MetalManiac
Li'l Junior Member
Those looking for a vintage modern sound form an American voiced amp may well consider two Eminence speakers- The Texas Heat, and the Red White and Blues.
Now to preface this, if you are looking for strictly vintage, go with the Legend 1258's. They are superb speakers, and do the vintage Jensen Chicago thing really really well.
But if you are looking for more power, greater efficiency, and added emphasis with a larger wider more thick sound to a strict vintage tone, you may be considering the Red , White and Blues and the Texas heat.
let me say right out of the gate that for my purposes, the Texas Heat was a vastly better speaker than the Red White and Blues.
The Texas heat has a lot of the organic darkish dimensional lower mid with a sweet bright top end thing going on. I didn't miss the Jensens a bit barely.
Well, in a 2x12, i stuck in a Red, White and blues ( run 4 ohm, in a 2x12 Supro cabinet with a 35 watt vintage Supro head), and was totally disappointed.
For one thing, the Red White and Blues dominated the mix, and had this obsessive high end spike that totally ruined the character of the Texas heat in the mix.
IMO, the Red White and Blues Could be good, if your amplifier doesn't deliver the goods , and you need something to emphasize , in kind of an unnatural way, the sweet top end of a real nice vintage amp. IN a real vintage amp, it's a disaster IMHO.It has a gratingly thin high mid frequency that just won't go away, and as I mentioned, mixing it with the Texas heat didn't help at all.
The Red White and Blues (and probably the Screaming Eagle)is not a great speaker unless you have a amp that truly will not get any sweet vintage top end in the first place, and even then what this speaker will introduce will be mostly artifice.
Go with the Texas Heats for your great vintage amps, and this is only one maniacs opinion, I'm not a speaker expert, but I hope this might help.
Now to preface this, if you are looking for strictly vintage, go with the Legend 1258's. They are superb speakers, and do the vintage Jensen Chicago thing really really well.
But if you are looking for more power, greater efficiency, and added emphasis with a larger wider more thick sound to a strict vintage tone, you may be considering the Red , White and Blues and the Texas heat.
let me say right out of the gate that for my purposes, the Texas Heat was a vastly better speaker than the Red White and Blues.
The Texas heat has a lot of the organic darkish dimensional lower mid with a sweet bright top end thing going on. I didn't miss the Jensens a bit barely.
Well, in a 2x12, i stuck in a Red, White and blues ( run 4 ohm, in a 2x12 Supro cabinet with a 35 watt vintage Supro head), and was totally disappointed.
For one thing, the Red White and Blues dominated the mix, and had this obsessive high end spike that totally ruined the character of the Texas heat in the mix.
IMO, the Red White and Blues Could be good, if your amplifier doesn't deliver the goods , and you need something to emphasize , in kind of an unnatural way, the sweet top end of a real nice vintage amp. IN a real vintage amp, it's a disaster IMHO.It has a gratingly thin high mid frequency that just won't go away, and as I mentioned, mixing it with the Texas heat didn't help at all.
The Red White and Blues (and probably the Screaming Eagle)is not a great speaker unless you have a amp that truly will not get any sweet vintage top end in the first place, and even then what this speaker will introduce will be mostly artifice.
Go with the Texas Heats for your great vintage amps, and this is only one maniacs opinion, I'm not a speaker expert, but I hope this might help.
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