Peavey Basic 112 w/15"?

[rickysbass]

Two part question for anyone that knows.
Is it possible to stuff a 15" Black Widow speaker into a Peavey Basic 112?
Would it be worth it?
Thanks

 

[abarson]

No, stuffing a too-big speaker into a too-small cabinet is never a good idea, and could be dangerous to the speaker as well. Unlike guitar cabinets, bass cabinets are designed to work with a speaker's specific Thiele-Small parameters, and not following the design leads to poor performance or even speaker damage.
Depending on which generation Basic 112 you have, you might have the option of connecting an external 8 ohms cabinet, which will get you the full 75 watts and more speaker cone area. This is a more assured method of getting more sound from this combo.
https://assets.peavey.com/literature/manuals/Basic112.pdf
Peavey Basic 112 Manuals

 

[rickysbass]

I was kind of thinking that but was hoping a little on the other side.

 

[abarson]

Can you drop a Cummins diesel into a Toyota Corolla?
Maybe.
Is it "worth it"?
No.

 

[definenredefine]

Jumping on this thread because I can't seem to find an answer (including in Peavey's manuals) - what kind of speaker is in the Basic 112?

 

[abarson]

Jumping on this thread because I can't seem to find an answer (including in Peavey's manuals) - what kind of speaker is in the Basic 112?

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[definenredefine]

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