New speaker for Orange AD15/10

smurfco

smurfco

Meatus McPrepuce
I have the 10" version of this amp, made in the UK in the early 2000s. It sounds great but I want something a little bit different out of it so I decided after reading some recommendations to put one of these Eminence Red Fang 10" British speakers in it:

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The amp has outputs for 8ohm and 16ohm. The stock speaker is 16ohm... will this 8ohm speaker get me more efficiency / sound a little bit louder?

There's nothing wrong with the stock speaker, I just wanted to see what something else would sound like in there. I have this need to always mess with things. Let's find out!
 
I have no idea if it will be louder. I remember on some bass heads I've owned, they say something like 350 watts @ 2ohms, 200 watts @ 4 ohms, but I never messed around with them to see if they ended up louder.
 
I might sound like a broken record, but I can't stress enough how good NEODYMIUM speakers are becoming. Manufacturers are dialing in the frequency response to match other great speakers... but at the same time shaving 5-10 pounds off the weight!

This is an older article (there are probably newer speakers available) but this article shows the Celestion G12 that I'm using.

https://www.guitarplayer.com/miscellaneous/4-neodymium-speakers
 
smurfco said:
The amp has outputs for 8ohm and 16ohm. The stock speaker is 16ohm... will this 8ohm speaker get me more efficiency / sound a little bit louder?
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No, that’s not how tube amps work. Output wattage will be same with an 8-ohm speaker on the 8-ohm jack or the 16-ohm speaker in the 16-ohm jack. And if you mismatch it (in either direction), the output wattage will drop.
 
baimun said:
I might sound like a broken record, but I can't stress enough how good NEODYMIUM speakers are becoming. Manufacturers are dialing in the frequency response to match other great speakers... but at the same time shaving 5-10 pounds off the weight!

This is an older article (there are probably newer speakers available) but this article shows the Celestion G12 that I'm using.

https://www.guitarplayer.com/miscellaneous/4-neodymium-speakers
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The problem is finding a 10" British-voiced neodymium guitar speaker. Most 10" or 15" neos are either PA/bass speakers or for steel guitar.
 
Wyatt said:
The problem is finding a 10" British-voiced neodymium guitar speaker. Most 10" or 15" neos are either PA/bass speakers or for steel guitar.
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Sound like it's time to "Randall Smith" a 12" speaker into the space where the 10" used to be. :wink:
 
baimun said:
Sound like it's time to "Randall Smith" a 12" speaker into the space where the 10" used to be. :wink:
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The amp was made as either 1x10 or 1x12, I wonder if they used the same cab? Otherwise, it's a real hassle to fit larger speakers in this rear-chassised cabinets.
 
Interesting the schematic and some threads around suggest these were actually built by Trace Elliott. I didn't know they were connected to Orange.
 
Wyatt said:
Interesting the schematic and some threads around suggest these were actually built by Trace Elliott. I didn't know they were connected to Orange.
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Didn't Gibson own them both, maybe at different times in the 90s.
 
Chad said:
Didn't Gibson own them both, maybe at different times in the 90s.
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Looks like Gibson licensed the Orange name and hired Matamp to build the original Orange RIs in the '90s. But that license ended before Gibson bought Trace Elliot. Still, maybe there was a manufacturing connection.
 
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