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15 inch peavey black widow speaker/ cabinet

#21
Building enclosures requires a lot of research and design, not just woodworking skills. If you don't know or don't want to know the details, then best to buy enclosures made by a builder who knows what they are doing. Just putting any old speaker into any old cab is hit or miss, usually miss.
 
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Kal-El said:
Another thought. Peavey offers replacement basket/coil assemblies for the Black Widow speakers. You remove the magnet from your speaker and put it on the new basket. Check to see if these assemblies are interchangeable
and get an 8 ohm assembly to replace the 4 ohm unit. This may be less expensive than buying new speakers. Two 8 ohm speakers in parallel is 4 ohms and your amp puts out full power.
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Note that there are different versions and some of the basket part numbers do not interchange between the versions.
 
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Thank you again for the information.
Now all I gotta do if figure out how to do the parallel.
What I'm trying to achieve here is to have two cabinets behind me kinda like stereo that spaced out on either side of me so the drummer can hear me on stage .
Hope this makes sense.
 
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TCW5SPEED said:
Hello
Sorry to bother you again.
Thing is I play pedal steel guitar and have been using the TC Electronic BAM 200 watt amp to power a homemade cabinet with the 15 inch Peavy 1502 4 ohm BW speaker .

I love the sound I'm getting from this setup but was trying to figure out a way of running two speakers and build the cabinets myself.
Thing is I don't want to overload the TC Electronic BAM 200 watt amp I'm using.

Do you have any suggestions on two speakers I can use to get the same quality sound I'm getting now .

Thank you for your time and information.
Ronnie
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Get another TC amp identical to the one you have and run it into another Peavey cab:D or homemade cab with same speaker.
 
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Agree, it is a very underrated speaker. Not least because of its end-user reconing design.
Here I have employed a pair of them in a DIY bass bin in a (don't know what it's called) arrangement.

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TCW5SPEED said:
Thank you again for the information.
Now all I gotta do if figure out how to do the parallel.
What I'm trying to achieve here is to have two cabinets behind me kinda like stereo that spaced out on either side of me so the drummer can hear me on stage .
Hope this makes sense.
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Be aware that separating the cabs like that will likely lead to phasing issues. You want them to be close together as possible.
 
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I have to say that this little T C BAM 200 and the diy cabinet with the 1502 Peavy 15" speaker sounds better to me than the Session 500 I removed the speaker from .
Like I was saying I have 3 of the 500 .

The only effects i use is a Boss RV 3 reverb/ delay and it sounds great with plenty of high and lows .
 
#31
Black Widows are big on efficiency, but shy on xmax - they will make the most out of a low power amp, but if you drive them hard, they run out of linear excursion pretty quickly (2.6 mm) - a modern 12 with 6 or 7mm of excursion will outdo a Black widow 15 if you have the power to do so. A couple of them in appropriate cabinets are probably a pretty good setup - as long as you're not going for really loud at low frequencies.
 
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The 1502-4DT is NLA from Peavey. The 8 ohm version is still available however for as long as supplies last. The 1502 has been discontinued in favor of the 1508 for its greater power handling. Many however including myself like the 1502's better due to the ridged cone giving more midrange response for bass.

I have two 1x15BVX cabs 4 ohm. I run them in series when I use.my class D MiniMega head since it cannot do a 2 ohm load.

I'd say you need a bit more power. Try to get an amp's RMS wattage at the given ohm rating to 65-80% of the speakers Program wattage. This will adequately power the speaker with headroom to spare.
 
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Thing is I'm part of a local country music band playing at high school gyms and smaller venues with all instruments run through the PA .
So there's not a need for a lot of volume out of the amps on stage and the PA puts it out front.
I mostly use my amp as a monitor so I that I can hear myself and the drummer is having trouble hearing my amp .
That's the reason I was thinking of using two cabinets, one for me and one for the drummer.
 
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bassguitarist85 said:
The 1502-4DT is NLA from Peavey. The 8 ohm version is still available however for as long as supplies last. The 1502 has been discontinued in favor of the 1508 for its greater power handling. Many however including myself like the 1502's better due to the ridged cone giving more midrange response for bass.

I have two 1x15BVX cabs 4 ohm. I run them in series when I use.my class D MiniMega head since it cannot do a 2 ohm load.

I'd say you need a bit more power. Try to get an amp's RMS wattage at the given ohm rating to 65-80% of the speakers Program wattage. This will adequately power the speaker with headroom to spare.
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I disagree, especially with the older Peavey BW's. Limiting the power to the RMS rating (NOT 65-80% of the program rating which is 1.6X - 1.8X the RMS rating) is far better for reliability reasons. There's not enough Xmax on the older drivers to support anything more and in most cases you will be well beyond Xmax well before the thermal power rating is reached.

I don't think the 1508 baskets will fit the older motors without a significant loss of performance, and the (real) power handling won't be increased either.
 
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Is the DIY itch irresistible? You really like building stuff? Or are there budget restraints? IME, DIY doesn't save money, but it's often worth it to build something cool.

"I've got a driver, I want to build a box!" threads are perpetual favorites with the TB gang. Hang in there. There will be lots of questions and volumes of advice.

Lots of guys have killer DIY cabs with solid designs.

Here's my questions: Is this for bass or pedal steel? Big difference.

If you really want to DIY, and these are basically stage monitors, could they be wedge shaped?

Can the drummer just buy himself a powered monitor, and you send him a signal, or maybe just upgrade the stage monitor gear for everybody?

I'd look into in ears. Silent stages can really improve sound for small gigs. Individual monitor mixes, and the FOH doesn't have to fight with stage volume.

I totally get it if DIY beckons. I like building cabs.
 
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