aksman said:
It seems the EV12 speakers have the flattest response, from what I've read. I am not sure if it's all of them, or just the EVML, EV Delta, EV Delta Pro, or EV Zakk Wyldes even.
Anyway, anyone use these? Can anyone chime in on if these are the ideal speakers in a passive cab if you want to use the cab sims in the AxeFX?
(Otherwise, is it best to just pick a good guitar speaker? I've heard good things about the Red Fangs, and currently don't mind my Hellatone G12H30s, but feel like I'm missing something/limiting myself here.
IMO The EVM-12L is still the best guitar speaker ever made.
It's the most efficient (i.e. the loudest watt for watt).
It can handle any amount of power that you will ever need a guitar speaker to be able to handle.
It sounds great for clean sounds as well as for overdriven sounds.
The only drawback is the weight. They are very heavy because they have huge magnets.
People who like their speakers to break up don't like them though because they do not distort.
I'm using 2 EVM-12Ls in open back cabs with my Ultra, powered by various power amps. Sounds great.
The Eminence Delta 12 Pro is billed as an EVM-12L replacement but it sounds nothing like an EVM-12L. It's just heavy because it's also got a big magnet. Sounds like poop though. IMO.
EV stopped making the 12L (for some really stupid reason) for several years.
The new Zak Wylde model has a higher power rating (300watts) than the Series II's (which were the last 12L that they made before the break). Don't know how much the ZW's sound like the Series II's. Probably better suited towards hevay metal playing.
The "EVM Classic" is supposed to be the same speaker as the Series II (200 watts).
No guitar speaker has a "flat response". They all roll off the extreme highs above 7k (most only go to 5k) and the extreme lows.
The EVM-12L has a peak around 3k as I recall, but is reasonably flat from about 60hz all the way up to just below 7k.
The Mesa Boogie Mark Series tones of the 70's, 80's, and 90's were all predicated on the EVM-12L. That's a lot of hit records.
Still, if you're a roots-rocker type of player you might like the sound of something less efficient.