I have an Ear Candy Cabs Buzz Bomb 2 12 loaded with an Eminence Wizard and Governor. It's very mid and treble oriented and I'm thinking of swapping to a pair of Texas Heat speakers. I use a 6505 and I'm looking to even the overall sound by taming some of the high mid, treble, and fizz. Would the TH do this? I play progressive and technical metal with a lot of lead playing and shred. What say you?
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I swapped out a V30 (hemp cone, recone done by Tone Tubby) for a Texas Heat and I love it. It got rid of the upper mid spike and gives a very natural, even response. I love the high headroom compared to the V30. Matches very well with the C Rex I use in that cabinet. FWIW, IMHO, I only play doom/stoner metal (as far as metal goes), so I can't say how it would work for what you're going for.Custom neck-thru strat
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Funny enough, after watching the live stream of the Ultimate Speaker Demo, I've decided I want to get a Wizard or a Governor to replace my Greenback to go with my V30 in my closed-back 2x12. I like the complexity in the mids of Eminence speakers. Any chance you wanna trade one of yours for either a Celestion Greenback, Weber Ceramic 1230 55hz or WGS Green Beret?
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Originally posted by TSE View PostI have an Ear Candy Cabs Buzz Bomb 2 12 loaded with an Eminence Wizard and Governor. It's very mid and treble oriented and I'm thinking of swapping to a pair of Texas Heat speakers. I use a 6505 and I'm looking to even the overall sound by taming some of the high mid, treble, and fizz. Would the TH do this? I play progressive and technical metal with a lot of lead playing and shred. What say you?
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Originally posted by Jolly_Rancher View PostFunny enough, after watching the live stream of the Ultimate Speaker Demo, I've decided I want to get a Wizard or a Governor to replace my Greenback to go with my V30 in my closed-back 2x12. I like the complexity in the mids of Eminence speakers. Any chance you wanna trade one of yoursyours for eithereither a Celestion Greenback, Weber Ceramic 1230 55hz or WGS Green Beret?
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Originally posted by TSE View PostI have an Ear Candy Cabs Buzz Bomb 2 12 loaded with an Eminence Wizard and Governor. It's very mid and treble oriented and I'm thinking of swapping to a pair of Texas Heat speakers. I use a 6505 and I'm looking to even the overall sound by taming some of the high mid, treble, and fizz. Would the TH do this? I play progressive and technical metal with a lot of lead playing and shred. What say you?••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
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Originally posted by TSE View PostNot really interested in any of those, sorry. I don't think I'm really a British speaker kind of guy anyway. I'm probably going to selselll the pair I have now and use the money to buy Texas heats. I'm thinking maybe 70 dollars per shipped. They are in great condition and decently broken in if you or anyone else interested
Thanks anyway!
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I love texas heats. Fat mean and mean but smooth, and the low efficiency is good cos you can crank your amp up one extra notch.
However...you might want to look at swamp things too which are a bit more efficient (louder) and both more defined in the lows and clearer in the highs from the massive magnet which also makes it a bit faster- probably suited to more modern metal hi gain shreddy type sounds rather than the vintage flavoured texas heats. Either way tho....both killer sounds.Last edited by Chickenwings; 03-26-2013, 06:06 PM."Technique is really the elimination of the unneccessary ... it is a constant effort to avoid any personal impediment or obstacle to acheive the smooth flow of energy and intent"
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Same question but with a XXX 2x12 combo with E34L's in the power section. I also have a 2x12 extension cab with v30's (which are fizzy as ****). I'm thinking of going with a Eminence Swamp Thang and Texas Heat for the combo. Would they sound good at bedroom volume?
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I have had the swamp and while very thick and scooped they are very loud and perhaps not the best for bedroom playing. I may go back, but I am curious about the Texas. I have the governor wizard setup because I wanted something different at the time. The mids are really intense and don't really balance with the already prominent mid of the 6505. So I'm thinking Texas would be kind of in between the governor and swamp. Ideally I would like less fizz, less upper mid and treble, more low mid, and smoother gain.
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Originally posted by TSE View PostI have had the swamp and while very thick and scooped they are very loud and perhaps not the best for bedroom playing. I may go back, but I am curious about the Texas. I have the governor wizard setup because I wanted something different at the time. The mids are really intense and don't really balance with the already prominent mid of the 6505. So I'm thinking Texas would be kind of in between the governor and swamp. Ideally I would like less fizz, less upper mid and treble, more low mid, and smoother gain.
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Originally posted by gibson175 View PostI love texas heats. Fat mean and mean but smooth, and the low efficiency is good cos you can crank your amp up one extra notch.
However...you might want to look at swamp things too which are a bit more efficient (louder) and both more defined in the lows and clearer in the highs from the massive magnet which also makes it a bit faster- probably suited to more modern metal hi gain shreddy type sounds rather than the vintage flavoured texas heats. Either way tho....both killer sounds.
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Originally posted by TSE View PostIt's tough to choose between them. But, I think I'll go with the Heats. Are they less clear compared to the Swamps? As in muddy or just less treble? Some people hear different things.
In my world that's a great thing! You will find that you can dial up the treb on your amp by an extra knotch to get the cut without the slice. There is plenty of bass too and the speaker can handle 150watts so headroom is not an issue, but its not that hard piano like bass, its a warmer thicker kind of thing going on. I can honestly say i think texans are the business, but i know all players have their own personal preferences.
So, in deference to that, and trying not to sound like too much of a texas heat fanboi, I'm going to recommend you consider one more speaker:
Cos you have a 6505 which is essentially a take on a hot rodded marshall, and that ideally you would like
Originally posted by TSE View Postless fizz, less upper mid and treble, more low mid, and smoother gain.Last edited by Chickenwings; 03-27-2013, 07:08 AM."Technique is really the elimination of the unneccessary ... it is a constant effort to avoid any personal impediment or obstacle to acheive the smooth flow of energy and intent"
Yehudi Menuhin
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