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Is there a 16ohms speaker in existence that will work in one of Bill's cabinet designs?

I have a Rhodes Janus I that requires a 16ohm load for each channel.

Two 8 Ohm cabs in series gives you 16 ohms

Or J210, J212 with drivers in series....

Or Omni 12 or Omni 15 with the twin driver option in series....

That's just for starters....

BassNoid wrote:Is there a 16ohms speaker in existence that will work in one of Bill's cabinet designs? I have a Rhodes Janus I that requires a 16ohm load for each channel.

Maybe, if you can still find them. Eminence made a Beta-12B (16 ohms), but discontinued it a couple of years ago. You may still be able to find a pair, new/old stock somewhere if you look around a bit. I think they'd work in J12 cabs.

Thanks for the suggestion!

To be more specific I have a Rhodes Mark I Suitcase Piano rescued from the trash. The squirrels lived in it but it has survived well even under these conditions. The speakers and cabinet are way pass restoration but was able to pull the Janus fr7710 amp. It's a 50watt rms per channel and is in surprising good condition. Each is looking for a 16 ohm load. I'm up in the air as to what I will od about speakers. The answers above are good but I'm considering a solution that will keep the stereo effect i.e. two speaker cabinets and at a minimum provide stage monitoring and on up to small club duties. On the other side I considering a solution for use at or door shows that may involved using two Omni12 -210 but I unsure on how to wire a 16ohm crossover to use with the Janus amp or how to build the Omni with two horns and tweeters arrays for a one cabinet stereo solution.

The two J12s would cover all of your described needs perfectly, as far as a dual cab solution. If you need a system larger than that, you'll need more than that 50w per channel amp.

As for a single stereo cab, Bill doesn't currently offer that type of design.

Yes, I understand that!

With the Jacks I'm concerned with the crossover. A 16ohm beta10
will most probability influence the crossover point with these speakers.

Another issue is to allow the speakers to rest under the piano as the suitcase speaker cabinet did.
I envision, if I use Jack10's I will have to have a stand of sorts to raise the piano to the 27" or so for the proper playing height.

I'd like to build in the amp in to one of the speakers as the suitcase speaker cabinet was done as well.

BassNoid wrote:Yes, I understand that!

With the Jacks I'm concerned with the crossover. A 16ohm beta10
will most probability influence the crossover point with these speakers.

Another issue is to allow the speakers to rest under the piano as the suitcase speaker cabinet did.
I envision, if I use Jack10's I will have to have a stand of sorts to raise the piano to the 27" or so for the proper playing height.

I'd like to build in the amp in to one of the speakers as the suitcase speaker cabinet was done as well.

For this kind of usage I'd actually lean towards something more modular - perhaps a pair of 2U or 3U racks that have a routed recess on the bottom so that they can sit cleanly on top of the Jacks and for a table to put the keys on top of?