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sgmypod

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Weber vst alnico speakers
« on: May 30, 2009, 09:01:09 AM »
Anyone have experience with his alnico 12 speakers like the look of the vintage series
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Re: Weber vst alnico speakers
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2009, 11:18:43 AM »
I have a 12" Ceramic Blue Dog, it's very nice. I've got two 10" Alnicos at MJW which i should be picking up late next week, will let you know. I've had a few Webers, they've all been great speakers

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Re: Weber vst alnico speakers
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2009, 11:36:04 AM »
there doing remakes of speakers..kinda updates..but a lot cheaper alnico speakers than the celestion equivalents
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Re: Weber vst alnico speakers
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2009, 12:37:52 AM »
I have some Weber ceramic speakers and they all sound great, his alnico speakers have a great rep too, just that the amps I've been fitting them into suited ceramic better.
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Re: Weber vst alnico speakers
« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2009, 12:40:14 AM »
Yes, I have a Jenkins Sound 212 Route 66 cabinet loaded with a ceramic BLue Dog and ceramic Silver Bell. It is the best sounding cabinet I have. I'm driving the cabinet with a Komet 6). Great amp BTW.

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Re: Weber vst alnico speakers
« Reply #5 on: November 27, 2009, 07:20:11 AM »
I have Weber alnicos and they suound superb. My sort-of-jym45 has a silver bell & older blue dog. Both are 12".
The ceramics sound great too. Diferent but not worse, really.
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Re: Weber vst alnico speakers
« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2009, 08:55:03 AM »
the 10" alnicos are superb, nice and punchy but with warmth too. I picked up a silver bell 12" ceramic of the bay, currently in my Matamp First Lady cab, much more detailed and neutral sounding than the greenback, hot100, V30, G12H that i tried previously

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Re: Weber vst alnico speakers
« Reply #7 on: November 27, 2009, 03:08:59 PM »
I have the Silver Bell ceramic too, but the best sounding is the Thames - the Fane clone.  It is a great speaker.  I have it in a Matamp 1x12 at the moment, but I think I'm putting together a 4x12 with 2 Thames and 2 of the Weber Crescendo FC12's.
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Re: Weber vst alnico speakers
« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2009, 11:18:53 AM »
I've had good results with Weber speakers, both Alnico and Ceramic. I especially like their Alnico 8" signature series in Fender Champs. In fact I think that this speaker sounds better than the originals. It's also the only Alnico speaker in production (that I've found anyway) that will fit in a Tweed Champ.

I've always used their American-style speakers in Fender amps though, and haven't used any of there British-style speakers.

Unfortunately they aren't that cheap in the UK. If you buy directly from the US you will almost certainly get collared for import duty and Weber VST charge $50 for shipping.

Even so I don't think they are much cheaper than the alnico Celestion equivalents. A Blue Dog (Celstion Blue-style) is $195, about £120, so these aren't out of line with Celestion prices.

This isn't surprising as the most expensive component of the speaker is the alnico magnet and these are all sourced from China.