1W 8ohm Speaker

guidothepimmp

Hey folks,

any ideas where I could get a 6cm (diameter), 1W 8ohm speaker?

bottledtone

In a old computer? :-\

Gearhead

guidothepimmp wrote: Any ideas where I could get a 6cm (diameter), 1W 8ohm speaker?

Even if you are only going to put 1W of guitar signal, my advice would be not to focus on it only being able to handle 1W. You can find 10W ones easily in the 2.5" range, they will not be specific for guitar, especially when bought locally. One cannot even get proper 10" or 12" guitar speakers off the shelf here...

guidothepimmp

hmm..thanks guys, just struggling to find 2.5inch speakers at 8ohm. The amp only pushes 0.5w, you think it can drive a 10W speaker well enough?

Just looking for something a bit more robust than is currently in there.. currently the sound is thin and weedy.. and gets a bit farty with a pedal in front of the amp..

Thinking about it.. maybe a 10-15W speaker would be better?

Would a car stereo place sell these?

Johnny-B

You might try RSE Electronics. Their address is Unit: A1, 51 Rosettenville Rd
Village Main, Johannesburg. Their telephone no is (011) 334-4158. I suggest you give them a call before visiting to see what they have in their speaker range.

guidothepimmp

Cheers mate,
appreciate it!

+1 ?

Gearhead

Let's try this: why would you stick to 6cm? What is the reasoning behind steering clear of the 8" stuff that is readily available?

guidothepimmp

well, 8 inch wont fit in the casing.. only reason really.

Its one of those little porta amps which i thought was rubbish. Then I ran a pedal into the front and its given this little amp a whole new life. And... its perfect in my living setup as I dont annoy the neighbours.
A mate of mine in the UK swapped out speakers and he is super chuffed with the tonal difference. (Please note, I dont really believe im going to get much useful tone from 6inch speaker, but that is what I have my bigamps for.)

Just want to try out the speaker change .. I cant believe a 6 or 8 incher costs that much, but alas.. the 8 inch wont fit intothe casing. Thus my trying to source a "useful" 6 inch speaker

bottledtone

Okay I really had a stupid response to the question.. Sorry.
When it comes to guitar speakers, the jensen MOD has a 6" 15 watt speaker but in my catalog it is only in 4 ohms!

makepeace

EYHA

http://www.usspeaker.com/6&8.htm

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edit, most of them might be a little highly rated for your application :-\

Gearhead

On the one hand pushing a guitar speaker gives better tone, on the other hand there is no such thing as an overrated speaker. You can allllllmost always put 0.1W through 300W drivers.

Norman86

a 10w or 15w speaker is only the thermal handling limit of the speaker, nothing else!

which is why gearhead is right in saying:

Gearhead wrote:On the one hand pushing a guitar speaker gives better tone, on the other hand there is no such thing as an overrated speaker. You can allllllmost always put 0.1W through 300W drivers.

Karel-Mars

I have a 6 inch SANYO alnico on my shelf. 3 watts and 4 ohms. I can check the mounting hole dimensions, if you post them here.

guidothepimmp

Karel, Im on it, going to open her up and check..

Edit* Ok... that was easy... so the speaker itself doesnt have mounting holes. There are some "clamps" in the casing thatare screwed down and hold down either edge of the speaker..

Quite clever really ?

Make, thanks for that link

guidothepimmp

ohh man just now dawning on me... Im going to fry the amp if I stick in a 4ohm arent I? :-[

Or doesnt this matter at this low wattage? :-\

Karel-Mars

Good question

4 ohm will run the chip hotter. Can you see what chip (see if you can read the number) does the power amp work (the one on the heat sink).

At 1watt I do not think there's going to be a problem.