Speaker Question: 16 Ohm Speaker with an 8 Ohm Output Transformer

[McCreed]

Andy, did you order it from The Speaker Factory? The 25w?

If so, Brad's good to deal with. I haven't bought speakers from him, but he re-covered an amp for me a couple years ago. He did very good work.

[Andy40]

Yep, I got it from the Speaker Factory (support local eh), I thought about asking him for a swapsies buuuut Sonic gave me an idea for a twin cab....ha ha har....which means I can convince the wife (later on) for ANOTHER speaker purchase!

[McCreed]

Ah yes, support local. I forgot you're in Brissy. (me too)

I've never built an amp, I stopped "tone chasing" with things like speaker and tube swaps awhile ago. (I still have a dirt pedal problem though )

[Andy40]

What Amp(s) have you got?

[jugglindan]

Yep, I got it from the Speaker Factory (support local eh), I thought about asking him for a swapsies buuuut Sonic gave me an idea for a twin cab....ha ha har....which means I can convince the wife (later on) for ANOTHER speaker purchase!

How will you manage the impedance if using the same speaker in a single and later in a twin?

[Simon Barden]

New speaker for the 5E3 now, then later another 16 ohm speaker to make an 8 ohm 2x12" cab.

[McCreed]

What Amp(s) have you got?

I'm down to two now... a Fender Deluxe Reverb Tonemaster (released last year) and a Roland Blues Cube Artist.
Both around the 1200 dollar mark. I sold my last two tube amps last year.

[jugglindan]

New speaker for the 5E3 now, then later another 16 ohm speaker to make an 8 ohm 2x12" cab.

Of course. I misread Andy's comment about "swapsies", thinking he made a swap rather than just considered one.

[jugglindan]

I'm down to two now... a Fender Deluxe Reverb Tonemaster (released last year) and a Roland Blues Cube Artist.
Both around the 1200 dollar mark. I sold my last two tube amps last year.

I still regret selling my Peavey Classic 50. But the neighbors don't, those things are far too loud for home use.

[JimC]

You should be able to use a 16 ohm speaker with output designed for 8 ohms. Everything else being equal an 8 ohm speaker will just not be quite as loud as an 8 ohm. But it will work just fine.

That's true for solid state amps, but my understanding (from a chap who designs amps for Mesa) is that valves can be rather more particular. If I remember what he said and understood him correctly then apparently the tubes will get hot and may even overheat.