Johan is AT IT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Roger that. There’s a few cars out there I would not purchase..... but if someone wanted to give me one I bet I could find space in the garage.to be fair if someone was GIVING AWAY an origin-- I wouldnt turn it down... you know "for the record"
Goldmember
Ambassador of Golden Yoo-Hoos
Thanks for posting this, Adrian.
Thinking I need a different speaker in my DSL40C. I think the 55Hz Reaper HP might be a little dark...maybe a Veteran 30 or British Lead???
ET-65
Ya??? Brighter???
Tighter bottom end, higher (frequency)mid punch. Just a tighter sounding speaker. Mine had a long break in period...longer than any other speaker I’ve had, but worth the wait to me. It works well with anything I’ve plugged in to it since it broke in.
I can’t say it’s exactly what you’re looking for, but I can say it’s tighter/clearer sounding than the Reaper 55hz.
I had it in a 2x12 mixed with a regular Reaper. I replaced it with a Reaper 55hz to fatten that cab up. The ET-65 now lives in a 1x12 that I either run alone, or with an onboard combo speaker(Vintage 30 or eminence something or other), or with a Green Beret in another 1x12.
It stands alone well, and definitely doesn’t muddy things up. The clean samples on the website are pretty accurate to my experience with it. The driven samples on the website are fizzier than I usually get from it.
Edit: it was not pleasant sounding to me until it broke in thoroughly. Very nasally out of the box.
I can’t say it’s exactly what you’re looking for, but I can say it’s tighter/clearer sounding than the Reaper 55hz.
I had it in a 2x12 mixed with a regular Reaper. I replaced it with a Reaper 55hz to fatten that cab up. The ET-65 now lives in a 1x12 that I either run alone, or with an onboard combo speaker(Vintage 30 or eminence something or other), or with a Green Beret in another 1x12.
It stands alone well, and definitely doesn’t muddy things up. The clean samples on the website are pretty accurate to my experience with it. The driven samples on the website are fizzier than I usually get from it.
Edit: it was not pleasant sounding to me until it broke in thoroughly. Very nasally out of the box.
Thank you for this description. I feel like my 55Hz Reaper is a little too dark for a single 12" combo...
See my edit above(as you posted). I don’t know if it’s the answer for you, but it’s definitely in character with what you say you’re looking for.
The Reaper isn't crisp when palm muting. In fact, it's actually a little muddy...but its FABULOUS played clean!!!
The Reaper 55hz mixes extremely well with a standard Reaper. They compliment each other...much like the Green Beret compliments the HM-75(gone from their lineup).
gball
Ambassador of Boogie
At the risk of sounding like a Mesa shill, the Mesa/Celestion C-90 is easily the best speaker I have ever used in an open back/combo cab with high gain.
They are Mesa's version of the G12-80 (a quintessential hard rock speaker) but tweaked for high(er) gain. Really smooth and compresses beautifully at volume. EQ'd to retain a tight bottom with surprising punch for an open-back, which is why I suppose Mesa puts them in the Mark 5 combos. Oh yeah, still made in Ipswich, and I do think that's important cos every Chinese Celestion I have tried was crap.
Good point! I don’t have any WGS speakers in open back cabs/combos. All of mine are either sealed back, or one convertible that I leave closed.At the risk of sounding like a Mesa shill, the Mesa/Celestion C-90 is easily the best speaker I have ever used in an open back/combo cab with high gain.
They are Mesa's version of the G12-80 (a quintessential hard rock speaker) but tweaked for high(er) gain. Really smooth and compresses beautifully at volume. EQ'd to retain a tight bottom with surprising punch for an open-back, which is why I suppose Mesa puts them in the Mark 5 combos. Oh yeah, still made in Ipswich, and I do think that's important cos every Chinese Celestion I have tried was crap.
gball
Ambassador of Boogie
I kind of preferred the Origin. It's a bit darker and the midrange emphasis seems to work better for 'buckers. That DSL sounds like it would bang a Chevy-sized hole through a mix though.
At the risk of sounding like a Mesa shill, the Mesa/Celestion C-90 is easily the best speaker I have ever used in an open back/combo cab with high gain.
They are Mesa's version of the G12-80 (a quintessential hard rock speaker) but tweaked for high(er) gain. Really smooth and compresses beautifully at volume. EQ'd to retain a tight bottom with surprising punch for an open-back, which is why I suppose Mesa puts them in the Mark 5 combos. Oh yeah, still made in Ipswich, and I do think that's important cos every Chinese Celestion I have tried was crap.
That's a good suggestion! Thanks!
Oh yeah, back on topic...
I like them both for different reasons, but if I was in the market...
I’d go for the Origin. I like the voicing a bit better in the low mids...I’d really like to hear it through an appropriate 12 inch speaker. I do like the 10 that’s in there...especially with the V.
So, the combo would be tempting for flavor variation...I could always plug it in to another cab, with or without the onboard 10.
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