4 ohm speakers with SVT-410he cab?

[frensal]

I found an unloaded SVT-410he cab for cheap on Craigslist. It originally is an 8 ohm cabinet. I'm wondering if I put 4 ohm speakers in it, could I run it as a 4 ohm cabinet? I have an SVT head that can only do 2 or 4 ohms, but I want to get a 4x10 (in addition to my 8x10) that I can play it out of on the cheap.

Thoughts? Is the input panel inherently 8 ohms or is it only the speakers that would make a difference in ohmage?

Thanks in advance!

[JimmyM]

You could do that, but the problem would be finding the speakers. I know of no acceptable commercially available 4 ohm speakers you could use that would retain the basic sound. Admittedly, I don't know of every single speaker available, though.

[frensal]

I was looking into these:

http://www.usspeaker.com/jensen%20mod10-50-1.htm

I don't know much about them, but I've read good things.

[Bassmec]

Originally Posted by frensal

I found an unloaded SVT-410he cab for cheap on Craigslist. It originally is an 8 ohm cabinet. I'm wondering if I put 4 ohm speakers in it, could I run it as a 4 ohm cabinet? I have an SVT head that can only do 2 or 4 ohms, but I want to get a 4x10 (in addition to my 8x10) that I can play it out of on the cheap.

Thoughts? Is the input panel inherently 8 ohms or is it only the speakers that would make a difference in ohmage?

Thanks in advance!

You could just connect four 8 ohm speakers in the cabinet all in parallel that would get you 2 ohms total, a match no less.

[JimmyM]

Originally Posted by frensal

I was looking into these:

http://www.usspeaker.com/jensen%20mod10-50-1.htm

I don't know much about them, but I've read good things.

The Mods don't take much power, that's the only caveat I'd give you.

[frensal]

Thanks so much for all the advice, yall.

I'm still on the fence about it, but he did say he'd throw in one of the orig speakers that works fine so I'd just have to worry about getting 3 replacements.

[CL400Peavey]

Originally Posted by frensal

Thanks so much for all the advice, yall.

I'm still on the fence about it, but he did say he'd throw in one of the orig speakers that works fine so I'd just have to worry about getting 3 replacements.

Even with one of the original speakers, there is no way to get that cab to 4 Ohms with out 4 replacement speakers. Not worth it.