wattage

First of all I hope I'm not breaking any rules by not asking something about Warwick amps specifically? My Peavey Tour 700 is starting to give up I think and I've decided to make a slight change to my setup. I have a bass POD XT Live so I thought of just getting my hands on a power amp because...

i am planning to buy a harke 410xl cabinet and its rated somewhere in the 300 watt range at 4 ohms ... and i am planning to buy a warwick xtreme 5.1 head (which is rated in 500 watts) ... is this a good idea? id love to get a matching warwick cabinet, but currently, shipping those to the...

I'm curious about other bass amps and their wattage to volume ratio. My SWR head is rated at 750W @ 4 ohms, which it's running at into my cab, but it doesn't seem as loud as it should. I don't know if it's my ears or my amp. I know the cab is fine because I've played it with other amps and it...

So I'm wondering.....Is it better to have a cab that takes more watts than the amp can put out, or an amp rated higher than the cab?? My current cab takes 1000 watts, and my amp puts 750 watts into it, but for curiosity's sake I'd like some feedback. Also because I'm looking into a new cab...