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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: hunter on December 20, 2009, 08:06:12 AM

Title: Rivera comparison vid of many Celestion/Eminence/EV/ToneTubbys etc speakers
Post by: hunter on December 20, 2009, 08:06:12 AM

Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWK0sa7tlfI
Title: Re: Rivera comparison vid of many Celestion/Eminence/EV/ToneTubbys etc speakers
Post by: Alex on December 20, 2009, 05:02:56 PM
I saw this already!
It's not bad, but then again it didn't really change my mind. I knew the V30, Swamp Thang and H30 were good, I knew I hated the T75. The Electro Voice is nice, but I can't get over the price tag those sell for.
Title: Re: Rivera comparison vid of many Celestion/Eminence/EV/ToneTubbys etc speakers
Post by: BigB on December 20, 2009, 09:33:20 PM
Yum: Greenback, Swap Thang
Yuck: G12M-70,  JBL

But I'd rather test them by myself than judging from a youtube vid...
Title: Re: Rivera comparison vid of many Celestion/Eminence/EV/ToneTubbys etc speakers
Post by: MDV on December 20, 2009, 09:53:32 PM
Now gassing for a couple of swamp thangs.
Title: Re: Rivera comparison vid of many Celestion/Eminence/EV/ToneTubbys etc speakers
Post by: shobet on December 20, 2009, 10:17:56 PM
It was the swamp things that stood out for me as well.
Title: Re: Rivera comparison vid of many Celestion/Eminence/EV/ToneTubbys etc speakers
Post by: MDV on December 20, 2009, 10:22:22 PM
I liked the tonkers after that, and the 70 80 after that. I thought that on the whole the eminence stuff had a smoother, richer sound than most/all the celestions.

I intend to pair them with V30s in place of K100s in an ubercab, driven off a powerball.

I'd be a little concerned about cutting in a mix with that (they seem quite dark), but Im not gigging at the moment, it's for recording.
Title: Re: Rivera comparison vid of many Celestion/Eminence/EV/ToneTubbys etc speakers
Post by: MDV on December 21, 2009, 05:00:49 AM
Well, I ordered the swamp thangs. I'll let anyone thats interested know how it goes.
Title: Re: Rivera comparison vid of many Celestion/Eminence/EV/ToneTubbys etc speakers
Post by: BigB on December 21, 2009, 09:05:16 AM
Well, I ordered the swamp thangs. I'll let anyone thats interested know how it goes.

Count me in the "anyone thats interested" list then 8)
Title: Re: Rivera comparison vid of many Celestion/Eminence/EV/ToneTubbys etc speakers
Post by: tomjackson on December 21, 2009, 09:18:40 AM

I'm a big fan of Eminence, I've had a Cannabis REX and now have a Governor.  I think they are great value and really well made speakers....
Title: Re: Rivera comparison vid of many Celestion/Eminence/EV/ToneTubbys etc speakers
Post by: BigB on December 21, 2009, 11:00:59 AM
I'm a big fan of Eminence, I've had a Cannabis REX and now have a Governor.  I think they are great value and really well made speakers....

Don't have that much experience with speakers yet, but in my Blues Junior, the Eminence Legend GB12/8 sounds way better (to me...) than either the stock one (eminence "fender special design" whatever that means) or the V30 that ships with some "limited" (lol) editions.

Just my 2 cents...
Title: Re: Rivera comparison vid of many Celestion/Eminence/EV/ToneTubbys etc speakers
Post by: mikeluke on December 21, 2009, 02:01:13 PM
Tom - told you that you would like that Governor!
Title: Re: Rivera comparison vid of many Celestion/Eminence/EV/ToneTubbys etc speakers
Post by: shaman on December 21, 2009, 03:53:23 PM
well done ..but remember, thats for a Rivera Venus 6 amp and a Les Paul-before you go investing in new speakers, remember your MMV(I love greenbacks, for example, but it is just plain torture to use them with my Boogie Coliseum-poor greenies!The Ev's sound best ,but the greenies are right at home with a Boogie Electradyne..different speakers/cabs/etc, for different applications...man, there are just SO many variables..the path to righteous tone DOES BEGIN , however, with BARE KNUCKLES!!)
Title: Re: Rivera comparison vid of many Celestion/Eminence/EV/ToneTubbys etc speakers
Post by: MDV on December 21, 2009, 03:57:53 PM
well done ..but remember, thats for a Rivera Venus 6 amp and a Les Paul-before you go investing in new speakers, remember your MMV(I love greenbacks, for example, but it is just plain torture to use them with my Boogie Coliseum-poor greenies!The Ev's sound best ,but the greenies are right at home with a Boogie Electradyne..different speakers/cabs/etc, for different applications...man, there are just SO many variables..the path to righteous tone DOES BEGIN , however, with BARE KNUCKLES!!)

Grandmother, have some eggs. Todays lesson....
Title: Re: Rivera comparison vid of many Celestion/Eminence/EV/ToneTubbys etc speakers
Post by: tomjackson on December 21, 2009, 04:40:14 PM
Tom - told you that you would like that Governor!

Yeah it's great and goes well with my WEM :D

Would like to try a Wizard at some point as well....
Title: Re: Rivera comparison vid of many Celestion/Eminence/EV/ToneTubbys etc speakers
Post by: Elliot on December 21, 2009, 05:38:05 PM
I listened with another window open and flicked - I was surprised by the fact how nasal (in a bad way) the V30 was.  For me it was the G12h30, the Celestion Gold, the Jensen P12N and the Swamp Thang

The G12T75 was sooo cr@p.. :D
Title: Re: Rivera comparison vid of many Celestion/Eminence/EV/ToneTubbys etc speakers
Post by: 38thBeatle on December 21, 2009, 07:47:42 PM
I found myself losing the plot after a certain amount of samples. How you guys can focus to that extent is beyond me. I picked out a few that I preferred but that is as far as I got- shame on me.
Title: Re: Rivera comparison vid of many Celestion/Eminence/EV/ToneTubbys etc speakers
Post by: BigB on December 21, 2009, 08:44:37 PM
I found myself losing the plot after a certain amount of samples. How you guys can focus to that extent is beyond me.

Wait for a couple hours, start again, lather, rinse, repeat :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Rivera comparison vid of many Celestion/Eminence/EV/ToneTubbys etc speakers
Post by: JDC on December 23, 2009, 01:38:59 AM
I found myself losing the plot after a certain amount of samples. How you guys can focus to that extent is beyond me. I picked out a few that I preferred but that is as far as I got- shame on me.

same here, for me it's more a case of I know what to avoid, that T75 for example, I knew it wasn't a good speaker but that video makes me really wonder why on earth it's the default for Marshall 1960 cabs
Title: Re: Rivera comparison vid of many Celestion/Eminence/EV/ToneTubbys etc speakers
Post by: MDV on December 23, 2009, 02:15:00 AM
I found myself losing the plot after a certain amount of samples. How you guys can focus to that extent is beyond me. I picked out a few that I preferred but that is as far as I got- shame on me.

same here, for me it's more a case of I know what to avoid, that T75 for example, I knew it wasn't a good speaker but that video makes me really wonder why on earth it's the default for Marshall 1960 cabs

Tradition, context (doesnt sound the same with a raging JCM800 as there), production contracts yada yada.