What speakers should I install in a Sunn 4x12? vs Ampeg 810E?

bovine mind · #1 03-30-2010, 12:46 AM

edit: as Destructobot confirms, it's a guitar cab. Probably not worth the hassle.

bovine mind · #2 03-30-2010, 12:59 AM

Currently looking at the Eminence Kappa 12a's at these specs...

http://www.loudspeakersplus.com/html/kappa_12a.html

Kappa 12A
Size: 12"
Power Rating: 450W RMS
Frequency Res: 40-4kHz
Sensitivity: 101db
Impedance: 8 ohms
Voice Coil: 3" edge wound
Resonant Frequency: 45 Hz
Magnet Weight: 80 oz.

Thoughts?

Destructobot · #3 03-30-2010, 01:03 AM

That's a guitar cab. It doesn't have enough volume to work very well as a bass cab. It'll never sound as big as your 810, no matter what speakers you put in it. You'd be much better off getting something like this:

http://billfitzmaurice.com/Omni15.html

Horn loaded = most thump per cab size and cost. Look at those response charts. Odds are that Sunn cab with 12a's would be quite a bit lower across the board, other than maybe the 250-1000hz range.

Stumbo · #4 03-31-2010, 05:03 PM

You could bi-amp it and get some great mids/highs out of it.