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HELP ME! Speaker Test

I need your help good people of the Nation.

This is a speaker test for my converted Murphy radio/guitar amp. The first clip is the amp playing through the radio's existing speaker, and the second is the amp hooked up to the amp's original speaker. I don't change the setting on the amp (apart from adding a little volume for the overdrive).

I think I know which I'm leaning towards, but I'd love to have some input from you guys. Which speaker do you like the sound of better? Can you even tell a difference?

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Comment by Vinylhed on June 19, 2014 at 10:26am: You old eared buggers!

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on June 18, 2014 at 4:05pm: And hair.

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on June 18, 2014 at 4:04pm: Me and RTZ have older ears. We like similar tones. Go with what your ears prefer, as mine are full of wax ;-).

Comment by RTZGUITARS on June 18, 2014 at 10:21am: The second one for me

Comment by Vinylhed on June 17, 2014 at 11:44am: Aw, man! What are you doing to me Oily?! Just when I think I've made a decision, you wade in with a doozy!

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on June 17, 2014 at 7:41am: Am I too late? What'd I miss? I like the second clip; the tone of that speaker sounds more ole timey on clean, and the dirt gives it added character.

Comment by Vinylhed on June 16, 2014 at 9:30am: Thanks for your input guys. I think I'm going to leave the original speaker in, I think listening back to video I prefer it's more full sound (and it does save me the job of working out how to install the smaller one).

Comment by Hellhound Custom Built Guitars on June 16, 2014 at 12:39am: Im going with the cleaner of the two. I thing the distortion just muddies up the great sound of a beautiful instrament and a wonderful playing style.

Comment by turtlehead on June 15, 2014 at 1:14pm: Cool conversion Vinyl. I like the old speaker too - much more open sounding, especially on the clean setting.

Comment by Vinylhed on June 15, 2014 at 6:11am: Cheers, Wes, thanks for your input.
Yes, I'd agree. The old speaker is bigger and a trifle louder, although it seems to let more of the extraneous sounds through. The new one is a little weedy in comparison.