Which was your favourite combination? And what genre did the 10" speakers shine in?

Lovely video, Paul. Not only are the speaker samples/combinations sounding great (we thank you), there's some excellent information about selecting the right cabinet, which, as we know, is crucial. Sweet!

The Green & gold sounded just ace for my ears, very well defined in higher gain and chimey in cleans.

It’s a great day when you see a new video coming from you guys. I will definitely need to watch it at least one more time on my PC to make sure that what I hear is good. For now I have to say that strangely I like them all. Maybe the gold and greenback meets the best my expectations of what I would like to own. Though each combination would fit some amplifier and some player definitely. Creamback and Greenback has that middle and warm tone. Considering how I grew away from the V30 in 12” 16 Ohm China build especially, I am liking the tone of 10” version. Not that peaky/spikey and very good in the mix with gold. Even Gold sounds warmer than 12” version to me. Now I have to admit that I have no 10” speakers in my test setup. I just can’t have it all. Currently I have like 3 1x12, 3 2x12, 1 1x15, 1 4x12 and few 8” combos, 3 1x12 combos and 2x12 combo. From those again most of them are Celestion speakers. Few Jensen’s and Eminence from Fender combo. I use to test new amplifier builds with all possible speakers but lately as soon as I hear it on one of my reference setups I know pretty good what to expect. Then I have to check it out does it become overbearing with speakers I do not prefer myself as well but people will have those. That’s for part of judging how it sounds and what needs to be changed eventually. Rest of the testing is more for my enjoyment and burn in process making sure that amplifier can work for hours and be thermally stable. I also bring my amplifiers to friends who are professional players and let them use their cabinets and hear their opinions. But by that point I am sure that amplifier model is 99 percent finished. Funny thing is that even my perception of speakers changes over time even with the same amplifiers. Some speakers that fit standard factory of the shelf amplifiers just do not work as good with some boutique amplifiers. Often some speakers that are darker sound completely different on such amplifiers and then they show their actual rich texture that was not coming true on some other amplifiers. Some stay weak though. Though even those can be used great in the combination with something else. My long lasting love for Alnico speakers took some limitations as well. Now for some type of music I can’t recommend them at all. Maybe in the mix with some ceramic magnet speaker but not in the isolation. It really highly depends on volume/ power they are used at and the level of the gain. From certain gain level Alnico speakers just stop being superior even for me who loves them the most. In last decades with starting to use two different amplifiers at the same time even without wet dry concept I have noticed the magic of mixing different types of speakers. I have explained it to my self that they complimented each other just like the middle position on the Les Paul does. Then I understood I could actually mix speakers in the same cabinet even different power and sensitivity and that all what matters is subjective result. Technician in me was saying no but results said yes. Who cares that Creamback H and Creamback M have different sensitivity and power handling when they sound awesome together? For me they sound more that simple addition of properties and sound of each of them alone. Some magic happens. At some point I was only about parallel speaker connection in 2x12 cabinets. Voice coil inductance will affect the other speaker. So what if the result is sounding good to you? So now only reference is how does it sound. Plus dealing with point to point amplifiers mostly, 8 Ohm speaker versions became more favorable choice. The proof is in the pudding. If it works with your gear and your playing that’s all that matters. Forget about trends.

Great sounding video chaps. Combinations would have been my next great frontier! Really liking some of these mixes.

@ZillaCabs

4 күн бұрын

Excellent, thanks mate, really appreciate it. Hope all's good with you.

Haven't done this myself but in a metalmix, mix in some tracks with 10" Speakers, would add a 3d dimension to the sound. Correct me if I think wrong

I bought half a year ago a '65 Princeton RI with Alnico Gold already installed, sounds lovely, and with the Gold being 98db sensitivity, compared to factory Jensen being 94db, it gives practically more than twice the wattage!

@ZillaCabs

5 күн бұрын

The gold is a really cool choice for Fender combos, I've had the 12" version in out twin before and that worked great. Thanks for watching.

That's hilarious, during the clean demo I thought "they've nicked Tom Quayle's lick" haha... just to hear you mention that he was part of the demo. For me the one with the Vintage sounded the best, but maybe that's just because it was brighter.

@ZillaCabs

5 күн бұрын

haha I wish I could play guitar well enough to copy him haha yeah he contributed a couple of tracks. Thanks for watching, I'm glad you liked it.

@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE

5 күн бұрын

@@ZillaCabs My 2x12 Super Fatboy is still the best cab I've ever played through. Zilla will always be the first cab company I'll recommend to anyone here in England.

this is great as always! :D

@ZillaCabs

5 күн бұрын

thanks mate

Excellent content. Thank you.

@ZillaCabs

5 күн бұрын

Thanks mate.

Do you guys have a store in America or Amazon

@ZillaCabs

5 күн бұрын

We send out direct to customers but send quite a few cabs to the States.

As usual I cant hear any difference. I went for Gold in my Zilla cab because gold sounds like it should be the best 🙂

@voxpathfinder15r

4 күн бұрын

Any differences there are, don’t go beyond my 3 seconds sound memory. All great sounds