No idea what to do about speakers

[megadan]

I'm having kind of a speaker dilemma. I tend to ramble so I'll see if I can make this short, point form.

-picked up a whole Traynor package recently including the original YT-15 (2x15) with what I can only assume are the original Marsland speakers.
-A few months ago found a Traynor 1x15 cab with an unknown speaker, which promptly blew. Replaced it with a brand new Eminence 3015.
-now I have too much stuff and need to sell off some things before my house over flows.


My problems:
-One, I have someone interested in the 1x15 cab, though for guitar, so they're interested in a Marsland speaker not the 3015
-The YT-15 sounds great at practice but I think it could sound better - more low end, more projection

I really like how light the YT-15 is, and I would like to keep it as my main second cab.
I could swap the speakers - Marsland in the 1x15 and the 3015 in the 2x15. That leaves me with mismatched speakers in that cab which I know you do not like TB!

I could use the cash from selling the cab & speaker to get a second 3015 and have a dual 3015 sealed cab, BUT I'm worried that 1) not the right cab design/size for those speakers, and 2) not enough high end from the 3015 (only go to 4Khz, and I'd like a little more than that, maybe only 5 - 6 KHz at most)

So I could:
-keep the YT-15 as is
-Load the YT-15 with dual 3015s
-Load the YT-15 with mismatched old and new speakers
-Load the YT-15 with a 3015 and some other speaker
-sell the 3015 and load the cab with EV-15Ls or some other speaker

I don't have a lot of time (guy wants to come check out the small cab tonight) and I'm sorta lost help TB?

That's the blown speaker, not 3015

[stflbn]

The guitarist wants a 15"? There will be yet another bass player here soon complaining because he's not cutting through the guitars.

[LesS]

As long as you want to sell it - I would just sell the Traynor 1x15 cab with a Marsland driver.
It won't cost you anything just to try the YT-15 with the mismatched speakers (3015 and Marsland) - you might be OK with the sound.

If you don't like the sound, you could buy a second 3015 - or just try it as a 1x15 (seal the lower cutout).

[megadan]

Originally Posted by LesS

As long as you want to sell it - I would just sell the Traynor 1x15 cab with a Marsland driver.

It won't cost you anything just to try the YT-15 with the mismatched speakers (3015 and Marsland) - you might be OK with the sound.

Well I have no attachment to the single 15 cab, not. And yeah, I mean, my motto has always been "if it sounds good, it is good" - even if it's not the technically correct solution.

In doing a little more research, it seems that a 4KHz high end on the 3015 is actually pretty respectable, I can't find any other Eminence drivers that do about 4KHz, though I imagine they're almost all meant to be used with HF/tweeters.

It just still worries me that the 3015 is not recommended at all on the Eminence site for a sealed enclosure.


And I've heard some decent guitar from 15"! I'm just assuming he's a guitarist because he's buying a guitar distortion pedal too, but I dunno maybe he plays keys or an electric tuba or something.

[LesS]

"It just still worries me that the 3015 is not recommended at all on the Eminence site for a sealed enclosure."

Once you decide what speakers you are going to use in the 2x15 cabinet, you should tune it using WinISD.

[megadan]

Originally Posted by LesS

"It just still worries me that the 3015 is not recommended at all on the Eminence site for a sealed enclosure."

Once you decide what speakers you are going to use in the 2x15 cabinet, you should tune it using WinISD.

I will for sure, I'm just not sure where to start for speakers. Any recomendations for 15s in a sealed enclosure? It doesn't have to go super low, just be reasonably balanced and moderatly efficent.