Peavey MAX 250

[LHbassist]

O.K., I busted one of my own 'quirks' about combo amps, and bought a REALLY nice second hand apartment use only Max 250 for a great price. Got the original shipping box, and the footswitch, too. I also bought a cover for it to keep it this nice. When I tried the Fender Rumbles (200-500) in my local Center for badly adjusted Guitars, I also tried The Ampeg BA-210, and several Peavey MAX combos. The best sounding amp of the bunch, to me, was the Peavey. One bad issue, though.. the speaker grille rattled badly. Deal breaker. This one, doesn't seem to have that issue, thankfully. The thing I'd like to ask for here- Do any of you use one? In addition, My Rumble 200, is right at about ten pounds lighter. I was considering removing the stock Peavey 15 and replacing it with a neo 15. But that, would ruin the great deal for a nice, but costly weight savings of about ten pounds. Anyone done this conversion? Maybe I'll leave it alone.... What IS the stock Peavey speaker anyway? It does not have the Black Widow chrome center cap. Sheffield maybe?
Thanks in advance...

 

[gtirard]

It's not recommended to upgrade a bass amp by replacing the speaker by a better one.
It's ok (and frequent) in the guitar world, but bass amps are different: the cabinet enclosure and the speaker must be designed as a whole system, they are inter-dependant. So if you replace the speaker you may get lower performance, even if the speaker is "better", because the characteristics of the speaker and the enclosure no longer match.

 

[LHbassist]

It's not recommended to upgrade a bass amp by replacing the speaker by a better one.
It's ok (and frequent) in the guitar world, but bass amps are different: the cabinet enclosure and the speaker must be designed as a whole system, they are inter-dependant. So if you replace the speaker you may get lower performance, even if the speaker is "better", because the characteristics of the speaker and the enclosure no longer match.

I am aware of that which you stated, well stated, I might add. The Speaker/ cabinet tuning relationship is known, and often discussed here. I was just mind wandering. I've come to the basic conclusion, that I'll likely leave the combo stock. I've yet to try it out on a gig. My Rumble 200 is just barely adequate for the single sub gig that I do on now rare occasions. The Peavey seems to be a really good amp- and for what I paid, it'll pay for itself on the next gig.