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Does anyone know what cab this is?

I'm pretty sure it's some homemade frankencab 2x15 but it's built really well and it has two random 15s in it with no markings or branding on them and I was told they're some random PA speakers the guy I bought it from had laying around.
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How does it sound?
It sounds pretty good but I might have killed one or both of the speakers cuz it makes an awful buzzy sound when I play the lowest string on my 5. I'm not sure these speakers are rated to deal with the insane amount of low end a completely cranked+boosted Matamp GT 150 can put out but it sounded perfectly fine through my guitar players SVT 5 before I played the Matamp through it lol.

The back was loose when I brought it home though so that might have been the problem but I don't have a head to test it with right now cuz they're in my friends basement with my other cab lol. It was my guitarists cab and he sold it to me for $100 cuz he has an old Acoustic 4x12 bass cab for me to play through when we practice that's punchier and sounds better.

It's a dope cab for $100 so even if I have to get new speakers it's whatever cuz it's built really well and it's pretty light and easy to move.
 
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The speaker in general looks kind of like an Eminence Delta.
The buzzing coulde be a speaker telling you to turn down some or vibration from the cabinet.
If you want to put some time into it maybe increase the front to back bracing to something larger, add some bracing to the back panel and put some thin weather seal strip around the surface where the back panel screws down.

On large cabinets with removable backs that is an area of weakness since the back panel
can not be screwed and glued inplace.

Interesting look for the front "grill" reminds me of some early 1930's era radios!