Re: Speaker Replacement

[clarkeb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

>:Hey Harpers,
>:     Call me impulsive, call me penny-wise, pound-foolish, but after
trying
>:a number of different amps and waiting and then then trying a few
more and
>:waiting , I JUMPED and bought a real cool looking, good sounding,
ANTIQUE
>:tube amp.
>:
>:     Well, when I got home and really worked it, it didn't sound as
good as
>:it did in the store.  Distortion is one thing, but this speaker
sounded
>:like it was gonna blow.  I think it needs a new 10" speaker.  The
tubes
>:seem fine.  I checked the local You-do-it Electronics center and they
>:showed me "performance" speakers that cost more than a lot of new
amps I've
>:seen.  They had a Speco 10" speaker for around $40, but the frequency
>:response seemed somewhat limited, it plays from 30hz-10khz.
>:
>:     Can 10" speakers get any closer to the top end of the audible
>:spectrum, or is this Speco speaker's response what I can expect if I
don't
>:want to spend much more than $50 on a speaker?  What brands do you
>:recommend?  Where do you find them?

I do not reccommend speaker replacement at all.  Likely it can be
reconed and restored to original specs.  With regard to buying a new
10" speaker - do not spend money on a expensive speaker.  The speakers
in guitar amps were meant to be inefficient and operate over a narrow
frequency range.  Just what frequencies do you think you will need to
reproduce if your input transducer is a cheap crystal Astatic or an old
Green Bullet.  We're not talking hi-fi stuff here.

Bernie Clarke
"Don't start me to talkin', I'll tell everything I know." - SBWII