HT-5R combo speaker upgrade

[herz1512]

Those of you who upgraded the speaker in the HT-5R combo, was there a noticeable increase in volume & clean headroom?

[AXEL276]

I put a 8 ohm Vintage 30 in my HT5RC, not so much more volume but definately more clean headroom!

[LonePhantom]

Vintage 30 is a definite winner with the HT-5, that's for sure!

[KKND]

Guys i put a WGS Vet 30 in my HT 5 and it sounds muddy and muffed. Any one else tried the WGS in the HT5R?

Thanks

[Sonofarich]

Guys i put a WGS Vet 30 in my HT 5 and it sounds muddy and muffed. Any one else tried the WGS in the HT5R?

Thanks

If it's relatively new, you're going to need to spend some time breaking it in (at least that was the case with me HT-20). Unfortunately, it took a longgggg time, but the result was worth it.

[majikmojo]

^^^^ have heard others say exactly the same thing about break in time on the WGS

[IM4Tone]

Yep...I had 100 hrs. or more on my WGS loaded 2X12 before it sounded its best.

[Stratman100]

I recently bought a used HT-5R and initially there was a dramatic volume difference between the clean a drive channels. I dropped in a new ECC83 ( 12AX7 ) into the pre-amp position and it has made a real difference. After speaking to Blackstar they told me that this valve has two haves to it, each half powering a channel of the amp, and if one half happened to be faulty it would therefore make one channel quiter than the other.

Also I fitted a Celestion G12M Heritage Greenback and that has made a huge difference, gone are the rasppy harse and fizzy edges at some settings of the drive channel. I also get a great tone when using and overdrive pedal through the clean channel.