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    Those look like speakers designed more for HiFi applications rather than Guitar applications, speakers designed for HiFi reproduction tend to have a flatter response compared to speakers designed for Guitar amps, a guitar amp is actually not a high-fidelity amp, even when it's producing a relatively clean sound, there is still some residual distortion present, but more to the point, a guitar amp is deliberately designed with a frequency response which is far from flat, whereas a HiFi amp is designed so that the frequency response is as flat as possible, a Guitar amp's frequency response has a lot of midrange cut and bass/treble boost, if you were to try playing a guitar through a HiFi amp it would sound thin because the raw sound of a guitar contains a lot of midrange but not much bass or treble, so you need that bass and treble-boost for the for the Guitar to sound fuller.


    A good Celestion or Jensen speaker would work better.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DrNomis_44 View Post
    Those look like speakers designed more for HiFi applications rather than Guitar applications, speakers designed for HiFi reproduction tend to have a flatter response compared to speakers designed for Guitar amps, a guitar amp is actually not a high-fidelity amp, even when it's producing a relatively clean sound, there is still some residual distortion present, but more to the point, a guitar amp is deliberately designed with a frequency response which is far from flat, whereas a HiFi amp is designed so that the frequency response is as flat as possible, a Guitar amp's frequency response has a lot of midrange cut and bass/treble boost, if you were to try playing a guitar through a HiFi amp it would sound thin because the raw sound of a guitar contains a lot of midrange but not much bass or treble, so you need that bass and treble-boost for the for the Guitar to sound fuller.


    A good Celestion or Jensen speaker would work better.
    Thanks for the heads up, might have to sell em on feebay!

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    Quote Originally Posted by DrNomis_44 View Post
    Those look like speakers designed more for HiFi applications rather than Guitar applications, speakers designed for HiFi reproduction tend to have a flatter response compared to speakers designed for Guitar amps, a guitar amp is actually not a high-fidelity amp, even when it's producing a relatively clean sound, there is still some residual distortion present, but more to the point, a guitar amp is deliberately designed with a frequency response which is far from flat, whereas a HiFi amp is designed so that the frequency response is as flat as possible, a Guitar amp's frequency response has a lot of midrange cut and bass/treble boost, if you were to try playing a guitar through a HiFi amp it would sound thin because the raw sound of a guitar contains a lot of midrange but not much bass or treble, so you need that bass and treble-boost for the for the Guitar to sound fuller.


    A good Celestion or Jensen speaker would work better.
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    I like Eminece for to optimize quality/$. At least in the US. I like building cabs and you can find any number of designs that are as good or better than commercial cabs.

    Careful with the amp though, and take a good look at the cautions. I have thought about it a lot, and solder pretty well, but the difference between wiring a guitar or cab and wiring an amp is that there is nothing in the cab or guitar that can kill you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fender3x View Post
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    I like Eminece for to optimize quality/$. At least in the US. I like building cabs and you can find any number of designs that are as good or better than commercial cabs.

    Careful with the amp though, and take a good look at the cautions. I have thought about it a lot, and solder pretty well, but the difference between wiring a guitar or cab and wiring an amp is that there is nothing in the cab or guitar that can kill you.

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    Wise words, you can never emphasize enough the importance of safety while working on Valve Guitar amps, since one mistake can have the potential to be very lethal.

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