I think we underestimate the importance of speakers

[Davii]

Re: I think we underestimate the importance of speakers

There's more neodymium options these days too; I've just pulled the stock Celestions in a new JVM410 combo, and replaced them with Lil Texases (which I already like), and the combo is now also over 50% lighter in terms of speakers.

 

[Adieu]

Re: I think we underestimate the importance of speakers

Yeah you can cut like 10lbs per speaker with neo...question is, what do they sound like?

 

[Artie]

Re: I think we underestimate the importance of speakers

I would think that a speakers character would come more from the magnetic flux density than the type of magnet. How would a speaker know if it had a small neo or a large Alnico? All else being equal.

 

[Jacew]

Re: I think we underestimate the importance of speakers

I would think that a speakers character would come more from the magnetic flux density than the type of magnet. How would a speaker know if it had a small neo or a large Alnico? All else being equal.

Good point. With pickups the magnetic flux is reading the strings. In speakers same flux is moving the cone tied into frame so I'd think tolerances in it to make difference noticeable are much larger. Possibly impossible to actually measure in terns of sound.

 

[Davii]

Re: I think we underestimate the importance of speakers

I had the standard Texas, which I thought a bit warmer than the neo's, but I bought the latter new, and the standard version was secondhand, so perhaps the standard had been well broken in by the time I'd got it.

 

[Dave Locher]

Re: I think we underestimate the importance of speakers

I bought an Eminence Tonker and a Tonkerlite. There is a difference in the tone, but they sound more alike than different and certainly more alike than either speaker sounded to other model speakers.
I sold the Tonker after a while so telling you the exact sound differences I cannot do, but I think I remember the neo Tonkerlite was a bit more raspy than the Tonker. In this case that was a good thing for me. Ymmv...