I think the always amazing Other Jon Browne's video captures it super well.
As soon as I hear the 2000 v30 it sounds much better to me.
Totally just a matter of taste/amp/etc though.
I need to try mine a bit more, but I found them a bit too dark compared to my fave early 2000s ones (and the new ones are 16 ohm rather than 8). Not a bad sound, just side by side I preferred the slightly crisper older ones.
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4Eminence DV-77 8...
I have the tall offset 4x12 from them. Well built, heavy, fairly resonant. Similar to an emperor but with thicker ply. Both can be a bit more finicky with speakers in my experience because they are so much more resonant. Good ordering experience and all that too.
I have an emperor 4x12 I was...
I find that in those tunings, unless you are going for a really hifi sound or using super heavy gauges and a shorter scale, I generally want a really mid forward pickup. It’s much easier to then remove some nasal quality of that pickup with eq than deal with something that come through as...
Oh my god I just bought 4 vintage T75s (at greater cost than this cab and without, you know, the cab). Someone please grab this before I convince myself I need it.