Eminence Repository - Please Comment

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This thread is for the collection of comments about Eminence speakers you've used. While Eminence provides an excellent descriptive chart on their website, it would be much more helpful to hear from people who've used them in different cabs and amps. Please post your reviews of your favorite Eminence speakers here.
 
After using many different Emi's, I was never really happy with any of them. I'm using Avatar - Hellatone 60L speakers now, and I think they're better than any of the Emi's, at least for metal. :rock:
 
Played my friends avatar 4x12 loaded with Man-O-Wars, hated it for bedroom playing but it sounded great live when I heard his band. They are supposed to be similar to Celestion 75's, he was playing a Laney GH100L, it seemed to work alright, probably would not be my speaker of choice though. The recessed mids caused him to sit back in the mix a bit which was cool in some ways, really filled out the low end but you could not hear much of his lead work.
 
I find most of the Eminence speakers I own have this upper mid jiggle that I don't care for.

That said, I can get along with the Texas Heat and V12.

Eminence speakers I own...
Wizard
Private Jack
Man-O-War
V12
Texas Heat
Governor
 
Valtiel":1mgklu1m said:
Played my friends avatar 4x12 loaded with Man-O-Wars, hated it for bedroom playing but it sounded great live when I heard his band. They are supposed to be similar to Celestion 75's, he was playing a Laney GH100L, it seemed to work alright, probably would not be my speaker of choice though. The recessed mids caused him to sit back in the mix a bit which was cool in some ways, really filled out the low end but you could not hear much of his lead work.
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Good description, thanks.
 
I'm running Private Jacks in a 2x12 to get a sort of higher powered greenback sound, work well, they're a little smooth with more rounded bass with gain, but the cleans and lower gain settings are nice. I also have one Texas Heat in a 1x12 with a Blackstar that works pretty good all around. The cleans are clear, the crunch is balanced, and higher gain is pretty tight. Not a bad speaker at all.
 
I have V12's and a Super V currently. Gigged the V12's for years in a hard rock project in a X pattern with V30's and then CL80's.

I really liked the V12's mixed with the V30's. They helped to balance the V30's spike's.

The CL80's I felt were an improvement at that time because I was moving toward more of a modeling roll for my amps and was told that the 80's were close to the Line 6 speakers with their neutral response. At the end of the day I felt that the 80's and V12's were too bland together.

The Super V sounds great. I don't have enough experience with it yet so I can't comment much about it.
 
I'm rocking OEM THD 10"s which appear to be Emi-made, even though THD has their own speaker code. They are the best 10's ever ever heard. GREAT for cleans and light gains

I'm also rocking Fryette P50Es in my Emperor 4x12. It's such a great speaker. Tight, balanced, loud, clear, and LIGHTWEIGHT.

The Delta Pro 12A is an EVM12L clone. It flipping rocks in the right cab with a lot of power blasting through it. It handles like 300 or 400 watts, but it's still efficient enough to be super loud. Friendly speaker.

The Lil' Texas Neodymium had a some strange overtones I didn't like, but it could have been the cabint. I ran into the same thing with the Commonwealth, which is the big magnet JBL clone. :(
 
I have used the texas heat, wizard, and swamp thing.

the texas heat was slow to breakup and had some upper midrange snarl even though the mid was subdued compared to the highs and lows. kicks ass for the price. always a little too harsh for me. 150 watts

the swamp thing is the texas heat with a bigger magnet. more of everything the texas heat has. HUGE bottom end, thick and chunky response, not as articulate as texas heat but a powerful sound. not a shredder speaker but would probably do hatebreed type beatdown exceptionally. 150 watts

the wizard was my favorite speaker the last few years, (until i got the tonetubby.) many liken it to the g12h though I haven't played that one. breaks up as fast as a gt75. it is very even across the frequency spectrum. it is articulate, has some grit and is in the v30 vein. seems like the best qualities of greenback and v30s put together. very tight bottom end, no mush. 75watts
 
I like the Governor, Texas Heat, and Legend GB12. Not so much for others I have used. IMO, All of them are tighter and more compressed than celestions. I actually prefer them at lower volumes. This is the opposite of what you usually hear on the net. One thing to keep in mind, I have yet to find an Eminence that sounds close to its Celestion counterpart. They have there own thing going on. I guess each model is "in the ballpark" but they have big variances when A/B'd with the Celestions.

Another thing that I might add............all of the Eminence speakers are very focused and hi-fi sounding. I don't think they sound that great when used by themselves (except for cleans). A cab full of Eminence sounds very compressed and flat to my ears. However, they are very tight with a super fast pick response. This is excellent for metal, but they don't have that 3d quality of Celestions.

However, when you mix in a Celestion here and there, the Emis bring something really cool to the mix that you can't get with either on there own. I really like the Governor and a G12H30 and I also like the Texas Heat and a Vintage 30. You get the open/3D Celestion thing and also the fast attacking/compressed Eminence sound together. Its quite cool IMO.

If you are strictly a blues/rock player than I would stick to Celestions. But if you want a real versatile cab with its own thing going on.........try mixing up Celestions and Eminence. The efficiency rating on the Eminence website are exaggerated IMO. They actually balance quite well with Vintage 30's and G12H30's.
 
I have only used Govenors in a CAA 2x12 ported. It sounded great. It was nice and tight and not as stiff sounding as V30s. Cleans on them were great. A well balanced speaker for clean and dirty. I now use a Port City with V30s. V30s are a bit stiff sounding and not very good with cleans. They have been broken in as they are 18 years old. The Govenors are suppose to be V30s, but sound more smoother on cleans. The cleans on Governors spank and sparkle. V30s are a little harsh. Govenors did an excellent job on dirty tones. I will most likely replace my V30s with the Govenors.
 
I love my Zinky speakers. Got one in a TAC-112 with a Rivera M60 on top, sounds KILLER. Have the Mitchell 3/4" donut under the grille.

Got a pair in a the small Zinky 2x12, they sound so huge, I look for nothing else.
 
troublehead":1xey7k4r said:
However, when you mix in a Celestion here and there, the Emis bring something really cool to the mix that you can't get with either on there own. I really like the Governor and a G12H30 and I also like the Texas Heat and a Vintage 30. You get the open/3D Celestion thing and also the fast attacking/compressed Eminence sound together. Its quite cool IMO.
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This is an interesting thing i've found, it is always important to consider the whole equation when adding pieces. Some of my favorite mixes have a couple guitar tones together that on their own may sound boring or lackluster, but together they create something bigger than the sum.

That said, I still prefer Celestions. :lol: :LOL:
 
I find all the Eminence speakers I've tried have a strident, unmusical peak (fuzz) in the high end, lacking the typical Celestion creaminess and midrange complexity.

If I couldn't use Celestion, for a British sound I'd take any Weber or even WGS over Eminence.
 
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