I have a hartke 4x10 xl 400 watt, 8 ohm [wired in parellel] cab. Now. One of these cones has blown. Paper looks good...low volumes sounds great...but anything over half power from my head the one speaker crunches and sounds baddd.... these are 100$ replacement speakers... I found loads used but thoes hartke transit attack 8 ohm 100 watt speakers are just a bit much for me during the holiday season. So I unhooked the blown speaker... and the other one on the same side I could tell was being pushed harder then the 2 on the opposite side.. so with the parallel wireing...could i...temporarily...USE a 100 watt, 8 ohm resistor in place of this one speaker....to keep the cab at 8 ohms and all speakers working g the same? I may be wrong but I feel the speakers are wired in 2 sets. And then that is wired however to give the 8 ohm cab its rating....400 watts... at 8 ohms... with 4, 100 watt 8 ohm speakers. Would removing the speaker and using a resistor not only work.... but keep the whole cab at 400 watts as well? I have a 350 watt at 8 ohm head. I Wana make sure if this works....it won't overpower the other speakers
Enjoy the benefits of a premium membership!
Upgrade Account
-
Welcome to TalkBass! Want to remove ads? Register an account and login to see fewer ads, and become a Supporting Member to remove almost all ads.
Nope, you HAVE to replace the blown speaker with one that matches the other three in electrical and acoustic properties - in other words, the exact same speaker or one that is as similar as possible. If you can’t match it up, you’ll need four new speakers. The arithmetic of a four-speaker cab is cool, huh? 
And those replacements that are in there now are very likely not matched very well to the enclosure; that’s an issue bass cabs have that guitar speakers don’t.
And, uh… welcome to TB.
And those replacements that are in there now are very likely not matched very well to the enclosure; that’s an issue bass cabs have that guitar speakers don’t. And, uh… welcome to TB.
- Feb 12, 2006
- 52,447
- 176,650
- 14,248
- Disclosures
- Development Engineer-Mesa Boogie, Development Engineer-Genzler (pedals), Product Support-Genz Benz
No, you already have two problems, you are just solving one problem by creating another and in the end you are chasing this whole thing down the money wasting rabbit hole.
The first problem is random aftermarket drivers, the second problem is that one is blown (no surprise here), and by doing what you propose, you are setting yourself up for more blown drivers and maybe a blown amp too.
Presumably you bought the cabinet this way?
The first problem is random aftermarket drivers, the second problem is that one is blown (no surprise here), and by doing what you propose, you are setting yourself up for more blown drivers and maybe a blown amp too.
Presumably you bought the cabinet this way?
Doesn't sound like the speakers are in parallel. More like a series-parallel. If the speakers were in complete parallel, four 32 ohm speakers in parallel like an Ampeg SVT, you COULD disconnect the blown one, put a piece of plywood over the hole and play softer. Had to do that once when a driver got kicked in in a night club bass bin with 3 speakers in parallel. Try that in a series-parallel and you WILL blow another speaker! And you MUST replace the speaker with the original Hartke part. Speaker impedance varies with frequency, a resistor does not. Don't do it. Borrow or rent a cab until you can afford to do it right. Have a Hartke, an 810 HyDrive. Hartke speakers are Hartke exclusive.