5E1 with a 12" speaker?

[wcrankshaw]

A friend wants me to build one, because we experimented with hooking up a weber 12 to the champ, and it sounded pretty nice. Are there any considerations that need to be made aside from impedance for this to work seamlessly?

[akimball442]

Not really, I like to plug a champ into a 412 sometimes!

Cabinet size has a big effect on how a speaker will sound. A small cabinet with a 12 will not sound the same as a large cabinet with a 12. Sometimes a 10 can sound better in a small cabinet than a 12 in the same cabinet. So you may want to consider a larger cabinet to realize full benefit from the larger speaker.

[tubeswell]

I did a 5F2A (not too far removed in topology) a couple of years ago with a 5E3 sized cab and a 15W 12" speaker. It had really good 'stairway' sound when dimed and with the NFB loop disconnected. Couldn't find the original post so here is the .mp3 again