Which 1x12? orange or mesa??

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I'm gonna buy me a present for xmas and i'm not sure to which i'm gonna buy....

orange 1x12 w/ v30(chinese) NEW

or

Mesa 1x12 w/ electrovoice USED

price is something around 70€ more for the mesa

it's for home practicing and recording and for testing my upcoming effect rack with my mark IV head which would be impossible since my mesa 4x12 is stable at the reharsal room.
 
Go with the mesa, the mark IV sounds really nice through those thiele 112 mesa cabs with EV speakers...
 
but my concern is what if the mark IV will sound TOO compressed with the elctrovoice? i mean...i know mark series amplifiers are compressed but i like very aggressive sound, in fact i tend to use more highs than normal people would use...but that's just me...will the EV fill my needs?
 
my budget would be around 300€/ 450$....here in europe port city cabs are more like a fantasy than real :lol: :LOL:
 
B. Ste":3csb1dvp said:
but my concern is what if the mark IV will sound TOO compressed with the elctrovoice? i mean...i know mark series amplifiers are compressed but i like very aggressive sound, in fact i tend to use more highs than normal people would use...but that's just me...will the EV fill my needs?
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Is there anyway you can try the cabs before you buy them?

I think the EV will meet your needs in the highs. Not really sure about the compression on the EV, I always thought the EVM-12L was pretty open sounding....
 
no way to try before buy....i test everything i buy in general if it's over 700$ but i can't find these cabs near me so i hope i'm gonna pick up the right one....unfortunately i found that all thiele mesa cabs are gone....there are some regular mesa 1x12 w/ EV but my concern is that they are not ported....and there's also a CAA 1x12 which i've been told to be very similar to the bogner....
far away from my decision :doh: :doh: :doh:
 
I sold my Orange 1x12 at a loss and bought a Mesa 1x12 because the Mesa sounded that much better. I would do it again in a heartbeat.

That being said, I bought a V30 loaded Recto 1x12 so I can't speak for the EV. Both the Orange and the Mesa had a V30 but the Mesa sounded better for all styles to my ears.

~B

B. Ste":htr2hhqf said:
I'm gonna buy me a present for xmas and i'm not sure to which i'm gonna buy....

orange 1x12 w/ v30(chinese) NEW

or

Mesa 1x12 w/ electrovoice USED

price is something around 70€ more for the mesa

it's for home practicing and recording and for testing my upcoming effect rack with my mark IV head which would be impossible since my mesa 4x12 is stable at the reharsal room.
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Bogner Ported 1X12 cab with CL-80 speaker.!
Beautiful rounded tone heaven!!
 
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