Visaton R10S 4" Full Range Speaker 8 Ohm

I used a pair of these to refurb a set of vintage two-way speakers that were seriously lacking in a defined midrange. The original drivers were still good, if somewhat old (1960's CTS 12" and 3" tweets) and after some experimenting with the enclosures these went into new cut outs with a closed-back plant pot and damping. They're open backed drivers so there's backwave stuff to consider when doing this sort of upgrade. But anyway, it all worked out! I used a first order crossover to roll these off somewhere down around 800hz and then up at 4500hz to match the older drivers and to eliminate the rather harsh break up of their top end, They worked out so well I would probably use them again for their sweet midrange. Danke bitte!

The tower speaker your looking at did not have a speaker on the front bottom, just a dummy plate. Hmmm. OK. So I think to myself. Is it possible to install the appropriate size speaker in place of the dummy that was in there, and hopefully correctly connect it to the one just above it? So I went for it. I purchased this model after I contacted the seller who assured me that the ohms and wattage would be compatible with my tower output. Cool. Super easy to set up. Once it was soldered and mounted, I turned on the tower and crossed my fingers. WHOAH! Not only did it work perfectly, (thank god), it was banging out a massive midrange with a darn good base even for it's 4" inch size. Now. The top three speakers were functioning only as high range tweeters. I realty didn't understand it until this VISATON started to do it's thing with the clear mid range and bass. Totally transformed my tower into a most decent sound pumping unit. Heck, it's worth more now than what I originally paid for it! So. I went and ordered a computer "Gaming" sub woofer for the back of my unit which has a cheapy bass. If it's anything like my "Gaming" PC subwoofer speaker, (which thunders), oh boy! Stay tuned kids.

Exact replacement for W.M. Pwrspkr, except 8 ohm, not 4. 8 won't burn out as easily as 4. Excellent 100%. I paid $11.88 for this, which is what it's worth.

bought these to replace a 90s radio that was a gift to my father. the were as close to the originals as i could get, the sound is pretty good, not quite as good as what was in the radio originally ( it was fairly high end at the time) but the company no longer made them. i spent a bunch of time researching an these are as close as i was going to get. the sound quality is pretty good, but not stellar once turned out pretty loud, i only had them at about 75% of max and they were starting to get a tad graininy. that said, they are rated with higher peak wattage than the originals so shouldnt have an issue at max. but we wont really use it that high so its not an issue. but for the money, a good deal.

Speaker is fine. Manual that came with my radio ( Kenwood TS-930 ) stated the speaker was a 4" speaker. That turned out to be wrong. I removed the factory speaker and measured it. 3.5" !! Of course the new speaker would not fit the mount and opening. Hooked it up to see how it sounded. Very good audio. Much better than the factory speaker that I accidentally damaged. So, no fault of this speaker. I should have removed and measured the factory speaker first, instead of trusting the manual. I have a 4' enclosure that I can place this speaker in. So, not a loss at all.

Good design, very good quality, good service

Bought to replace the speaker in a fender greta. At first I thought it sucked, but then remembered you have to break speakers in. Put about 12 hours on it with a loop pedal while at work and now the sound is very natural and I may say even good. It's never going to be as ballsy as a 12 in speaker, but I think it is an improvement especially for the price. It was a direct fit.

Tinny...about $5 too expensive. Deserves a tariff!

As per the other reviewers, got this to pop into a Fender Greta guitar amp. It now allows you to get to valve distortion before speaker breakup. I turned the appropriate mounting hole into a slot which made doing the screws up much easier.

