have them both plugged in, mini-stack style!
...but I better focus on that Les Paul first!
Are four 10" Speakers louder than one 12"?
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Re: Are four 10" Speakers louder than one 12"?
or I could take the 12" and have a cab made for it th same width and style as the combo's and sit the combo ontop...
have them both plugged in, mini-stack style!
...but I better focus on that Les Paul first!
have them both plugged in, mini-stack style!
...but I better focus on that Les Paul first!
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Re: Are four 10" Speakers louder than one 12"?
A tweed stack! Awesome!
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Re: Are four 10" Speakers louder than one 12"?
The Gold 12 is 100db and the Gold 10 is 98db so you will lose 2db but gain I think 3db per additional speaker. I'm no techy but I think thats plus 7db which is significantly louder.
Be careful of using Jensens as some of those are only 93db
Be careful of using Jensens as some of those are only 93db
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Re: Are four 10" Speakers louder than one 12"?
Peavey used to make a 4x10" cabinet like that, you might be able to get one used cheap.
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Re: Are four 10" Speakers louder than one 12"?
Just as a thought, you have a 4x10" cab in your rehearsal space, right? I guess lugging the deluxe over there would be a pain but if you ran it through that then it would give you an idea of how it might sound before you lash out on a bunch of speakers (I know the impedances wouldn't be matched, but still).
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Re: Are four 10" Speakers louder than one 12"?
unfortunately it's a 4x12 at the rehearsal spacemezcalhead wrote: Just as a thought, you have a 4x10" cab in your rehearsal space, right? I guess lugging the deluxe over there would be a pain but if you ran it through that then it would give you an idea of how it might sound before you lash out on a bunch of speakers (I know the impedances wouldn't be matched, but still).
...but I guess that could give me a taster of the change I could experience
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The P8R is 92.5db so I am right. The 10's are 95db so you are right. Everyone wins :-\
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Re: Are four 10" Speakers louder than one 12"?
In my experience, the actual volume of the cabinet can make a huge difference too...
I built a 2x10" cab some years ago with the measurements 70x50x30 cm (about 28x20x12 inches). I put ceramic Jensen (C10Q.. IIRC) in there and they looked really tiny on that huge baffle. I did this so I would have the option to fit two 12 inchers in there if I ever changed my mind.
What's to consider is that the baffle will also serve as a kind of extension of the speaker's membrane if it has a certain size... (frequency dependent)
Another aspect is whether it's a closed or an open-back cabinet.
My over-sized 2x10 cab sounds extremely loud.. although it is somewhat bassy, which is why I usually use it in open-back mode (it's convertible).
I built a 2x10" cab some years ago with the measurements 70x50x30 cm (about 28x20x12 inches). I put ceramic Jensen (C10Q.. IIRC) in there and they looked really tiny on that huge baffle. I did this so I would have the option to fit two 12 inchers in there if I ever changed my mind.
What's to consider is that the baffle will also serve as a kind of extension of the speaker's membrane if it has a certain size... (frequency dependent)
Another aspect is whether it's a closed or an open-back cabinet.
My over-sized 2x10 cab sounds extremely loud.. although it is somewhat bassy, which is why I usually use it in open-back mode (it's convertible).
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Re: Are four 10" Speakers louder than one 12"?
Yannis, I think it's obvious what you really need. You need two more Tweed Deluxe clones with oversized cabs. One with 4x10 and another with 1x15. Yum.
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Re: Are four 10" Speakers louder than one 12"?
that, would be amazing!!!StevenO wrote: Yannis, I think it's obvious what you really need. You need two more Tweed Deluxe clones with oversized cabs. One with 4x10 and another with 1x15. Yum.
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Re: Are four 10" Speakers louder than one 12"?
You'd have no need for a band. Just set the amps up around the room, stand in the middle and blast away!zhivago wrote:that, would be amazing!!!StevenO wrote: Yannis, I think it's obvious what you really need. You need two more Tweed Deluxe clones with oversized cabs. One with 4x10 and another with 1x15. Yum.