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Budget Speaker Options?

Post by inscho » Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:02 pm

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I just picked up this cool old 68 bassman cab to match up with my bandmaster reverb....the original speakers are shot. I need to replace them, and right now weber alnico signature 12s seem like a decent option...i want to get some nice break up at a fairly reasonable volume.

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Re: Budget Speaker Options?

Post by ohm-men » Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:39 am

The RI Jensen 12"s aren't bad imo. I use the even Cheaper Chicago series 12" with my tremolux. Pretty decant ones. Less then $70 a pair.
But there are other great budget speakers out there as well.

Most speakers will sound good in the huge cab imo  :)
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Re: Budget Speaker Options?

Post by Jay » Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:58 am

If you like the British flavor Warehouse Speakers has really inexpensive options and the amp forums seem to rave about them.

The Weber signature series are pretty inexpensive too and the two 10's I have sound pretty good to me.

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Re: Budget Speaker Options?

Post by blacktiger » Wed Jan 09, 2008 7:55 am

I had an alnico Weber Sig 12 in a brown Deluxe and I was very happy with it.  Not sure that you can beat those for the money.
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Re: Budget Speaker Options?

Post by inscho » Wed Jan 09, 2008 9:45 am

blacktiger wrote: I had an alnico Weber Sig 12 in a brown Deluxe and I was very happy with it.  Not sure that you can beat those for the money.
was it alnico or ceramic?

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Re: Budget Speaker Options?

Post by Jay » Wed Jan 09, 2008 9:57 am

inscho wrote:
blacktiger wrote: I had an alnico Weber Sig 12 in a brown Deluxe and I was very happy with it.  Not sure that you can beat those for the money.
was it alnico or ceramic?
Haha...  I do this far too often.  Thank god it's someone else this time.  Re-read the post.  :)

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Re: Budget Speaker Options?

Post by inscho » Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:44 am

Jay wrote:
inscho wrote:
blacktiger wrote: I had an alnico Weber Sig 12 in a brown Deluxe and I was very happy with it.  Not sure that you can beat those for the money.
was it alnico or ceramic?
Haha...  I do this far too often.  Thank god it's someone else this time.  Re-read the post.  :)
oops  ;D

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Re: Budget Speaker Options?

Post by jetset » Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:01 pm

+1 on the Weber Signatures.  I'm quite happy with the ceramic 10's in my BMR combo, and ceramic 12" in my Princeton Reverb.  You can't beat them in terms of tone-per-dollar.
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Re: Budget Speaker Options?

Post by cestlamort » Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:20 pm

with a big-cab bandmaster, you could fit 50 10" speakers in there...

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Re: Budget Speaker Options?

Post by Offshat » Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:43 pm

what's in there now?recone maybe?

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Re: Budget Speaker Options?

Post by inscho » Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:22 pm

Offshat wrote: what's in there now?recone maybe?
oxfords....i might get them reconed eventually, but the only place in town charges 65 a piece and i hear the oxfords are kinda farty.


i ended up getting a deal on a weber 12f150 and a 12a125...we'll see how it sounds....never mixed alnico and ceramic before.

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Re: Budget Speaker Options?

Post by Ryan » Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:16 am

Jay wrote: If you like the British flavor Warehouse Speakers has really inexpensive options and the amp forums seem to rave about them.

The Weber signature series are pretty inexpensive too and the two 10's I have sound pretty good to me.
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