Speaker Upgrades

Discussion - ID:Core amplifiers.
81xlh1000
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Mon Aug 22, 2016 2:08 pm

Most of you ID:Core owners know this, maybe... maybe not...., but the speakers in these amps are Full Range speakers, not Musical Instrument speakers. To put it simply... these are boom box speakers. Not very good ones either (IMHO). I know this may upset a lot of people, but I'm just calling it as I see it. Recently I did an upgrade that I think turned my Blackstar into something a little more enjoyable and a whole lot better sounding. I replaced the stock 6-1/2" full range speakers with Eminence 6-1/2" guitar speakers. Both are 20 watt, both are 4 ohm, and they fit right in with no modifications. Sonic quality was much improved! It now sounds like a guitar amp. I bought the speakers from Parts Express, at $12.58 each, plus shipping ($7.00).
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Eminence Equipped ID:Core 40
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Sonofarich
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Mon Aug 22, 2016 10:26 pm

Nice inexpensive upgrade...any sound clips?

81xlh1000
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Wed Aug 24, 2016 6:36 pm

I'll see what I can do.

dragger201
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Sun Sep 25, 2016 4:31 pm

81xlh1000 wrote:Most of you ID:Core owners know this, maybe... maybe not...., but the speakers in these amps are Full Range speakers, not Musical Instrument speakers. To put it simply... these are boom box speakers. Not very good ones either (IMHO). I know this may upset a lot of people, but I'm just calling it as I see it. Recently I did an upgrade that I think turned my Blackstar into something a little more enjoyable and a whole lot better sounding. I replaced the stock 6-1/2" full range speakers with Eminence 6-1/2" guitar speakers. Both are 20 watt, both are 4 ohm, and they fit right in with no modifications. Sonic quality was much improved! It now sounds like a guitar amp. I bought the speakers from Parts Express, at $12.58 each, plus shipping ($7.00).
I had wondered about that. Anyway, my new Eminence speakers got here a couple days ago and today they are going into my ID:Core 40...............

Try2Play
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Fri Nov 09, 2018 1:37 pm

did the amp get any louder due to higher effectivity of the EVs?

johnnytuinals
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Wed Nov 21, 2018 5:32 am

What IDcore are you putting into?
I want to see what speakers I can use in my IDcore150......JT

Yjmstratmaster 81
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Mon Sep 09, 2019 5:45 am

How do you get the speakers out of the I core 40 V2

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Blackstar_Luvr
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Thu Dec 05, 2019 2:27 am

I wonder if you can do that with an ID:Core 20?

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Blackstar_Luvr
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Sat Sep 26, 2020 5:27 am

Yjmstratmaster 81 wrote:
Mon Sep 09, 2019 5:45 am
How do you get the speakers out of the I core 40 V2
Yeah, how do you get in there to change the speakers?

I know my ID:Core 20 V2 sounds a lot better with headphones than with the stock speakers.

mariahcarey
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Wed Aug 31, 2022 10:59 am

I have it in a repair shop, thanks.
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