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*HELP* What is a suitable Fender Rumble 15 Replacement Speaker

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kylerrini

Feb 8, 2011
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I have a Fender Rumble 15 (small 15 watt) practice amp. The little 8" speaker blew out and I'm looking for one to replace it. I could not find the original Fender speaker anywhere, but I did find some on mcmelectronics.com. Will these suffice?

Here are te ones I'm interested in...will too big of a wattage ratio hurt?(15w output vs 70w handling)

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Thank you very much.
 
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kylerrini said:
Ok, so you're saying the links I posted are just for Audio speakers and not necessarily Instrument speakers?
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The aluminum one would work, the other one is made more for a home stereo speaker. The eminence bill linked to is a higher quality speaker but we're talking about a little 15watt bedroom practice amp here. $20 speaker gets it playing, fine. Any more money than that and it's time to junk it and buy another one used off craigslist. Plenty for sale this time of year as kids lose interest in their Christmas presents and/or give up on those lessons dad's been paying for.

I'd also make sure the speaker is actually the problem before I go buying stuff.
 
#6
@spaz21387, I have a nice setup for playing with a band (SVT3 and SVT810), All I'm looking for is a speaker to replace a blown one in an amp I use while sitting on my bed.

@will33, Thank you for your help. I tested the amp with a 10" speaker and the signal was clean. I think I'm going cheap because I got the thing for $30.
 
#7
Sorry if I'm bring back a dead thread, but would the aluminum sound any better than the original one? N if the TS got it, how does it sound?
Also, is the amp even stable to throw a 4 ohm speaker in? I can't find any threads or specs saying it's stable past an 8 ohm load.

Thanks.
 
#9
Hi.

ninjatanzen said:
would the aluminum sound any better than the original one?

Also, is the amp even stable to throw a 4 ohm speaker in? I can't find any threads or specs saying it's stable past an 8 ohm load.

Thanks.
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I'd bet any 8" MI speaker will sound better than the one that's in there. Bill's suggestion is a good one.

I have personally never been able to tell the difference between the aluminium, paper, plastic, and even CF cones, but most of the people have two functioning ears ;).


IMHO/IME any cheap amp is only good for 8Ohm nominal load, there's really no point in trying to go lower. Unles You deliberately want to destroy the said amp in hopes of getting a better one.

The cheapness is a result of many cut corners, instability to "difficult" loads is a result of a few of them.

Regards
Sam
 
#10
Alright, I do appreciate the input. Bill's link has a $40 speaker :x seems to be high for a practice amp, but then again I guess it is just a practice amp as you guys have stated. I'll let this thread rest again, but I definitely will stick to an 8 ohm speaker (either Bill's or the $20 aluminum one).

Thanks again!
 
#11
Hi.

Well, Id look it this way. The Eminence is "only" twice as expensive than the no-name one.

While it won't probably deliver twice the volume or sound, it'd be the choise many would make.

The Eminence T/S specs everyone trusts and uses as the base of their cab calculations, on no-name speakers it's still usually a hit and a miss.
There's probably even tested cab plans and porting instructions for the Alpha 8A on the Eminence website as well, so You don't even need to model it Yourself.

You can most likely use that Eminence speaker long after the Fender has broken down, perhaps to build a small 1*8 or 2*8 practice/mid cab.

Regards
Sam
 
#13
Plus, you can change the tuning of the ports in your combo to better suit the Eminence speaker. Just tell us the inner dimensions of the cab and the ports.

I've replaced the crappy stock 8" speaker in my Hartke B20 with a $15 no name PA speaker. After correcting the tuning, the amp sounds a million times better. Boominess almost completely removed, goes lower, nicer midrange etc. Perceived volume is a little lower because the huge midbass hump is removed, but still loud enough for bedroom practice.

I suspect the same can be done for your Fender, especially with a nice Eminence speaker.
 
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Hi.

Electricblue said:
Would you really bother tuning a sub-$100 bedroom amp?
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Yes.

Why not?

If with a little a bit of tweaking, $100 bedroom amp can be turned into something useable.

A great way to test different tunings and learn to use some designing software as well.

The speaker is most times IME the weakest link in budget combos anyway, so why not make the most of the purchase.

Regards
Sam
 

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