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The Eminence "Texas Heat" speaker
12", 8Ω, 150W. 38 oz magnet.
Egnater Tweaker Head, open back Vox Night Train 1x12 cab
So, a lil background. I've been "stuck with" a Celestion Super 65. I needed a cheap 50W+ speaker when i bought my DSL50 as I didn't wanna blow the greenback I had, and so I got a Super 65 from avatar speakers for like $35 shipped. It was light on the bass, lots of highs, and rather quiet at 97 dB. With it's 20 oz magnet it felt like a lightweight, and really behaved like one.
Eminence describes the Texas Heat speaker as being warm and fat with some top end bite and some slightly british midrange flavor. I used the MIM Strat in my sig throughout the testing.
When setting my Tweaker to USA mode, clean, volume at 90% and gain at about 20%, I was instantly treated to fatness. The bass is very full and even, so the speaker isn't explosively punchy, but there's no ass-dragging and (as of yet) no farting here. The treble "bite" they were talking about helps to keep that piano-like sound on the wound strings. It's VERY bluesy, with buttery smooth sustain. There's not much loss of sparkle in this otherwise quite warm speaker though, so it's less like a treble "bite" and more like a treble kiss. "Bite" is what I feel from a greenback. Bright amps would benefit from this. I wouldn't put this in a Valkveking, or in a tweed amp, or anything which doesn't need to be thickened up any further. If you need a TON of punch, skip this one and try the RW&B or a Screamin Eagle.
My amp previously displayed a little fizz at low volumes but this speaker has smoothed that WAY out. For that alone I'm quite happy.
I didn't get the whole "hint of british flavor" thing until I stepped on the Blues Driver and hit the bridge pickup. Not totally a "honky" quality, but still crisp. This is where they get the "Texas" in the name, you can hear texas blues wanting to come out of this. The Screamin Eagle I used to have never did that kind of midrange, and C12Ks they put in the DRRIs don't generally sound as forward and up front as this, either. It's quite a nice balance.
Trying out the Brit setting on my tweaker seemed just a lil less british than with the celestion super 65, but raising the treble helps put more of that raunchiness back in there. This speaker really favors the USA part of the amp as I hoped it would.
The volume is a manageable 98 dB, and I haven't been able to test when the speaker breaks up, and i doubt I'll get to (15W amp in an apartment, 150W speaker, you get the picture.)
In closing, this speaker really seems to impart a smoothness and fatness that would benefit any Fenderish tones without limiting you to a "scooped" midrange. If your smaller Fender or Fender-like amp needs a little push towards that "deep and 3D" Twin Reverb feeling, definitely try the texas heat. If you need absolutely glistening treble, try something else.
12", 8Ω, 150W. 38 oz magnet.
Egnater Tweaker Head, open back Vox Night Train 1x12 cab
So, a lil background. I've been "stuck with" a Celestion Super 65. I needed a cheap 50W+ speaker when i bought my DSL50 as I didn't wanna blow the greenback I had, and so I got a Super 65 from avatar speakers for like $35 shipped. It was light on the bass, lots of highs, and rather quiet at 97 dB. With it's 20 oz magnet it felt like a lightweight, and really behaved like one.
Eminence describes the Texas Heat speaker as being warm and fat with some top end bite and some slightly british midrange flavor. I used the MIM Strat in my sig throughout the testing.
When setting my Tweaker to USA mode, clean, volume at 90% and gain at about 20%, I was instantly treated to fatness. The bass is very full and even, so the speaker isn't explosively punchy, but there's no ass-dragging and (as of yet) no farting here. The treble "bite" they were talking about helps to keep that piano-like sound on the wound strings. It's VERY bluesy, with buttery smooth sustain. There's not much loss of sparkle in this otherwise quite warm speaker though, so it's less like a treble "bite" and more like a treble kiss. "Bite" is what I feel from a greenback. Bright amps would benefit from this. I wouldn't put this in a Valkveking, or in a tweed amp, or anything which doesn't need to be thickened up any further. If you need a TON of punch, skip this one and try the RW&B or a Screamin Eagle.
My amp previously displayed a little fizz at low volumes but this speaker has smoothed that WAY out. For that alone I'm quite happy.
I didn't get the whole "hint of british flavor" thing until I stepped on the Blues Driver and hit the bridge pickup. Not totally a "honky" quality, but still crisp. This is where they get the "Texas" in the name, you can hear texas blues wanting to come out of this. The Screamin Eagle I used to have never did that kind of midrange, and C12Ks they put in the DRRIs don't generally sound as forward and up front as this, either. It's quite a nice balance.
Trying out the Brit setting on my tweaker seemed just a lil less british than with the celestion super 65, but raising the treble helps put more of that raunchiness back in there. This speaker really favors the USA part of the amp as I hoped it would.
The volume is a manageable 98 dB, and I haven't been able to test when the speaker breaks up, and i doubt I'll get to (15W amp in an apartment, 150W speaker, you get the picture.)
In closing, this speaker really seems to impart a smoothness and fatness that would benefit any Fenderish tones without limiting you to a "scooped" midrange. If your smaller Fender or Fender-like amp needs a little push towards that "deep and 3D" Twin Reverb feeling, definitely try the texas heat. If you need absolutely glistening treble, try something else.
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