24/02/26 - Upsizing 212BB - USA
My cabinet arrived safely! I didn't have the 16 ohm Copperback in the final order like I meant to, but I'm sourcing one here in the US and plan to swap it out.
In the meantime, the Vintage 30 sounds excellent with my Sovtek Mig 60. I'm particularly pleased with the dynamic range.
Anything special to note about replacing a speaker with the AVD? It looks like you pull the grille cloth out, remove the speaker from the front, and then access the wiring. Is that correct?
Regarding something that can power the 12XN and hopefully both speakers, I'm looking at a Crown XLS. https://www.crownaudio.com/en-
But I'm wondering about what would be good headroom while maintaining the ability to get down to a practice volume.
Here are the power specs for the series:
Is there one that would be suitable wattage to run both amp channels? One channel into each speaker with the stereo in, to allow balancing the volume between the speakers? If not, I'm thinking that at least bridged at a nominal 4 ohms into the mono input would be sufficient power. But I'm still not sure which to go with, if something else would be better, or if I need two power amps for this.
Thank you for your thoughts. I'm looking forward to hearing the cab in its full capacity.
Best,
Mira
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Hi Mira,
Here's how to swap the speakers but it's as you guessed!
https://youtu.be/bSUs6cBQQss?
There's only 3dB in max output between the 1002 and the 2502, so you'll get a bit more with the 2502 but also have more risk of toasting things. They should all go as quiet as you need - I used to use a PLX 3002 for home practice and gigging, 900W per cab!
I assumed you'd decided against the Copperback when you ordered, didn't realise you'd forgotten it, sorry! Let us know how you get on with the cab!
Best regards,
Alex