Visaton VS-R10S/8 - loudspeakers (Black, In-wall/On-wall/In-ceiling speakers, 100 - 13000 Hz, 102 x 102 x 36 mm, GRILLE 10 ES GRILLE 10 R/134 GRILLE 10 RS GRILLE 10 PL GRILLE 10 R/134 (b./chr.))

As per the other reviewers, got this to pop into a Fender Greta guitar amp. It now allows you to get to valve distortion before speaker breakup. I turned the appropriate mounting hole into a slot which made doing the screws up much easier.

Yeap, bought it for a Fender Greta :)

This is what I posted on a Telecaster forum about the Visatron R10S 8ohm speaker as an upgrade for the Fender Greta guitar amplifier. I am giving this 5 stars, because it deserves five for value/quality, but you may want to read below before upgrading the Greta. Bottom line: the Visaton is a LOT louder than the stock speaker, and the tone is pretty solid...But I've gone back to the stock speaker because I want the ability to get a broken tube tone at lower volumes. Volume Levels: I measured volume for each speaker playing the same 30 second pick/strum on a Hwy 1 Tele noodling on open chords. The numbers below were registered on an iphone app called "logSPL" (which got pretty good reviews for its accuracy), at a distance of 1.5 meters from the Greta with the tone knob in the middle. I use "volume on third, etc" instead of 10 o'clock below, because the Greta's dials make it hard to be precise. The first number is the "average" decibel level and the second the peak. For the sake of comparison, the same noodling on the Tele recorded at the same distance (1.5 meters) was 70.5 average db, and 76.3 peak. Stock speaker: Volume at one third: 80.1 (average) and 84.9 (peak) Volume at 2/3: 84.1 and 87.0 Volume on max: 85.5 and 89.6 (in another measurement it was 84.0 and 88.5) Visaton: Volume at one third: 87.5 (avg) and 91.0 (peak) Volume at 2/3: 89.5 and 93.4 Volume on max: 92.0 and 95.2 As you can see, the stock speaker, with the volume fully cranked, is quieter than the Visaton at a third volume/10 o'clock, and not that much louder than the Tele with no amplification at all! In fact, at a third volume the Tele competes with Greta. But what I really liked about the Greta in the first place was its break up at low volumes. I think Fender got it right in going with a speaker with a small magnet, which I suspect was chosen because the amp has to push more to drive it. Or, even if Fender was just being cheap, that doesn't make it a bad choice. To put this into functional terms: with the Fender stock speaker I can play at maximum volume with a door closed, and my family members will not disown me. By contrast, if I want some dirt with the Visaton, I'm likely to hear, "Can you turn it down in there? I'm trying to do my homework!" Sound quality and tone: the Visaton highlights a noticeable amp hum and hiss (at least with the wiring in my house), although I found it tolerable. The hum/hiss in the stock speaker is almost imperceptible if you are sitting about a sofa's length away... You could easily forget that the amp is even on. (This is not a defect of the Visaton... the fact that it plays louder and with a higher range means you just hear more of what the amp puts out.) With the Visaton, not surprisingly you get a lot more clean headroom with a speaker that is rated 20-30w vs. the 3w for the stock speaker. By my taste, the tone of the Visaton is pretty darn good and better than the stock (relatively speaking here... we're talking about 4" speakers). But the volume and clean headroom is also its downside, at least for me. If I want loud from the Greta, there's the option to plug into a cab with a larger speaker. So I think it's a question of both taste and what you need at the end of the day. In terms of using the Greta as an mp3 player... The Visaton is without question the better option in my book, even with the hum. I have read that some people like the vintage/retro sound from playing their ipod through the stock speaker. Personally I never liked the "AM radio" sound even back when there were AM radios, so for me it's unusable as an ipod player. The Visaton won't compete with a decent home stereo, but it's ok. Again, a question of taste. So, as I noted at the top...if you want to upgrade the Greta to get more volume and more clean headroom, then the Visaton is a no-brainer. If instead you like the Greta because you can get some dirty tube sound at low volume, then I'd say stick with the stock speaker. That's what I'm doing... at least for now... In the photo, you can see the obvious difference in size of magnets between the Fender stock speaker and the Visaton R10S.

Lorsque j'ai choisi d'acheté l'article, j'avais compris qu'il était vendu par paire (d'autant plus que je l'avais acheté en début d'année et qu'il m'avait été livré par paire) or, il est vendu à l'unité bien que le libellé précise "hauts-parleurs" au pluriel (y compris le "hauts" qui ne devrait pas prendre de "s" et avec le mot "enceintes" également au pluriel. On pourrait penser que le prix aurait du m'alerter mais lorsque l'on regarde sur le site Conrad, on voit bien que ce haut parleur est vendu à l'unité pour deux fois moins cher et avec la bonne orthographe (sans "s").

Sounds good Just as listen

Ottimo speaker, marca tedesca affidabile un sostituto perfetto per utilizzo su speaker ham radio.

Replaced original speaker in a Yeasu SP101 with this one. Added some more dampening material and now have a very good speaker .