This is what I posted on a Telecaster forum about the Visatron R10S 8ohm speaker as an upgrade for the Fender Greta guitar amplifier. I am giving this 5 stars, because it deserves five for value/quality, but you may want to read below before upgrading the Greta. Bottom line: the Visaton is a LOT louder than the stock speaker, and the tone is pretty solid...But I've gone back to the stock speaker because I want the ability to get a broken tube tone at lower volumes. Volume Levels: I measured volume for each speaker playing the same 30 second pick/strum on a Hwy 1 Tele noodling on open chords. The numbers below were registered on an iphone app called "logSPL" (which got pretty good reviews for its accuracy), at a distance of 1.5 meters from the Greta with the tone knob in the middle. I use "volume on third, etc" instead of 10 o'clock below, because the Greta's dials make it hard to be precise. The first number is the "average" decibel level and the second the peak. For the sake of comparison, the same noodling on the Tele recorded at the same distance (1.5 meters) was 70.5 average db, and 76.3 peak. Stock speaker: Volume at one third: 80.1 (average) and 84.9 (peak) Volume at 2/3: 84.1 and 87.0 Volume on max: 85.5 and 89.6 (in another measurement it was 84.0 and 88.5) Visaton: Volume at one third: 87.5 (avg) and 91.0 (peak) Volume at 2/3: 89.5 and 93.4 Volume on max: 92.0 and 95.2 As you can see, the stock speaker, with the volume fully cranked, is quieter than the Visaton at a third volume/10 o'clock, and not that much louder than the Tele with no amplification at all! In fact, at a third volume the Tele competes with Greta. But what I really liked about the Greta in the first place was its break up at low volumes. I think Fender got it right in going with a speaker with a small magnet, which I suspect was chosen because the amp has to push more to drive it. Or, even if Fender was just being cheap, that doesn't make it a bad choice. To put this into functional terms: with the Fender stock speaker I can play at maximum volume with a door closed, and my family members will not disown me. By contrast, if I want some dirt with the Visaton, I'm likely to hear, "Can you turn it down in there? I'm trying to do my homework!" Sound quality and tone: the Visaton highlights a noticeable amp hum and hiss (at least with the wiring in my house), although I found it tolerable. The hum/hiss in the stock speaker is almost imperceptible if you are sitting about a sofa's length away... You could easily forget that the amp is even on. (This is not a defect of the Visaton... the fact that it plays louder and with a higher range means you just hear more of what the amp puts out.) With the Visaton, not surprisingly you get a lot more clean headroom with a speaker that is rated 20-30w vs. the 3w for the stock speaker. By my taste, the tone of the Visaton is pretty darn good and better than the stock (relatively speaking here... we're talking about 4" speakers). But the volume and clean headroom is also its downside, at least for me. If I want loud from the Greta, there's the option to plug into a cab with a larger speaker. So I think it's a question of both taste and what you need at the end of the day. In terms of using the Greta as an mp3 player... The Visaton is without question the better option in my book, even with the hum. I have read that some people like the vintage/retro sound from playing their ipod through the stock speaker. Personally I never liked the "AM radio" sound even back when there were AM radios, so for me it's unusable as an ipod player. The Visaton won't compete with a decent home stereo, but it's ok. Again, a question of taste. So, as I noted at the top...if you want to upgrade the Greta to get more volume and more clean headroom, then the Visaton is a no-brainer. If instead you like the Greta because you can get some dirty tube sound at low volume, then I'd say stick with the stock speaker. That's what I'm doing... at least for now... In the photo, you can see the obvious difference in size of magnets between the Fender stock speaker and the Visaton R10S.

Lorsque j'ai choisi d'acheté l'article, j'avais compris qu'il était vendu par paire (d'autant plus que je l'avais acheté en début d'année et qu'il m'avait été livré par paire) or, il est vendu à l'unité bien que le libellé précise "hauts-parleurs" au pluriel (y compris le "hauts" qui ne devrait pas prendre de "s" et avec le mot "enceintes" également au pluriel. On pourrait penser que le prix aurait du m'alerter mais lorsque l'on regarde sur le site Conrad, on voit bien que ce haut parleur est vendu à l'unité pour deux fois moins cher et avec la bonne orthographe (sans "s").

Ottimo speaker, marca tedesca affidabile un sostituto perfetto per utilizzo su speaker ham radio.

Yeap, bought it for a Fender Greta :)