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Peavey Black widow speaker 15"

PostPosted: Wed Oct 06, 2021 6:00 am
by mat davallet
Hi everyone
I'm looking for a 15" BW speaker in great shape.
If you sell one tell me.
Mat

Re: Peavey Black widow speaker 15"

PostPosted: Wed Oct 06, 2021 9:55 pm
by Ken Byng
Mat
I have a Black Widow 1501 4-ohm speaker that I fitted a Peavey Neodymium magnet to. The Neo magnet on its own cost £95. Please let me know if you want to see pics of the speaker. I'm looking for £100 plus shipping for the speaker which is in A1 condition.

Re: Peavey Black widow speaker 15"

PostPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2021 12:34 am
by mat davallet
Thanks Ken
interesting but I already have a neo eminence. The fact of having put a neo magnet on the black widow does not take away the characteristics of the BW itself (deeper bass, tone?).

Re: Peavey Black widow speaker 15"

PostPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:50 am
by Ken Byng
Mat
The Peavey Neo magnet is much bigger and heavier than any of the Eminence Neo magnets, and as such I didn't hear any difference in tone between my BW 1501 with the original magnet or the Peavey Neo magnet. I will keep my Black Widow as a spare, and you will be able to look for an original B/W with the large magnet.

BTW, on 21st April 2020 on the USA steel forum, Ken Fox wrote this as part of a thread on the Peavey Neo Magnet.

Post Posted Tue Apr 21, 2020 6:07 pm
The late Jim Evans ran frequency response curves both with and without a neo magnet. He summarized that the Neo was a bit smoother in the response curve. I doubt any of us could probably hear much difference.