Speaker Cabinet Question

[SloworNotAtAll]

I have an Ampeg 610 Classic.

If I were to replace the stock speakers with Weber 8ohm/ 20 watt speakers, how would I determine the final impedence/wattage??

I know it has to do with wiring parallel or in series, but I'm confused. Help??

 

[eedre]

#1 Why? (I'm not trying to be snippy, just curious)

#2 Do you know the impedance of the stock speakers?

 

[alexclaber]

Total wattage is the sum of the six speakers' individual wattage (assuming they're correctly wired for equal power distribution). This will therefore be a miserable 120W. As important is the excursion limited power handling which is probably equally poor.

Depending on your combination of series/parallel wiring the nominal impedance could be 48 ohms, 12 ohms, 5.3 ohms or 1.3 ohms.

Why do you want to do this?!!

Alex

 

[SloworNotAtAll]

relax relax relax.
I just wanted figure out how the numbers added up, so I picked the first speaker that I knew the ohmage and wattage of.
I am planning on swapping out the speakers in my cab. I think the structure of the 610 is quite punchy I just really want a crisper/sharper sound from the speakers.
Im shopping around. Any suggestions?

 

[Dan1099]

Mine gets plenty sharp/crisp. Is your tweeter working?

 

[billfitzmaurice]

I just really want a crisper/sharper sound from the speakers.
Im shopping around. Any suggestions?

Doing that is a matter of comparing the frequency response of the drivers you have now with that of other drivers that have suitable T/S specs for the cabinet. Finding out the frequency response and T/S specs of your current drivers will be the challenge.