I just picked up this really cool 60's solid state Vox Cambridge Reverb (like the one above) with a 10" speaker for next to nothing locally. its a fun little amp cool tones SICK TRASH CAN REVERB sci fi tremolo and volume and treble cranked it gets really dirty in a very pleasant velvets kinda way--but i digress... real deal is that its just not LOUD enough.
right now it has the original 40 something year old vox bulldog speaker in there... will swapping it out for a contemporary super efficient 10" (like celestion red fang or something??) make a significant difference in perceived loudness? if so, what're the speakers to check out?
I'm not sure about other people's experiences, but I've found that more efficient speakers do add a volume bump. I switched out the 97db/w speaker in my Peavey bandit for a 102db/w Eminence swamp thing and it is definitely louder. Technically, it should be over twice as loud, but because of physical restrictions, one speaker can only move so much air.
have you tried plugging it into a cab or hooking up another speaker? i'm not sure that swapping a speaker is your answer if the amp just simply isn't loud enough.
i'd call vox and get a RI 10" blue bulldog. looks hot.
like this:
i had a RI cambridge 15w that with an 8" blue bulldog sounded great, although too muddy for me.
here's a good site (dunno if you know of it) with great info about this amp:
thanks for the insight. and yeh, that website is great.
haven't tried a cab, but was thinking about trying to find an empty cambridge enclosure to build a cab out of. you think this would make a bigger difference?
but yeah, i'm definitely keeping it. if nothing else it would be great for recording.
i'm not necessarily suggesting you use it with a cab, just test it through a cab, and find out if the amp itself is too quiet, or if it is in fact the speaker. upgrading a functional speaker with a functional speaker is a non-point if the amp is too weak.
