2, 32ohms Plus 2, 8ohms. Will it work?

[Metal Mobster]

I just finished working on a 410 cabinet, and have been mulling over buying new speakers for it, but I'm a bit poor at the moment.

So I put in what I have, based on a theory, but I'd like to know if that will work.

It's an 8 ohm designed cab.

One of the original speakers was fried, so I removed it to find that it was a 32 ohm speaker.

Well, I removed another, and was left with 2, 32 ohm speakers wired in parallel down to 16 ohms.

I had 2, 8 ohm speakers, and wired them in series up to 16 ohms.

Now, I took both sections, and wired them together in parallel. Will that knock it down to 8 ohms again?
Do I need to just buck up, and spend the $80 for 2 new 8 ohm speakers?

Thanks in advance.

[oerk]

It will work, but may not sound very good.

Identical speakers would be better for a variety of reasons.

[Luis Fabara]

It would be 8ohms total indeed.

But the previous post is right, better to have identical speakers.

[EricF]

Also a big factor is a cab properly designed for those speakers.

[JonnyAngle]

Pure speculation:

Since the speakers have difference impedences, you will push the 8 Ohm speakers to the point that they blow and the 32 Ohm speakers will barely be audible.

...again, pure speculation.

[BassmanPaul]

What you have is a 4x10 with four 32Ω speakers installed. The best option is to replace the one faulty 32Ω driver or have it re-coned. If this in an Ampeg cabinet FlipTops have suitable drivers.

Paul

[Alex1984]

It will work, and power distribution should still be even (theoretically). But when in doubt I'd try to play it safe and follow Paul's advice.

[clejw]

Yes, you have 8 ohms. It should work fine. The mis-matched speakers likely have different sesitivity, power handling capabilites and frequency response curves, so I agree that this is a less than ideal set up, but will work until you can save up for 4 identical drivers. Any unused gear you can ebay or craigslist?