help identifying a driver and a circuit

Discussion in 'Amps and Cabs [BG]' started by flameworker, Jan 1, 2015.

  1. flameworker

    flameworker

    Jun 15, 2014
    Landenberg, Pennsylvania
    one day....
    I'm putting together a practice amp and part of it uses these 5"drivers, there is a switch attached to this board. What would it do?
    It attaches to a rotary switch. Possibly a crossover or!?? I didn't notice the switch when I had it hooked up, and I can't play til glue dries.
    2 5"speakers, rated 200 watts.
    Right now they are in a small sealed cab, and are really really punchy, need to refoam them, any idea what these drivers might be? From Ross Systems. 70's? 80's? Marked 719230 22172 really big magnets. Without more info I guess I'll keep them in a sealed cab? Having trouble posting pics.

    They are going with a 12" sub and some 1" tweeters. Oh and 2 8's maybe eventually. Just a livingroom amp.
     

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  2. Your first photo shows a 1/4 inch phone jack (amplifier input) and a couple of power resistors.

    The 5 inch drivers look interesting, and should be adequate for low volume playing. Check the frame and magnet for numbers that might help to identify them. If no information can be found, they will perform reasonably well in a sealed cab, with 1/4 cf (about 7L) per driver.
     
  3. flameworker

    flameworker

    Jun 15, 2014
    Landenberg, Pennsylvania
    one day....
    ok, they are in a 4 liter (it was plastic, i filled it with water!) box now, 14 liters sealed should help deepen the tone for them a bit, fill in the space between those and the sub.THey are pretty good drivers, heard them with a guitar using a Boogie tube head and they scream,almost no bass below 200 or so tho.I think a different cabinet might help. I'm guessing they are both 8 ohm as the cabinet said 4 ohm. Also I found out Ross Systems owned Kustom amps.

    Am I correct that a ported cabinet will not work correctly with that kind of driver? that is to say, I will lose the punchy response in trade for bass?

    I listed the numbers on it, 719230 and 22172 , google was no help.


    I know they are old school resistors, but what would they do? change sound? change impedance?They are all attached to wires, then the wires go to a 10 way rotary switch.
    there are 2 1/4 input/outputs, and instructions on how to wire it for either 4 or 8 ohm when you use it with another cab.
     
  4. They might work in a ported cab, but we would need the TS parameters in order to design one.

    The drivers were made by Carbonneau (pretty decent). You could contact them for the TS parameters.

    The power resistors are commonly used in power supplies, and in some power amps to drop the power so the amp can be pushed into overdrive without going deaf.
     
  5. Passinwind

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  6. flameworker

    flameworker

    Jun 15, 2014
    Landenberg, Pennsylvania
    one day....
    Yes, that is the little guY!, I just added about .6cu feet to the volume of the cab, its going to be part of my little diy den amp.
     
  7. flameworker

    flameworker

    Jun 15, 2014
    Landenberg, Pennsylvania
    one day....
    Sweet, its an ohm switch, i have never seen that feature in a cab like that before. i guess you select how many cabs you are putting together..

    Thanks guys