Speaker recommendations

[Terry Wright]

I found an old 70s Hiwatt cab to go with my Hiwatt Lead 100 head. Unfortunatly it no longer has the Fain speakers. I'm sure I will never find any old Fains, and if I did, probably couldn't afford them. At least that what my wife would say! Do ya'll have any recommendations for a good alternative? I kind of lean toward a clean sound.

[jetset]

Weber makes a Fane-type speaker - https://taweber.powweb.com/weber/thames12f.htm

I have not tried them, but have liked every other Weber speaker I've ever bought (Blue Dog, Sig 10, sig 12.)

-J

[mjet]

There are actually Fane reissues but one keeps reading that they're a bit muddy in the bass range and that they're a bit uninspiring when pushing clean tones (better with some breakup apparently). I have seen loads of people raving about Weber Thames speakers. You can find out about them on the Weber speaker page:

http://www.tedweber.com/

(Click "Speakers" on the left side, then click the HPT section on the left frame for a listing of options)

And the ceramic Thames frame directly:

https://taweber.powweb.com/weber/thames12f.htm

You might want to write to Ted Weber himself about your specific needs / wants - he's very quick to reply and knows his stuff inside-out and upside-down.

[Terry Wright]

Thanks for that. I've never tried Weber speakers but all the comments I've heard on them have been very positive. I just looked at that Thames speaker you suggested. Looks like exactly what I'm after. Good price too.  The Hiwatt cabs were/are 16 ohm I gather. Were they 4 ohm speakers in series or 16 ohm speakers in a series/parallel connection? Any thoughts on pros & cons about the two configurations?

[Terry Wright]

I just found a good site for Hiwatt info.  mhuss.com  He shows the speaker connection there, along with other good info.

[Gill]

You can't go wrong with the Weber Blue Dogs, IMO.  If you go to Ted's site you can hear sound samples of quite a few of his speakers...might be a good place to start.

Gill