Author Topic: Recommendation for Tiny Guitar Speaker Cabinet (Read 603 times)

lbpesq · « **Reply #15 on:** January 06, 2010, 09:41:24 PM »

Ben:

You are correct. The leading attorneys on this issue in Colorado are friends of mine. And I help to organize the NORML Legal Seminar in Aspen every June.

Bill, tgo

bigbass · « **Reply #16 on:** January 13, 2010, 01:10:43 PM »

While this is only TINY compared to Marshall Stacks.....

Get yourself one or two of those older EA 110 cabs that is a three way cab from 12 tears ago. Power it with a dual mono block Marshall (9100 or 9200) and an Alembic pre-amp. Use only Sylainia 5751 or 7025 NOS or even a really beat-up pair in the preamp. You won't believe it!!! It even sounds great on BASS!

benson_murrensun · « **Reply #17 on:** January 14, 2010, 08:35:43 AM »

While that sounds like a great portable combination, my search parameters included not only a tiny amp and speaker, but a diminutive price, as well. Between the Ear Candy speaker and the E H amp, I have $200 invested.
While I am waiting on a replacement driver for the Ear Candy cab, last weekend I used the E H amp with my 1 x 15 Alamo cabinet (loaded with a Jensen from a long time ago...) and a Boss reverb pedal. It was VERY satisfying.

benson_murrensun · « **Reply #18 on:** January 28, 2010, 10:24:12 AM »

I got a replacement speaker from Tim at Ear Candy. I was dismayed to find that I am having the same problem with the new one. So I did some more investigating (something I should have done first). The speaker sounds fine with two other amps I tried. The little 22 Caliber amp sounds fine with another speaker I have. The only thing I can think of that can be causing this amp/speaker combination to be problematic is the ohm rating of the cabinet (4 ohms). Electro Harmonix says the amp will work with 4 - 16 ohms loads, but that 8 ohms is preferable. It's a theory... but only a theory. I wonder if things would be different if I had ordered an 8-ohm cabinet from Ear Candy rather than the 4-ohm one.

sonicus · « **Reply #19 on:** January 28, 2010, 10:56:12 AM »

Typically the lower the load impedance of the speaker the higher the resulting RMS watts output of the amp. Therefore as an example if an amp is rated for 22 watts RMS @ 8 OHMS you might be getting 44 watts RMS @ 4 OHMS. This is the case in many amp designs . What is the output power rating of the amp in question ?

benson_murrensun · « **Reply #20 on:** January 28, 2010, 11:02:23 AM »

It's supposed to be 22 watts, but I don't know if that's RMS, or at what resistance. I doubt that little amp could put out 44 watts RMS... but then again, 22 watts seems like a lot for something that tiny!

benson_murrensun · « **Reply #21 on:** January 28, 2010, 12:00:27 PM »

I just got an email from Electro-Harmonix, and here's what they had to say: Hi Ben,
Unfortunately the unit does not work with a 4 ohm cabinet.
We do not have a fix for this at this moment so if the unit does not work for you, you may want to return it.
Which kind of conflicts with their product description, Electro-Harmonix is pleased to announce the new 22 Caliber Power Amp, a versatile 22-watt guitar head that fits in the palm of your hand. Just plug it into any 4-, 8- or 16-ohm speaker, and you'll get a big, sweet musical sound. NOT NECESSARILY!!!!

sonicus · « **Reply #22 on:** January 28, 2010, 02:32:34 PM »

Perhaps the Ear Candy folks might be accommodating to sending you an 8 OHM unit in exchange if you told them the circumstances .

benson_murrensun · « **Reply #23 on:** January 28, 2010, 02:49:08 PM »

Sonicus,

That's exactly what is happening! Tim at Ear Candy said to ship my cab back and he will install a special order 8-ohm speaker for a nominal price. Great service from Ear Candy; not-so-great from E.H. I could do it myself but the speakers are not exactly the same size, so he wants to do it himself.

sonicus · « **Reply #24 on:** January 28, 2010, 02:58:07 PM »

I am glad to see that there is a positive outcome to this story. I will remember that regarding the great service from Ear Candy .

hieronymous · « **Reply #25 on:** February 01, 2010, 03:36:46 PM »

Thank goodness! I've been feeling badly that maybe I steered you wrong. But it looks like Ear Candy is a standup company!

benson_murrensun · « **Reply #26 on:** February 04, 2010, 11:19:20 AM »

Tim has been great. I shipped the cab back to him for the new, 8-ohm, speaker to be installed. The new speaker has very different specs from the other; it's rated at 100 watts and has more lows and less highs, which, if I had my druthers, I would prefer anyway. We'll see how it sounds when I get it back.

benson_murrensun · « **Reply #27 on:** March 10, 2010, 02:05:43 PM »

OK, I finally got the cabinet back from Ear Candy on Friday, with the custom 100-watt 6-in. speaker (8-ohm) in it. Almost 3 months to get this thing, with all the glitches and hitches... but as we Alembicians know, you want high quality custom stuff you have to wait for it. It looks the same but is quite a bit heavier. I will be testing it out in the next couple of days and will report back.