Moisture and cabs

Not a good plan. Speaker cones are made of paper. I haven't had any speakers rot out myself but I've seen pictures of ones that have. Not pretty!

 

i think a moist garage is as much use as a chocolate teapot, not just for your cabs but anything you want to keep in it, tools, motorcycles, kites, etc. i think i would spend a bit and get the garage useable first OR keep your stuff in the house. good luck.

 

other option, stick a tablecloth over it and use it as a coffee table

 

thats what i've done with stuff that dont fit in the garage, just make sure theres a plastic one under the nice one to stop spills going into the speaker.

 

Put it im a big plastic bag and get a can of dessicant from a gun or boat shop. That will soak up any moisture in the bag.

 

if you can get silica gel( its the stuff that you get in little bags in electronic goods). you put a handfull in a big plastic bag and you should be alright. i leave a bass and rigs in thailand and india and although the stuff in bangkok is fine in just a bag the indian monsoon is savage on my stuff and so its bagged with silica gel and tobacco leaves( against insects) and so far it done the job. if you see the guys from the electricity utilities they might give you a bag full of silica gel.
ps for a nice big bag ask in the shops that sell iceboxes ( we call em fridges here in euroland)

 

That's a very expensive speaker, but it only does 2k on the top end, so for me it would be out, as I require at least 4k on the top end of a woofer. Sounds muddy and has no attack otherwise. Good for some songs, but I'd rather it be my choice instead of being forced upon me by limitations of the gear.

 

You may well be able to add a midrange driver to the cabinet at a later date or build a top box for the cabinet. I would at least try it. You may well like what comes out. In this country RCF were known as the Italian JBL.

 

Why change out a perfectly good driver??? If the cabinet sounds good with no "farting" then you should be fine.

A top box is a cabinet holding mid and high drivers with a suitable crossover. It sits atop the cabinet and brings out the frequencies that the woofer alone cannot.

Edit: For 50 euro it seems like a good way to go.

 

I'd be a little concerned about being able to see daylight inside the top port because it's probably not the only air leak, but I guess you could seal it with caulk or putty or something. For 50 Euro, though, you could probably sell the speaker for at least that much if you decide it's not for you.

 

If you can't locate the silca, white rice in a cheesecloth bag will control moisture also. Keep the cab off the floor with bricks, wood can cause moisture to wick up the wood to the cab.

 

yea i forgot about rice, it works well and is a lot easier to get than silica gel. just watch out for RAT ACTION.

 

Check the material of the cabinet. MDF untreated attracts mould in damp conditions.

 

If you pair it with your Ashdown Combo I don't see any problems. The power gets dividet by the parallel speaker outputs, so the cab would not get too much power. Be carefull with too much low end, it the speaker farts out you have to dial down volume or / and bass.

Maybe the cab sounds fine together with the built in speaker of your combo. Just try it out.

By the way, whats about impedance? How much Watts @ how much Ohms does your amp have with the built-in speaker / with an external speaker addet? Make sure you come to a save impedance.

Most amps have a minimum impedance of 4 Ohm. So don't use a 4-Ohm-speaker! Make sure, that your combo speaker has 8 Ohm, than plug in the extension speaker - after making sure (again!) that this is a 8 Ohm speaker, too. Two cabs in 8 Ohm wired in parallel will equal 4 Ohm.

Ciao

Uwe

 

Some craft/hobby businesses can order Silica, as it's widely used for preserving flower petals and leaves. Might look for one in your area.
After 4 years in a Ft. Lauderdale condo with items stored in an outdoor closet, I have moved all my gear into a heated/cooled storage room. Not cheap but I don't worry about mold or mildew anymore. A slimy cab is not a pretty thing.