Replacement 10" for Peavey?

[niftyprose]

Hello guys, since rejoining I've been delighted to read over all the various Peavey Love threads. Here's one for you hardcores.

Having narrowly missed a Peavey 2x10" (they're scarce over here) I'm now closing in on a 1x10" combo, either an Envoy or a Backstage, teal or red stripe.

I'm aware of various positive writeups for the Envoy on this board but would like the extra headroom of the bigger amp. To my ears, however, the blue and red Backstages sound a little shrill. Obviously I can dial in a tone I like but I prefer to get a liveable sound even when the tone controls are at noon. That way I have some space to move.

Has anyone got a darker, mellower sound out of their 10" Peavey by substituting the speaker? If so, what did you use? I've no problem installing a bass or PA unit if it does the job, and I'm particularly interested in something neodynium because of my back problems.

All input gratefully recd... NP

[kawa]

impedance?

[niftyprose]

Yes, please, but not too much, just a little...

Uh, facetiousness aside: the power amp of the particular model/year of Backstage 110 which I'm contemplating at the moment is rated for 20Wrms into 8ohm, according to the manual. My understanding is that Peavey baselined on 8ohm across their smaller offerings, with an odd in-house 6ohm speaker going into some of the smallest 'bedroom' amps.

[kawa]

I bought many of 10" for testing.

"RESULT"

https://eminence.com/collections/guitar/products/the_copperhead

Tone is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPBQY9a027I&t=2s


https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...ry=soopajeanmi

Regards.

[niftyprose]

Thanks, Kawa, that is really useful. I will listen to the YouTube recording later, with some good headphones. I've heard good things of the Copperhead. What amp or cabinet did you fit the speaker into?

[kawa]

[garybaldy]

Yes, please, but not too much, just a little...

Uh, facetiousness aside: the power amp of the particular model/year of Backstage 110 which I'm contemplating at the moment is rated for 20Wrms into 8ohm, according to the manual. My understanding is that Peavey baselined on 8ohm across their smaller offerings, with an odd in-house 6ohm speaker going into some of the smallest 'bedroom' amps.

I think the Peavey 8" spkr in my Solo battery amp was 3.2 ohm. I changed it for a Jensen c8r 4ohm. Anything else, at a reasonable price wouldn't have fitted.

[kawa]

Tone is just speakers tone!

[niftyprose]

I guess the Solo is a special case. Reckon that particular speaker was chosen to minimize load on those little batteries, h'm?

I'm looking at teal, red and grey-stripe Envoys, Backstages and Studios, with special but not exclusive focus on Chorus (ie twin-speaker) variants. Will consider others out of Peavey's huge back catalog but am avoiding tubes. Auditions are too small and Bandits too big.

[kawa]

US Speaker - Eminence Copperhead speakers - The Eminence Copperhead is 10" guitar speaker with 150 watts program power handling from the Eminence Patriot Series. The Eminence Copperhead 10" guitar speaker is an excellent upgrade or replacement for gu

[vintagelove]

Hello guys, since rejoining I've been delighted to read over all the various Peavey Love threads. Here's one for you hardcores.

Having narrowly missed a Peavey 2x10" (they're scarce over here) I'm now closing in on a 1x10" combo, either an Envoy or a Backstage, teal or red stripe.

I'm aware of various positive writeups for the Envoy on this board but would like the extra headroom of the bigger amp. To my ears, however, the blue and red Backstages sound a little shrill. Obviously I can dial in a tone I like but I prefer to get a liveable sound even when the tone controls are at noon. That way I have some space to move.

Has anyone got a darker, mellower sound out of their 10" Peavey by substituting the speaker? If so, what did you use? I've no problem installing a bass or PA unit if it does the job, and I'm particularly interested in something neodynium because of my back problems.

All input gratefully recd... NP

I quite like a Peavey Scorpion speaker. They have a warm, thick mid sound. I haven't heard a 10, but after having several 12's (including scorpion plus), I'm keeping an eye out for a pair to try in my super reverb.