Need a 15" speaker recommendation

[bluzcruz57]

Got an old 70's 1 x 15 Peavey Cab w, no speaker, and an old Century 200 (100 watt head) with (2) spkr outputs for either (2) 8 ohm or (1) 4 ohm spkr cabs, I think.

I'm a guitarist, but starting to play bass, trying to put together a decent low budget rig for around the house practice.

I have a Squire Deluxe Active IV bass, will probably pick up a P/J combo with passive pickups at some point.

What are some choices for a good sounding 15" speaker for this cab?

Thanks!

 

[BeauZooka]

You should post the interior dimentions of your cab, and the dimentions of the port, if it has one.

 

[will33]

You should post the interior dimentions of your cab, and the dimentions of the port, if it has one.

Going to need this info to find a good sounding replacement. The other option is to find a speaker the cab was originally designed for. That'd be preferably a 1505DT-8 black widow (not KADT) or at a minimum the 1502DT-8 black widow. They can be had at decent prices used, if you end up having to consider new price, eminence has a variety of 15's that'll perform at least as well if not better, and usually cost a bit less. That's where the cab measurements come in.

 

[bluzcruz57]

The dimensions of the cab are 24"w x 13"D x 27"H. The ported opening is 22"W x 12"D x 8"H.

The original label is still on the back of the cab: "Peavey Model 115 Bass Enclosure, serial number 8F163614, 4 ohm impedance"

 

[bluzcruz57]

I'd rather buy something that's new, that will sound as good or better than the original speaker if possible.

 

[UncleBalsamic]

I think you can easily use kappalite 3015s for this, but I may be wrong.

 

[will33]

Something seems goofy with the port dimensions, if it really is that big it'd have to be 2-4 feet long to reach any common, useable tunings. The box should net 3 1/2 cu.ft. or a little better, big enough for a variety of 15's to work decent in it. Re-tuning it for the new speaker would likely involve blocking off part of the port if it really is that big.

 

[Jaco who?]

Don't know all that much about this joint, and they sell such a wide variety of different stuff they may kinda' flaky when it comes to bass driver knowledge of any kind, but when you click on the save to cart, it's a whoppin' $57.99. Can't really go wrong. Chek the Eminence.com site for the driver specs. They look pretty decent to me for a box of that size.

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Have fun.

 

[rpsands]

With a 100 watt head I'd roll with a Basslite C2515. It will be, with that head, probably louder than a Kappalite 3015 because of the ohms - I'd expect the head to put out fewer watts at 8 ohms.

Also, in that sized enclosure with a ~50hz tuning, both drivers can take all 100 watts and perform almost exactly the same (although the basslite puts out a little more @ 80hz due to the small upper bass hump it has when tuned to 50hz).

 

[bluzcruz57]

here's a picture of the cab:

 

[BeauZooka]

+1 on the Basslite C2515

 

[Rick Auricchio]

You have to measure the opening at the back of the port, not the front. Those "horn-shaped" ports were a useless experiment from a few decades ago.

Also, subtract the space used by the bracing, and by the tilted lower front of the cab. You need an accurate measurement of internal volume.

All you really have there is a bunch of cheap, heavy particle-board. Is it really worth doing the woodworking and dropping in a new driver? It could be a waste of time, and you could actually damage the driver with an incorrect port.

 

[will33]

+1

OP, I don't know how much work you want to do on this thing but you could knock out that slanted part and build in the baffle down to the bottom of the cab. Plenty of room then to use a couple pieces of scrap drain pipe or something to port tune it to whatever speaker you like. Would also gain a good bit of internal volume, maybe even more space than nessecary for some 15's. Not sure how that slant thing works into your measurements. You measure how much airspace is inside the box, not the size of the whole thing.

If decent sound at a decent price is the goal, a Delta15LF likes a largish box and can play low and take some decent power doing it. It will sound a little "dark" on it's own.

 

[Bassmec]

Its quite odd when you get interested in mixing metal/rock how little of the staggering levels of sub bass most amps appear capable of today you would need.
The fashionable kik drum sample is very loud at 68hz and below, it has almost nothing going on between 150 hz and 800 hz and has a huge peak at between 1.2 lifting to circa 4 k and beyond.
I would see if you can make a great full range/midrange cab, of course if you play Soul, reggae or country you can generally ignore this sound advice.
You can only have so much sub, a great bass rig for rock is nothing like a PA or a Ragga sound system, or for that matter in car audio, you will require something called tone!.
The cab looks a straight rip off of an altec musical instrument cab that had a 816 or 421 in it, that might be a great speaker if tone is ever more important than X max and brute power handling these days of everybody idiotically trying to occupy the same tiny part of the available audio band width.
Try listening carefully to a few good sounding records in your genre.

 

[throwoff]

I always love the Peavey Black Widow's
But I have only used pretty old ones :/

 

[klyph]

My old 4 ohm Peavey 15" cab (different design than yours- the port is "straight") has a Scorpion 4 ohm speaker. Great sounding speaker, not light at all! I don't know if these are still made- somehow I doubt it. You may want to ask your local peavey retailer to order one if possible.