reload a yamaha 2x15 reflex cab

[Chef]

The 3015 is a good choice, and one I've used. Just sayin', re-cone is an option.

 

[billfitzmaurice]

The 3015 is a good choice, and one I've used. Just sayin', re-cone is an option.

I hear ya, but with the 3015 being so much better than anything that came before it I look at a blown driver as an opportunity to upgrade big time, and at not much more cost, if any, than a recone.

 

[Chef]

But, as you mentioned, if you want it to sound like it sounded... yep, it's an older cabinet, but yamaha has always made quality gear.

I'm not gonna debate you on this though; as I've said, I've used the 3015's and like them.

 

[Jjones32]

recone is out of the question because the speakers aren't original, they're crappy speakers from radio shack

 

[joegeezer]

That's one way to look at it. OTOH if I see that the rated highway mileage for a car is 20 MPG and it has a 20 gallon tank I'm not going to buy said car with the expectation that it's going to get me 800 miles on a tank. Of course, your mileage may vary.
BTW, Carvin has finally gotten around to posting specs on most of their neos, and the fifteen is displacement limited to one- quarter the power capacity of the 3015.

Bill, where have you found Carvin Neo specs posted??

 

[billfitzmaurice]

Bill, where have you found Carvin Neo specs posted??

At the Carvin site. It takes some poking around to find them, this is the file name:
thiele_speaker_specs_2

 

[joegeezer]

Thanks!

 

[joegeezer]

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Here it is

 

[rpsands]

You'll see that the Carvin 15 is basically junk. Worse than an Eminence Beta 15 as a bass driver. A C2515 or Deltalite 2515 II are both nicer as well.

It's probably right around average as far as what goes into bass cabs, but it's not worth 100 bucks. Maybe 65-70. I'd still rather have a Basslite C2515 for that price even dealing with the 4 ohms difficulties.

 

[joegeezer]

Once again, lots of talk, without even trying them. I'll bet there are alot of guys who already own them, who like them just fine.

 

[billfitzmaurice]

I wouldn't call them junk, but aside from the neo magnet they don't spec out any better than a driver in the vein of an Eminence Beta. The twelves spec out vastly inferior to Eminence Basslite S2012 neos that cost less. I couldn't recommend them prior to seeing specs on them for lack of being able to predict how well they would work, and now that I have the specs I can't recommend them knowing how well they will work. That doesn't mean that they might not sound perfectly OK at the levels they're capable of going to, just that other options that are no more expensive will beat them handily.

 

[ampegfuzz]

was this cab ever finished?