In spite of the much-advertised "cyclone bomb" (or whatever the TV meteorologists were calling the weather yesterday), I got a box. I'm very much excited about the box itself, as I really needed a box to send the Jensen off to be reconed. But I will worry about that later.
In the box was my new weber speaker. I went ahead and installed it. Pic here, here, and here. Beyond that, I don't have much to say about it at this point. I got it all put together around 11 pm, which was far too late to really fire it up. It sounded fine at low volumes. Better, actually. But I'll have to report back on that after it breaks in, which will likely take a while.
I admit that I was distinctly unimpressed with the optics of the thing. I guess that, if I was selling vintage speaker replacements, would make an attempt to make them look a bit more like the Jensen's that they are replacing. Paint them blue, for example. But the real issue is the sticker. Fist, it had a big Weber sticker on the magnet (not very attractive) that ended up upside down because of the speaker orientation in this amp. That bugged me a bit, but then I realized they had send another sticker along with the amp, presumably to resolve exactly that issue. Yay! But the new sticker (visible in the pics) is far from unassuming Jensen sticker on the original. Oh, well. It's a good speaker.
I guess my longer-term plan is to build an extension cab for this amp and put the weber in that (putting the reconed original back in the amp). But building a cab will have to wait for warmer weather.
In the box was my new weber speaker. I went ahead and installed it. Pic here, here, and here. Beyond that, I don't have much to say about it at this point. I got it all put together around 11 pm, which was far too late to really fire it up. It sounded fine at low volumes. Better, actually. But I'll have to report back on that after it breaks in, which will likely take a while.
I admit that I was distinctly unimpressed with the optics of the thing. I guess that, if I was selling vintage speaker replacements, would make an attempt to make them look a bit more like the Jensen's that they are replacing. Paint them blue, for example. But the real issue is the sticker. Fist, it had a big Weber sticker on the magnet (not very attractive) that ended up upside down because of the speaker orientation in this amp. That bugged me a bit, but then I realized they had send another sticker along with the amp, presumably to resolve exactly that issue. Yay! But the new sticker (visible in the pics) is far from unassuming Jensen sticker on the original. Oh, well. It's a good speaker.
I guess my longer-term plan is to build an extension cab for this amp and put the weber in that (putting the reconed original back in the amp). But building a cab will have to wait for warmer weather.