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October 30, 2007

By Robert Renman - www.dolphinstreet.com

Eminence Wizards in my Avatar Cab

The Avatar cabinet I bought used had Celestion Seventy-80 speakers in it. Sounded okay I guess, but I have found the bass response not quite as I like it. I have heard a lot of good comments about the Red Coat Eminence speakers. The Eminence Wizard seemed just like what I need. Needless to say - I now have a pair of Wizards, they are 16 ohm speakers wired in parallel to 8 ohms.

I have read the Wizard is a efficient speaker with a British flavour. It should fit my style of music that I play.

Last night, I took my Avatar cab apart. I unscrewed the back (lots of screws used) and the Celestions were sitting there waiting to be tossed out for something new and red.

I needed to take off the front grill cloth in order to unscrew the screws that holds the speakers. For a moment I was thinking "how the heck do I get the grill cloth off"? Trying to bend it off was to no avail. So after that Blonde Moment, I realized the grill cloth was fastened by screws from the inside of the cab 6 of them, in fact.

I took off the grill cloth, heated up my soldering iron, removed the Celestions and put the Wizards in. I had to print out a schematic of how to connect these 16 ohm speakers in parallel in order for it to be 8 ohms. I need them to be 8 ohms, since my 18 watt head will soon be here, and it is designed for an 8 ohm load. I am not a very talented modding guy - I just read instructions and try not to screw up things. I think I got it right this time though... :)

After finishing the soldering job, I screwed everything back together and it was ready to be tested. I wanted to play this thing loud of course (!), but by now it was 10:30 and everyone in the house were going to bed.

I did hook it up to my Reverend Hellhound for just a few minutes anyway, at very low volume. Even so, I immediately noticed a very clear and articulate tone. I have the feeling these speakers may also be louder.

In the end, the installation went really well, and I can't wait to crank up the volume and give these Eminence Wizard speakers a chance to show me what they can do!

By Robert Renman - www.dolphinstreet.com

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Posted by Robert Renman on October 30, 2007

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Comments on this blog entry

Robert Renman said...

Hi Michael, no I went with the Eminences because I got a good deal on a pair of them. I am sure a combination could work great, but I haven't tried.

Comment added on October 31, 2010

MichaelBG said...

Great sound with the Eminences! Did you consider a mix of speakers for your cab? i.e. a wizard + somthing else? 'Cause I do for revitalizing an elserly VK212 combo where I want a warmer and more all-round sound. Would appreciate your thoughts.
Cheers, Michael

Comment added on October 31, 2010

GE1 said...

I decided on the Eminence Wizard speaker for my Fender Roc Pro 700 amp, and there was quite a difference. Increase in low end, more articulate mids, and sharp highs. Great all around speaker. Quite naturally, I had to crank it after awhile of clean playing. I can turn it up to 8 on the clean channel without breakup. Distortion channel was decent as well. (To me anyway).

Comment added on November 11, 2009

alex said...

Robert,

are you still using the wizards ? I had it in my 1x12 cab and in my 2x12 (with a governor) and i found it quite agressive. Especially compared to the Red white & blue.
I settled on tonespotter(s) in the moment. They work great with fender amps.

Cheers Alex

Comment added on September 13, 2009

Robert said...

Hi Kay, yes I made the first video here - http://www.dolphinstreet.com/video_clips/video-55.php
My new videos mostly all use these speakers from now on.

Comment added on November 13, 2007

Kay Stanford Jr Kastum said...

Robert, make sure you do a video on this one..or have you?