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Re: Speaker thoughts ... Anyone tried ceramic version?

4/8/2005 10:27 AM
Thorny	Re: Speaker thoughts ... Anyone tried ceramic version? Has anyone compared the ceramic versions of the silver bell and blue dog to the alnico versions? With the ceramics I would expect less compression, maybe a bit more bass and punch. None of these are bad things. The weight would be more with ceramic - that is not good. You might get both ceramic speakers for near the price of one alnico. I have been very happy with the sound of the ceramic magnet weber speakers I have tried so far. But they have been more comparable to vintage jensens (the models I have used) rather than the celestion flavors. I have had an alnico blue dog too - great speaker. I just thought I would ask because several folks here probably have used both and could give their first hand experience. I don't know about you guys, but the cost is a factor for me! Otherwise I might have blue dogs or celestion blue alnicos in a lot of amps. Any opinions?

4/8/2005 10:27 AM

Thorny

Re: Speaker thoughts ... Anyone tried ceramic version?

Has anyone compared the ceramic versions of the silver bell and blue dog to the alnico versions? With the ceramics I would expect less compression, maybe a bit more bass and punch. None of these are bad things. The weight would be more with ceramic - that is not good. You might get both ceramic speakers for near the price of one alnico.

I have been very happy with the sound of the ceramic magnet weber speakers I have tried so far. But they have been more comparable to vintage jensens (the models I have used) rather than the celestion flavors. I have had an alnico blue dog too - great speaker.

I just thought I would ask because several folks here probably have used both and could give their first hand experience. I don't know about you guys, but the cost is a factor for me! Otherwise I might have blue dogs or celestion blue alnicos in a lot of amps.

Any opinions?