ZMAN
January 13th, 2009, 03:18 PM
I kind of intoduced this in Krashpads "New cab day" thread, but I thought I would do a little review.
I was lucky enough to have an add, "WTB a 2/12 Cab" on the local Kijiji web site. Similar to a Craigslist type of buy and sell.
A local guy sent me a reply that he had purchased a cab from Avatar and for Christmas he got another Avatar 2/12 and a Crate 2/12. He offered the Avatar for 400 Can. It came with two Eminence Legend 1216 speakers.
I had to wait a week for it to come new in the box from the Canadian Distributor. It has two 16 ohm speakers with a total of 8 ohm impedence.
I am using it with a DSL 401 Marshall combo. This combo has a great feature that you can unplug the internal speaker and it has a 16 ohm, 8 ohm output switch on the back. I can have the internal, or the external 2/12 cab.
This cab also works with my Blues Junior, Blues Deluxe Reissue and my 65 Deluxe reverb.
To say the least it adds balls to any one of them. I really did not like the Blues Junior through it but I didn't really tweak it.
What I like about the Marshall is that the 2nd or "red" channel on the gain did not really sound great through the internal speaker. It just sounds amazing through the 2/12. None of the harshness, just a smooth gain.
I really wanted a set of V30s or Heritage for the cab but I must say I am more than pleased with the Eminence speakers. The added bonus that they are US made just makes my day, and the fact that they are voiced like the V30s is tone bliss.
I can't wait till they are broken in.
Excellent quality in the 13 ply birch cab,l and I got the black/black to match my Marshall.
Over all I would say an exceptional product.
OH and I forgot to mention a partial open back.
I was lucky enough to have an add, "WTB a 2/12 Cab" on the local Kijiji web site. Similar to a Craigslist type of buy and sell.
A local guy sent me a reply that he had purchased a cab from Avatar and for Christmas he got another Avatar 2/12 and a Crate 2/12. He offered the Avatar for 400 Can. It came with two Eminence Legend 1216 speakers.
I had to wait a week for it to come new in the box from the Canadian Distributor. It has two 16 ohm speakers with a total of 8 ohm impedence.
I am using it with a DSL 401 Marshall combo. This combo has a great feature that you can unplug the internal speaker and it has a 16 ohm, 8 ohm output switch on the back. I can have the internal, or the external 2/12 cab.
This cab also works with my Blues Junior, Blues Deluxe Reissue and my 65 Deluxe reverb.
To say the least it adds balls to any one of them. I really did not like the Blues Junior through it but I didn't really tweak it.
What I like about the Marshall is that the 2nd or "red" channel on the gain did not really sound great through the internal speaker. It just sounds amazing through the 2/12. None of the harshness, just a smooth gain.
I really wanted a set of V30s or Heritage for the cab but I must say I am more than pleased with the Eminence speakers. The added bonus that they are US made just makes my day, and the fact that they are voiced like the V30s is tone bliss.
I can't wait till they are broken in.
Excellent quality in the 13 ply birch cab,l and I got the black/black to match my Marshall.
Over all I would say an exceptional product.
OH and I forgot to mention a partial open back.