La Voce bass speakers

[Neil Hobbs]

Hi, has anyone tried La Voce Nbass 10-20 neo speakers? I'm building a 4x10 cab and haven't decided on speakers yet. My amp delivers 375 watts into 8 ohms

Edited June 13, 2024 by Neil Hobbs
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[ebenezer]

Never tried them but I believe Laney used them for some of their cabs. 

[Bleat]

The Laney Nexus cabs have LaVoce speakers, and the new Ampeg cabs have them also. I have 2 Laney cabs but not tried or tested them yet!

[Bill Fitzmaurice]

They spec well enough but the midrange response is very rough. Have you looked at the spec sheet? That's always the first step, followed by using speaker modeling software to see the low frequency response, required cabinet size and tuning.  https://loudspeakerdatabase.com/LaVoce/NBASS10-20

[Neil Hobbs]

Thanks for your responses. I'd have to import LaVoce speakers which would be quite expensive. However, another option has opened up for me. I've been offered locally 4 Eminence Basslite CH2010 Neos with hemp cones. They're no longer listed on the Eminence website so they could be quite old stock. They appear similar to the LaVoce NBASS 10-20s and the Eminence Basslite S2010 but with a higher resonance and a stiffer suspension which might be safer for the low strings on the double bass. Has anyone any thoughts?

[Bill Fitzmaurice]

The CH2010 are decent enough drivers. You still have to use speaker modeling software to find the ideal cabinet specs. Make sure you do them as a pair of 210 that you can stack vertically.

[BassmanPaul]

How can you design and build a speaker cabinet without choosing the drivers first?? It's like putting the cart before the horse!

 

[Bill Fitzmaurice]

Tossing random drivers into a box is a time honored tradition, started by Leo Fender, continued by Jim Marshall. 🤪

[Neil Hobbs]

Postscript: My beloved Genz Benz 410T-XB2 weighing 43Kg was getting too heavy for me. It has worked so well with upright bass that I reluctantly decided at my age that I should cease trying to lug it around.  So I've built a new birch ply 4x10 cabinet along pretty much the same lines, 5 cu ft tuned to 50Hz, Eminence CH-2010 8 0hm 150w hemp cone speakers which I got for a bargain price. I contacted Eminence who were extremely helpful and assured me that the CH-2010s were indeed a very good speaker but they didn't sell enough of them to continue production.  I've used the cabinet on several large gigs and I'm delighted with the performance. Upright bass is very demanding on a speaker system but, unlike some other 4x10 cabinets, it works right down to bottom E. I fitted a pocket handle into the back and with a total weight around 34Kg I can easily lift it.

[BassmanPaul]

On 22/06/2024 at 14:24, Bill Fitzmaurice said:

Tossing random drivers into a box is a time honored tradition, started by Leo Fender, continued by Jim Marshall. 🤪

Agreed but we know so much more about the subject these days.

 

[Bill Fitzmaurice]

Some of us do. 🤥