Eminence Rajun Cajun for a Princeton Recording Amp?

[Inkstained]

The stock Jensen on my 2007 Fender Princeton Recording Amp (not today's truer-to-vintage PRRI) isn't very efficient.

With anything stronger than my Strat's gold Lace Sensors -- with the humbuckers on my other Strat or the Little 59 in my Tele -- the speaker can fizz or distort if I turn the volume up at all over 5 or 6. And the distortion with those more powerful pickups is not musical.

Quiet bedroom levels are fine, though.

I'm torn. I know the Princeton is *meant* to be what it is: A crankable practice amp with not a lot of headroom. But I would like some more clarity and volume w/o ugly fizzing.

So is the Eminence Rajin Cajun a good candidate? Not looking for a bigger speaker.

Thanks.

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Eminence Rajun Cajun for a Princeton Recording Amp?

Love the Ragin Cajun!

Do not think it will do what you want, tho.

 

[Inkstained]

Re: Eminence Rajun Cajun for a Princeton Recording Amp?

Well, what will it do?

Just looking for a speaker that won't fart out when turning up, using hot pickups or pedals.

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Eminence Rajun Cajun for a Princeton Recording Amp?

The RC has an incredibly flat midrange, so it's great for using pedals with. You should def check the wattage.

To me it sounds like you need to increase the headroom of the amp itself, and a speaker swap will not achieve that.

 

[FuseG4]

Re: Eminence Rajun Cajun for a Princeton Recording Amp?

I'd email the Weber company and ask them what they think. They make a ton of 10" speakers.
Just based on descriptions and my tastes, not having tried it, I'd look at something like the 50W version of this https://taweber.powweb.com/weber/10f150t.htm

 

[GregJr]

Re: Eminence Rajun Cajun for a Princeton Recording Amp?

You can send Anthony at Eminence an e-mail. Was very helpful when i was looking for a 12".
Yada yada yada.... I LOVE my Swamp Thang!!

anthony.lucas@eminence.com

 

[Chickenwings]

Re: Eminence Rajun Cajun for a Princeton Recording Amp?

I cant find any information on the c10-p speaker that you have in there, but jensen code their speaker wattages like this:
K=100w
N=50w
P=?
q=40w
r=25w


so im assuming the P is maybe between 40 and 50 watts- which would normally be fine, but given that its some kind of OEM fender model its probably not a good speaker. For example, the ones they use in hot rods and blues juniors etc is supposed to be 50w and i found that i can get the bass to flab out even with the 15w blues junior.

Your amp is 15w too but its pushing a smaller speaker. Go for something with maximum wattage - id reckon the cajun would be good for three reasons.
1. its 75watts (with eminences, even a 50w speaker has more low end headroom than jensens). For example, the jensen c12n is 50w, but can get flabby in the low end too - not as bad as fender OEM speakers, but still loose. Wattage is only an indicator of how much power (ie. heat) that a speaker can handle safely without damaging the coil. It does not take into account the sound of the cone. Anyways - 75watts from eminence is a huge amount of headroom
2. its very efficient. At over 100db, it will pump out a lot of volume which means it will have more headroom because you will get more volume for each knotch on your amps volume knob.
3. It is "american" voiced so your amp will still sound like a fender and it will still do what it does best.

I think its worth doing the upgrade.....

but one question before you do:

Do you still get that annoying distortion when you are using the direct recording sound and bypassing the speaker when you wind up the amp (making sure the input gain on your soundcard is not clipping etc)?

 

[Inkstained]

Re: Eminence Rajun Cajun for a Princeton Recording Amp?

Gibson175, thanks for a helpful reply.
But I gotta tell you, you lost me with your last two grafts. Sound card?
With humbuckers or a spicy distortion pedal, like an mxr 78 distortion, my current Jensen farts out. I just want to alleviate that.

 

[Chickenwings]

Re: Eminence Rajun Cajun for a Princeton Recording Amp?

you have the recording princeton right?
does it get the crappy sound when you bypass the speaker and record straight into the desk, soundcard or whatever else you use when you use those direct outs that your amp has built in?

 

[Inkstained]

Re: Eminence Rajun Cajun for a Princeton Recording Amp?

Ah, I see.

No, I've never tried it that way. I've never even plugged into a board.

I occasionally use the amp's built-in attenuator, which is cool. More often, I use the amp's built-in distortion and, sometimes, when I'm playing my Tele, the compressor.

The problem I'm describing happens under normal playing conditions, volume at 6 or 7, playing through the speaker with the attenuator off all the way. I'm playing the speaker, which can't handle that volume (or can't handle it after six years of playing).

I'm hoping a 75-watt Rajin Cajun can take it, without losing the amp's "blackface" quality.

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Eminence Rajun Cajun for a Princeton Recording Amp?

The RC will give you whatever the amp (and you) is doing. It is very transparent.

 

[Inkstained]

Re: Eminence Rajun Cajun for a Princeton Recording Amp?

FYI, the stock speaker for the Princeton Recording amp is a ceramic Jensen C10-R, I believe.

 

[Kramer Guy]

Re: Eminence Rajun Cajun for a Princeton Recording Amp?

I have the Rajun Cajun in my Fender Frontman 25R and it is the best speaker on the market IMO, for any small wattage amp that has a 10" Speaker. It handles up to 75 watts and has a much heavier magnet than anything which Fender puts in their amps. It'll transform your amp into a true tone monster along with giving it a major increase in volume as well . Trust me on this one.