the LOPO better. Its more focused and like JKD, that lowend from the G-flex was just a bit too much at times, but that might have been the speakers too as I had Eminence Man O Wars in the G-Flex and now I have the Celestions.
I have only had one 4x12 and that was a Peavey 5150 cab under a 5150II. I feel the 4x12 was just bigger. Both seem to have plenty of punch and low end but the 4x12 was just huge! Cleans were more 3-D, distortions were like stadium type stuff, it was just monstrous. I would really like to get a 4x12 under this RM100 I bet it would be unreal!