Odd question.. front loaded cabinet cab with "rear loaded" speakers...

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I know I know... Why on earth would anyone want to do that. LOL

If you have a front loaded cab, and you remove the baffle and rear load the speakers and reinstall the baffle.. does that technically make the cabinet rear loaded ?

I know the rear loaded concept is speakers are physically installed from the rear via removing the back panels.

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Technically it would be a frankencab, but sonically I would imagine it to be closer to a rear-loaded cab.
Personally I would not consider a bad idea at all, as long as you are set on keeping the cab. Probably would kill the resale value.
 
Speaker brands should put that thick foam on both sides of the mounting lip imo.
Most come with extra gaskets for front loading, but imo it should be factory installed with the thicker foam on both sides.
 
Probably will need to use much longer wiring to get them installed and connected to the jack with the baffle out of the cab, but no harm in that at all.
 
I've done that before with a 212 that had a semi-open convertible back. I was just barely able to get the speakers through the gap. To me it made the cab sound slightly darker and more directional vs. the same speakers being front mounted. A thing to keep in mind is that you'll reduce the internal volume of the cab which will alter the response. Whether all that sounds good or bad is subjective.

If you do end up rear mounting speakers on a front mount baffle remember to move the T-nuts to the opposite side or rig up some nuts, bolts & washers. Otherwise the speakers won't be securely mounted.
 
Yes, it would now be rear loaded. The change would likely be a bit of a bump in the mids because the baffle thickness is having a slight horn loading effect on the speaker.
 
dave74 said:
Probably will need to use much longer wiring to get them installed and connected to the jack with the baffle out of the cab, but no harm in that at all.
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The trick is to feed a cable through the hole for the jack plate. Then you plug in the jack, and use it to fish the jack out the back after it's all together. It's the same trick for getting components into a hollow body guitar.
 
BeZo said:
The trick is to feed a cable through the hole for the jack plate. Then you plug in the jack, and use it to fish the jack out the back after it's all together. It's the same trick for getting components into a hollow body guitar.
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Had to think about it for a minute, but yeah that is good.
 
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