8 inch guitar speakers for W/D/W?

[moltenmetalburn]

Has anyone ever used 8 inch guitar speakers?

can they sound big enough for downtuned modern metal?



I have been toying with the Idea of a wet/dry or a wet/dry/wet for my live rig. I want to keep the rig as small as humanly possible.

I am currently using a port city 2x12OS for the dry.
I have been considering two ported 1x8's or two 1x10's from Freda.

http://www.fredacabs.com/1x08.cfm

I want to load the cabs with the 50 watt tone tubby hemp cone 8 inch speakers and feed them from my mesa boogie 50/50.

I have never played any size speaker other than 12 or 15. can 8's handle down-tuned metal for the wet side. do I NEED 10's rather than 8's?

or since they will be the wet side will the girth coming from the 12's be enough?

 

[Shark Diver]

Bogner uses 8s for their wet. they sound huge. You don't need a lot for wet.

 

[Tone Merchant]

yes it will sound fine. just make sure u run you effects 100% wet. u dont want any dry signal for speakers that small

 

[moltenmetalburn]

awesome guys thank you, that's what I was hoping to hear

out of curiosity why no dry signal out of them based on size?

 

[Stratboy151]

awesome guys thank you, that's what I was hoping to hear

out of curiosity why no dry signal out of them based on size?

will sound like a little peepee?