replacing speakers in an 810

TheNightLife · #1 03-23-2011, 08:26 AM

Hey guys I'm gonna be replacing speakers in my ampeg 810 soon. Is there anything I should look out for when doing so? Is there anything ill need? Any tips?

Selta · #2 03-23-2011, 08:48 AM

If you can turn a screwdriver, you can change the speakers. Main thing is to make sure you get appropriate speakers. Oh, and the flux capacitor.

TheNightLife · #3 03-23-2011, 09:05 AM

and a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 giggawatts of electricity right? lol

Arjank · #4 03-23-2011, 09:17 AM

You could try these Speaker Detail | Eminence Speaker

chokeslam512 · #5 03-23-2011, 09:18 AM

also, make sure to get 8 of them

Arjank · #6 03-23-2011, 09:23 AM

You should also not to forget to jot down the wiring scheme when you pull the ol' drivers loose... you have 8 of them so it might get tricky

billfitzmaurice · #7 03-23-2011, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Arjank

You should also not to forget to jot down the wiring scheme when you pull the ol' drivers loose... you have 8 of them so it might get tricky

There's nothing tricky at all, they're all parallel. My bet is that Ampeg did it that way using 32 ohm drivers to minimize the possibility of anyone screwing it up on the assembly line.

Selta · #8 03-23-2011, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by billfitzmaurice

There's nothing tricky at all, they're all parallel. My bet is that Ampeg did it that way using 32 ohm drivers to minimize the possibility of anyone screwing it up on the assembly line.

Hah! I wonder how many people got cabs with speakers out of phase?

Arjank · #9 03-23-2011, 12:22 PM

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There's nothing tricky at all, they're all parallel.

I know, I was just joking like the other posters, hahahah

jastacey · #10 03-24-2011, 07:14 AM

Since the speaker cabinet is a sealed design, use some speaker gaskets

MarTONEbass · #11 03-24-2011, 07:52 AM

I refurbished a '68 SVT 8x10 flat back cabinet a few years ago. Some speakers were bad, but others had survived. I had the ruined ones re-coned and it ended up being much cheaper than buying new ones. I suspect that the tome was much more even that if I had mixed old and new speakers in the same cab.

John Wentzien · #12 03-24-2011, 07:55 AM

Don't drop the screwdriver!
You would be surprised how many speakers get damaged this way.

Arjank · #13 03-24-2011, 07:58 AM

Also make sure to have an extension cable for your soldering iron, these 810 cabs are huge

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