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Speaker Cabinet Wiring

I have a Madison 4x12 cabinet. It has Eminence Symphony drivers and on the plate in back it has MONO, STEREO, and OUTPUT. The problem is that only the MONO side of the cabinet works. It is not the speakers, because when I plug into the STEREO side instead the other half of the cabinet works. Therefore, this must be a wiring issues. This goes out to all you wiring experts out there!

Random video but a cool concept of "cabinet micing&quo

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So I was watching this video about the band Darkest Hour. They've been recording in Canada with Devin Townsend.

There's a bit in the vid midway through when they're tracking guitars where they show off this box, it's a quiet box, for recording guitars.

Any idea of the microphone inside? It looks kind of like a 57 with a windscreen on it on a weird looking mic stand.

loading a cabinet with speakers

When companies load a cabinet with speakers...say for instance a 4X12" cabinet. It appears that most companies like Marshall, or Hughes & Kettner use 4 of the same kind of speaker.
But on the other hand Bogner cabinets come with 2 speakers (Celestion V30's) and the other two speakers are (G12T75) different. And Avatar speaker cabinets can come various ways as well.

Using 2 X 12" cabinet to record with

Can anybody please tell me any good reasons to record with a 2 X 12" guitar cabinet vs a 4 X 12" guitar cabinet?
I was gonna do this...
Buy 3 amps for recording (to get me going)
1st amp Marshall 120W (power amp/ tube head)
2nd amp Hughes & Kettner 120W (power amp/ tube head)
3rd amp Roland JC120 (combo cabinet)