Speaker options for Ashdown Abm 575w combo

[clashcityrocker]

hey all, spoke to the people at my local music shop and the speaker in my Asdown abm 575watt combo is dead so i was wondering what good replacements were available? iv had a quick look but only found celestions speakers at 400watts. one of the guys there said i should take the head out and try find a rack case for it,and buy a cab for it,what do people think?
many thanks
simon

[Lozz196]

Ashdown customer service is held in high esteem on Basschat, so you could do worse than contact them direct, and enquire about purchasing a replacement cone.

[gjones]

Your combo won't be putting out the full 575 watts into one speaker (15 inch I assume). You'd only get the full wattage with two 8 ohm cabs connected to the amp giving a combined impedence of 4 ohms. The old speaker will, more than likely, have been 8 ohms which means the amp would only have been putting out about 350 watts. A 400 watt 8 ohm Celestion or emminence speaker would be more than capable of replacing the old Ashdown speaker.

[MB1]

Your combo won't be putting out the full 575 watts into one speaker (15 inch I assume). You'd only get the full wattage with two 8 ohm cabs connected to the amp giving a combined impedence of 4 ohms. The old speaker will, more than likely, have been 8 ohms which means the amp would only have been putting out about 350 watts. A 400 watt 8 ohm Celestion or emminence speaker would be more than capable of replacing the old Ashdown speaker.

MB1.
+ Twelvety...listen to what the man said!
Ashdown will have a replacement speaker, and you wont affect the combos resale if you replace it like for like!
Have you got a blue one?.....Fnarr Fnarr!,

[BassBunny]

Or get the speaker fixed at Wembley Loudspeakers.

[clashcityrocker]

many thanks for the help,have it sorted now. yes its a blue one. better get ordering a 4x10 cab, need some 575watt love ( if only my band were playing venues i actually needed that!)
si