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Eden D410XLT, now what?

Refurb?

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David A. Davis

David A. Davis

Apr 5, 2008
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I just snagged this on CL for $40. Everything is there except for speakers. I’m not a fan of rat fur. Looking for ideas on a refurb. I want to go 4 ohm, but what drivers? Ceramic or neo? Keep the rat fur and try to clean it up some or strip it and go with duratex? The casters are shot and the corners are rough but not broken. Open to suggestions.
 
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See if you can get someone to buy it off you for $50. :thumbsup:
Then take that extra $10 and the money you would have spent refurbishing and loading this and get something newer complete and ready to rock.

I did not mean any offence by this post, just these projects usually end up costing more than getting a complete cab with better performance. And unless you load it with original Eden speaker at $232 each x 4 click>Invalid Link Removed than it will not preform as the great Eden it once was.

In my opinion these projects are money pits with poor resale as none original, you will not get the cost of your drives back if you do not like the results.

If you do move forward I do look forward to seeing your progress. Again no offence meant.
 
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Four of these drivers will probably work . Invalid Link Removed .These will get you to 4 ohms in parallel . I'm pretty sure they are replacements for Edens . That will get you to about $450 . Add another $35 for duratex and you'll be at $500 . The D410XLT is a great sounding cab but heavy . If you don't mind the weight and doing the speaker swap it might be good for you .
 
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S-Bigbottom said:
See if you can get someone to buy it off you for $50. :thumbsup:
Then take that extra $10 and the money you would have spent refurbishing and loading this and get something newer complete and ready to rock.
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This ^^^^^

These are very respectable cabinets with the original drivers, although very heavy. Drivers that are not well matched to the cabinet will be a waste of money.

It's likely you could find a good working 410XLT for much less than the cost of new OEM drivers in the cabinet.

Take a look https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/?Ntt=eden 410&Ns=r
 
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I'd either re-sell it as suggested earlier, or put it in the back yard on its back and put 4 flower pots in the holes.

It will cost more than reasonable to go back with the OEM Edens, and it's a crapshoot buying four 'what-ifs' just to see if you get something workable. I'd take that money and buy something already complete. These remind me of a car ad where you get a steal of a price on a car . . . . . and all you have to do is put another engine in it.
 
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David A. Davis said:
Oh, they were absolutely great sounding. I’m just just concerned with the reliability. There seams to a lot info out there about people blowing speakers.
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Well, I have a D210XLT with OEM speakers, for one they sound good, I guess they should be rather reliable, too. Well, in the past weeks I believe sometimes a speaker would tend to fart a bit (and then seize to do so), but that cab is probably 20 years old, which isn't too bad I guess. :)
 
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S-Bigbottom said:
And unless you load it with original Eden speaker at $232 each x 4 click>Invalid Link Removed than it will not preform as the great Eden it once was.

In my opinion these projects are money pits with poor resale as none original, you will not get the cost of your drives back if you do not like the results.
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Eminence recently released a new Legend 10" speaker that is an eden copy and much higher power handling. $129 each.
 
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I did the same with a Carvin 210. I put Deltalites in it and it sounded fantastic. It was light too. I pulled the Deltalites out for another project and replaced them with Deltas and again it sounds fantastic, but is heavier. When I did this, I didn't know about matching speakers to cabinets. So I guess I was lucky twice? I checked the specs when I found out about matching, and the cabinet I had matched the specs of both the Deltalites and the Deltas other than they handled more power. I say measure the cab and check the specs on whatever speaker you want to use. If they are a match, use them.:thumbsup:
 

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