Looks like the "new" 2022 Vintage 30 is dead already

[the other John Browne]

How do you do, fellow kids?

Some of you may have seen my 50+ Vintage 30 shootout a few months ago. One of the V30 myths I looked into was the "new" Vintage 30 that become popular after a Glenn Fricker / Spectre Sound Studios video.
I only had two new V30s and the results weren't definitive. So I went and got four more new V30s to test.

Too long, didn't watch:

Seems the V30 cones were much like they were in the early 2000s for a short time between 2021 and 2022 but by the end of 2022 were back to the way they were for the last 20 years.

RIP new V30

 

[MadAsAHatter]

Really good analysis with actual data to support results. I need to go back and watch the big test video.

 

[thegame]

Fricker endorsed? Don't want it.

 

[the other John Browne]

I've prepped the set up for the break in test and made some sweeps of a pair of 2021 Marshall G12 Vintages to supplement the results from the last video. I also needed to get a few things off my chest before moving on to the break in test and V30 alternatives:

 

[dm426]

Now you've got me curious. I'll have to open my V30 cabs to see what's in there.

 

[dave74]

Great label info! I've always wondered about many of these things.