Hello, World!
Just a quick post to share my experience and hear about yours.
Recently, I picked up a new pair 16Ohm V-Types for a great price, I though I would use them for a project I'm working on.
I have a half-dead 8040 Valvestate with a 4Ohm Celestion G12L which is not great, I installed one of the V-Types and because of the impedance difference I was expecting a massive volume drop, but it was actually louder and fuller, overall much better. I guess the stock G12Ls are pretty crappy.
After a while, I got an ENGL Thunder 50 Reverb fitted with a 8Ohm Celestion Vintage 30, which sounds pretty good and is a very popular and loved speaker. Just to try it, I swapped it for the V-Type and connected it to the proper output. I actually expected a worse sound, but to my surprise it was better (to my ears), I was blown away! So I did a little online research and read that (some say) the V-Type sounds better alone and the Vintage 30 sounds better mixed. However, I don't know if it means mixed with other speakers in a cab or mixed with other instruments while playing. Either way, Since I play alone at home with a single speaker I really liked the Chinese made V-Type better than the UK made Vintage 30.
Today, I tried my ENGL Gig Master 15 fitted with a 8Ohm Celestion G10N-40 speaker, and connected it to the V-Type and Vintage 30 separately to compare all three speakers. Both 12 inchers were an improvement from the smaller 10in OEM. The Vintage 30 sounded a bit bassier, but the V-Type sounder better clean. In this case I'd say it was a tie as I like them both.
Then I tried the Marshall JTM 30 fitted with a pair of 8Ohm LE10-508 Marshall Eminence Heritage speakers wired in series. They sounded quite thin and very trebbly. Since the amp only has 16Ohm outputs, I was able to try only the V-Type, which was a tremendous improvement, sounded much fuller and more balanced. However, it was still a bit high on there treble side, which appears to be the natural EQ of the amp sound, after some T-M-B tweaking I was able to obtain a better sound. I personally don't like this amp as much as the ENGLs, although is still better than the valvestate.
What do you think?
Do you have any experience with either of those speakers? I read that the V-Type were designed to be like a mixture of the Vintage 30 and the Greenbacks; however, since I haven't tried the Greenback I cannot comment on this.
Cheers,
Walt
Just a quick post to share my experience and hear about yours.
Recently, I picked up a new pair 16Ohm V-Types for a great price, I though I would use them for a project I'm working on.
I have a half-dead 8040 Valvestate with a 4Ohm Celestion G12L which is not great, I installed one of the V-Types and because of the impedance difference I was expecting a massive volume drop, but it was actually louder and fuller, overall much better. I guess the stock G12Ls are pretty crappy.
After a while, I got an ENGL Thunder 50 Reverb fitted with a 8Ohm Celestion Vintage 30, which sounds pretty good and is a very popular and loved speaker. Just to try it, I swapped it for the V-Type and connected it to the proper output. I actually expected a worse sound, but to my surprise it was better (to my ears), I was blown away! So I did a little online research and read that (some say) the V-Type sounds better alone and the Vintage 30 sounds better mixed. However, I don't know if it means mixed with other speakers in a cab or mixed with other instruments while playing. Either way, Since I play alone at home with a single speaker I really liked the Chinese made V-Type better than the UK made Vintage 30.
Today, I tried my ENGL Gig Master 15 fitted with a 8Ohm Celestion G10N-40 speaker, and connected it to the V-Type and Vintage 30 separately to compare all three speakers. Both 12 inchers were an improvement from the smaller 10in OEM. The Vintage 30 sounded a bit bassier, but the V-Type sounder better clean. In this case I'd say it was a tie as I like them both.
Then I tried the Marshall JTM 30 fitted with a pair of 8Ohm LE10-508 Marshall Eminence Heritage speakers wired in series. They sounded quite thin and very trebbly. Since the amp only has 16Ohm outputs, I was able to try only the V-Type, which was a tremendous improvement, sounded much fuller and more balanced. However, it was still a bit high on there treble side, which appears to be the natural EQ of the amp sound, after some T-M-B tweaking I was able to obtain a better sound. I personally don't like this amp as much as the ENGLs, although is still better than the valvestate.
What do you think?
Do you have any experience with either of those speakers? I read that the V-Type were designed to be like a mixture of the Vintage 30 and the Greenbacks; however, since I haven't tried the Greenback I cannot comment on this.
Cheers,
Walt
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