Speaker Replacement w/ Different Ohm

[DM]

I have Novice question regarding speaker replacement w/ my Hartke 4x10
cabinet..
Currently it has four 16 Ohm Celestion speakers w/ no low ends at all..
Most replacement
10" Speakers I've seen are 8 Ohm.. is there additional parts or needed
extra wiring to be done? Cabinet btw has Different Ohm selector Mono
4-16 Ohm and Stereo 8 Ohm.. and also any 10" guitar speakers w/ lots of
low end recommendation? Appreciate the Help!!!

[Sacramento Dave]

"DM" > wrote in message
ups.com...
>I have Novice question regarding speaker replacement w/ my Hartke 4x10
> cabinet..
> Currently it has four 16 Ohm Celestion speakers w/ no low ends at all..
> Most replacement
> 10" Speakers I've seen are 8 Ohm.. is there additional parts or needed
> extra wiring to be done? Cabinet btw has Different Ohm selector Mono
> 4-16 Ohm and Stereo 8 Ohm.. and also any 10" guitar speakers w/ lots of
> low end recommendation? Appreciate the Help!!!
>

There are deferent ways to wire the speakers, to change the ohms. I
believe you can get to 8 ohm speakers wired to 4 ohms or 16 ohms. Try a web
search. Something else you might consider is using deferent speakers, I had
a amp built he used a Vintage Jensen and a Celestion

[LEE MALONE]

Some limited info:
If your amp is solid state, do not wire the ohms lower,
unless you like to see smoke when you play.

2, 8 ohm speakers wired in parallel will give you 4 ohms.
2 wired in series will give you 16.

Maybe you should ask this question in alt.guitar.amps,
there's a lot of amp-smart people over there that can help
with the speaker lows and wiring options.

DM wrote:
> I have Novice question regarding speaker replacement w/ my Hartke 4x10
> cabinet..
> Currently it has four 16 Ohm Celestion speakers w/ no low ends at all..
> Most replacement
> 10" Speakers I've seen are 8 Ohm.. is there additional parts or needed
> extra wiring to be done? Cabinet btw has Different Ohm selector Mono
> 4-16 Ohm and Stereo 8 Ohm.. and also any 10" guitar speakers w/ lots of
> low end recommendation? Appreciate the Help!!!

[Sacramento Dave]

"Lee Malone" > wrote in message
ps.com...
> Some limited info:
> If your amp is solid state, do not wire the ohms lower,
> unless you like to see smoke when you play.
>
> 2, 8 ohm speakers wired in parallel will give you 4 ohms.
> 2 wired in series will give you 16.
>
> Maybe you should ask this question in alt.guitar.amps,
> there's a lot of amp-smart people over there that can help
> with the speaker lows and wiring options.


The problem with that is you would have to turn the question into a
political format

[Keith Adams]

10"s are good but they will never yield allot of bass. With just about any
tube amp you can safely use a 100% mismatch with speaker ohms. 8 ohms
either 16 or 4.
2 ohms mismatched to4 ohms etc. Dont go any further though. Besides using
different brands.. different sizes can give good results . 8" coupled to
a 12 " and so forth

[Jim]

DM wrote:

> I have Novice question regarding speaker replacement w/ my Hartke 4x10
> cabinet..
> Currently it has four 16 Ohm Celestion speakers w/ no low ends at all..
> Most replacement
> 10" Speakers I've seen are 8 Ohm.. is there additional parts or needed
> extra wiring to be done? Cabinet btw has Different Ohm selector Mono
> 4-16 Ohm and Stereo 8 Ohm.. and also any 10" guitar speakers w/ lots of
> low end recommendation? Appreciate the Help!!!
>

You need to use 16 ohm speakers in order to keep the current wiring
scheme with the stereo/mono output jacks.

If you used all 8 ohm speakers, you would now have 8 ohm mono, and tow
four ohm stereo.

If that was the ONLY cab I intended to run, and my amp was rated for
maximum output at 4 ohms, I'd just put in four 16 ohm drivers and wire
all in parallel.

You failed to mention any crossover and horn. That can really change
things.

[Jim]

Keith Adams wrote:

> 10"s are good but they will never yield allot of bass.

Tens often perceptively yield the MOST bass, because they are very quick
to respond and very punchy. But they usually will not offer the lowest
frequency response.


> With just about any
> tube amp you can safely use a 100% mismatch with speaker ohms. 8 ohms
> either 16 or 4.

Very BAD advice, if a guy's replacing some of the speakers in his cab.
The impedance mismatch would route more power to the lower impedance
drivers, perhaps leading to BURNT SPEAKERS.

Also, most modern bass amps are SS to begin with.



> 2 ohms mismatched to4 ohms etc. Dont go any further though. Besides using
> different brands.. different sizes can give good results . 8" coupled to
> a 12 " and so forth
>
>