Dai Ichi speaker ? in a Studio Pro ...

[Michael Dene]

Hi,
I've just picked up a Peavey Studio Pro 112 Transtube
60w fitted with a Dai-ichi 12-100 speaker. (12 inch 100w).
I assumed the speaker was not original but I am surprised at the quality of sound from this Phillipine made speaker.

With a little juggling with equalizer it sounds (to my ear) very passable.

I was expecting to swap it out for something better/original but I'm not sure.

What does anyone know about Dai-Ichi speakers? All
I can find is the 12-100 is classed as a woofer, apparently for car audio system.

Thanks for any info.

[Godfrey Arthur]

Dai-Ichi speakers are from a Japan company that set up shop in the Philippines in 1976.

The name Dai-Ichi is Japanese.

The company makes speakers for other name brand companies; KEF, Celestion, Macrom, Phoenix Gold, Radio Shack, Kenwood, TDJ, Coustic, MTX, Cerwin Vega, Magnadyne, Peavey, Monster Cable and others.

Many products are made in the Philippines to service exports to other countries.

As what happened in America in the 20th, speaker companies made speakers for many companies including rebranding said speakers under specific company names.

Fender didn't make speakers; Utah, Jensen, JBL made speakers for Fender.

The same is happening today with speaker companies all over the world.

The state of technology has increased since the 20th.

Dai-Ichi makes speakers for many applications, professional sound and instrument speakers.







I think the issue would be is if you like how the speaker performs in your Peavey.

And if the Dai-Ichi in your amp was made for a guitar amp and not a home stereo system.

That Dai-Ichi makes speakers for Peavey, may want to rethink this, but unless you have another speaker in mind, YMMV.

Might take note that Robert Randolph uses car-stereo speakers in his amps on stage.

[Michael Dene]

Godfrey,

thanks for the info! I hadn't heard of them before, so I was surprised at the tone it was giving, to the extent that I was already questioning any plans of replacing it.

Since my first post I have added Parametric EQ and a Digital Reverb and the tone has really lifted.

And an added bonus to my cheap Little Peavey, is that it weighs about 1/3 of my Session 500!

So I may even have something in common with Robert Randoph ... hmmmm ...

[Godfrey Arthur]

Godfrey,

thanks for the info! I hadn't heard of them before, so I was surprised at the tone it was giving, to the extent that I was already questioning any plans of replacing it.

Since my first post I have added Parametric EQ and a Digital Reverb and the tone has really lifted.

And an added bonus to my cheap Little Peavey, is that it weighs about 1/3 of my Session 500!

So I may even have something in common with Robert Randoph ... hmmmm ...

Michael, here's the Rig Rundown episode where Robert tells all about his car speakers:

@12:00 thereabouts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPjfqS5NvCY

Speakers are funny devices. Sometimes the most homely speaker will give a sound that you can't get with the pure bred units.

In building my own Fender Vibratone, I'd decided to find the 4-ohm Utah 10 inch that Fender put in their Vibratone Leslie speakers. I also have a JBL E110 in good condition, but the JBL is an 8 ohm.


Utah 10 inch 4-ohm from a 1967 Fender Vibratone





JBL E110 8 ohm

So to not stray too far from the classic sound, I made sure to track down the original 4 ohm Utah 10.

Many are discovering the Boss Katana for steel for the lightweight sound.