Ok here is my issue in a nutshell.
I wired my Randall cabinet with eminence speakers, 8ohm, high wattage (2 Swamp Thangs @150watts per and 2 Texas heats @150 watts each)
I also own a Marshall 1960 with some celestion/vintage 30's and a 75t ALL @16 ohms....
My Randall remains super tight, doesn't break up or get smooth/creamy even at full 200-watt ****ing ear-splitting volume.... it doesn't sound all that great for solo's and scoopy distortion.... its not squeally, there not much character in the sound.... kind of sterile I guess.
The Marshall cabinet sounds creamy and breaks up at any volume.... such different tones.... and I like the overall sound of the Marshall much better. (regardless of the amp its plugged into)
I had originally built the Randall Cab to copy an Old Krank I had; with that "chugga chugga" compressing your lungs/chest with drop B rhythm..... It actually does that pretty well, BUT I haven't been into that sort of thing in a while now, SO.... I'm looking at changing the speakers out of the Randall to more closely match the Marshall cabinet....
SO..... My question is:
Do I need to get 16 ohm speakers vintage/celestion/gt75's..... because they are 16 ohms? (and that's why my Marshall sounds so great)
Or should I get those similar models in 8 ohms and retain the killing volume of the 200w Amp? (because the ohms don't matter; its the speaker model that makes the difference)
The Randall amp does both 8 and 16 ohm, so I don't think that will be an issue.
What say you oh mighty knowledge brethren?
I wired my Randall cabinet with eminence speakers, 8ohm, high wattage (2 Swamp Thangs @150watts per and 2 Texas heats @150 watts each)
I also own a Marshall 1960 with some celestion/vintage 30's and a 75t ALL @16 ohms....
My Randall remains super tight, doesn't break up or get smooth/creamy even at full 200-watt ****ing ear-splitting volume.... it doesn't sound all that great for solo's and scoopy distortion.... its not squeally, there not much character in the sound.... kind of sterile I guess.
The Marshall cabinet sounds creamy and breaks up at any volume.... such different tones.... and I like the overall sound of the Marshall much better. (regardless of the amp its plugged into)
I had originally built the Randall Cab to copy an Old Krank I had; with that "chugga chugga" compressing your lungs/chest with drop B rhythm..... It actually does that pretty well, BUT I haven't been into that sort of thing in a while now, SO.... I'm looking at changing the speakers out of the Randall to more closely match the Marshall cabinet....
SO..... My question is:
Do I need to get 16 ohm speakers vintage/celestion/gt75's..... because they are 16 ohms? (and that's why my Marshall sounds so great)
Or should I get those similar models in 8 ohms and retain the killing volume of the 200w Amp? (because the ohms don't matter; its the speaker model that makes the difference)
The Randall amp does both 8 and 16 ohm, so I don't think that will be an issue.
What say you oh mighty knowledge brethren?
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