speakers in a 610HLF?

mlwarriner · #1 04-15-2011, 11:50 AM

anybody know what the specs are on the main drivers in an ampeg 610HLF? newer-ish model, 4 ohms. i've got one that's farting pretty bad, and was pondering replacing it because getting something reconed in my part of the world takes for friggin' ever.

please and thanks.

JimmyM · #2 04-15-2011, 11:57 AM

call ampeg. maybe they can hook you up.

coreyfyfe · #3 04-15-2011, 12:05 PM

definitely the best way to go about it. the speakers in that cab are 6 ohms. At one point, if you googled Ampeg 6 ohm speaker there was a link that would come up for OEM replacements, but I tried to find it recently and had no luck.

Edit - found it, they're 6 ohms, not 5.3. Not sure why I had 5.3 in my head. (6+6)/3=4 (the cab uses a series/parallel wiring scheme).

http://www.speakerrepair.com/mm5/mer...Code=86-510-06

mlwarriner · #4 04-15-2011, 01:44 PM

Is there any realistic reason not to just replace the farting one with a decent 8ohm, 10 inch driver???

coreyfyfe · #5 04-15-2011, 01:50 PM

What amp are you using? How soon do you want to blow that speaker and/or the others?

mlwarriner · #6 04-15-2011, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by coreyfyfe

What amp are you using?

trace v-4

coreyfyfe · #7 04-15-2011, 02:06 PM

tube head right? in that case, no you do not want to just replace the stock speaker with an 8 ohm speaker as you're creating an odd impedance. You'll change the cab from 4 ohms to 4.2 ohms. Realistically, that's a pretty minor impedance mismatch, and not one that likely to instantly blow up your amp, but you'd be putting in a speaker not matched for the porting/tuning of the cab, that speaker will see a difference amount of wattage from the amp than the others, and will sound different. Has potential for phasing/sound cancelling issues at a minimum.

billfitzmaurice · #8 04-15-2011, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by mlwarriner

Is there any realistic reason not to just replace the farting one with a decent 8ohm, 10 inch driver???

So long as all the other specs are the same it wouldn't be a major issue. But that leaves you at square one, because you don't know what the specs are.

jerkass9879 · #9 04-15-2011, 06:20 PM

I ordered mine off of California speaker. They run about a hundred bucks and the shipping was cheap and fast. But it is the exact speaker. Replaced 2 in my cab and now it sounds great

jerkass9879 · #10 04-16-2011, 03:11 PM

sorry I'm an idiot. I meant orange county speaker repair. Official Speaker Repair Site - Orange County Speaker Repair and Sales - SpeakerRepair.com - Home of GLS Audio

will33 · #11 04-16-2011, 03:18 PM

I thought those were a sealed 410 top and ported 210 bottom or something like that. Don't know if they use the same driver for all 6 or not but I'd check into it. Memory's a bit fuzzy on this one.

coreyfyfe · #12 04-17-2011, 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by will33

I thought those were a sealed 410 top and ported 210 bottom or something like that. Don't know if they use the same driver for all 6 or not but I'd check into it. Memory's a bit fuzzy on this one.

They are the same driver. The bottom section is the one that is ported but the holes in the baffle/bracing between the sections are pretty large.