Eminence Speaker Test - 24 Different Speakers At WNAMM 2007
You might think that the noisy floor of WNAMM 2007 would be a terrible place to do critical listening testing of guitar cabinet speakers. Gearwire, with the help of Eminence Speakers and guitarist Tomo Fujita has proved that idea wrong.
We took advantage of speaker maker Eminence's large soundproof booth - set up on the show floor as the centerpiece of their display - to get the job done. Inside the booth, Eminence had already set up six 4x12" speaker cabinets. In each cab Eminence had loaded up four different speakers, making a total of 24 different speakers. With such a sweet setup, we couldn't pass up a chance to do some old-fashioned listening testing.
We tested each speaker individually with a close-positioned Shure SM57. Our guitarist for this test, Tomo Fujita, played pretty much exactly the same demonstration riffage through each one. Check it out and enjoy.
List of Eminence speakers:
- Ramrod
- Lil' Buddy
- Copperhead
- Ragin' Cajun
- Black Powder
- Screamin' Eable
- Texas Heat
- Lil' Texas
- Red Fang
- Private Jack
- Tonespotter
- Man'o'War
- Legend V128
- Legend 1258
- Commonwealth
- Legend GB128
- Tonkerlite
- Tonker
- Wizard
- Governot
- Super V12
- Swamp Thang
- Cannabis Rex
ANTHONY: Hi. I'm Anthony from Eminence Speakers. We're going to demonstrate 24 of our guitar speakers for you. Tomo Fujita is our guitar player.
[TOMO FUJITA PLAYING GUITAR THROUGH AN EMINENCE RAMROD SPEAKER]
[TOMO FUJITA PLAYING GUITAR THROUGH AN EMINENCE LIL'BUDDY SPEAKER]
[TOMO FUJITA PLAYING GUITAR THROUGH AN EMINENCE COPPERHEAD SPEAKER]
[TOMO FUJITA PLAYING GUITAR THROUGH AN EMINENCE RAGIN' CAJUN SPEAKER]
[TOMO FUJITA PLAYING GUITAR THROUGH AN EMINENCE BLACK POWDER SPEAKER]
[TOMO FUJITA PLAYING GUITAR THROUGH AN EMINENCE SCREAMIN' EAGLE SPEAKER]
[TOMO FUJITA PLAYING GUITAR THROUGH AN EMINENCE TEXAS HEAT SPEAKER]
[TOMO FUJITA PLAYING GUITAR THROUGH AN EMINENCE LIL' TEXAS SPEAKER]
[TOMO FUJITA PLAYING GUITAR THROUGH AN EMINENCE RED FANG SPEAKER]
[TOMO FUJITA PLAYING GUITAR THROUGH AN EMINENCE PRIVATE JACK SPEAKER]
[TOMO FUJITA PLAYING GUITAR THROUGH AN EMINENCE TONESPOTTER SPEAKER]
[TOMO FUJITA PLAYING GUITAR THROUGH AN EMINENCE MAN O WAR SPEAKER]
[TOMO FUJITA PLAYING GUITAR THROUGH AN EMINENCE LEGEND V128 SPEAKER]
[TOMO FUJITA PLAYING GUITAR THROUGH AN EMINENCE LEGEND 1258 SPEAKER]
[TOMO FUJITA PLAYING GUITAR THROUGH AN EMINENCE COMMONWEALTH SPEAKER]
[TOMO FUJITA PLAYING GUITAR THROUGH AN EMINENCE LEGEND GB128 SPEAKER]
[TOMO FUJITA PLAYING GUITAR THROUGH AN EMINENCE TONERKLITE SPEAKER]
[TOMO FUJITA PLAYING GUITAR THROUGH AN EMINENCE TONKER SPEAKER]
[TOMO FUJITA PLAYING GUITAR THROUGH AN EMINENCE WIZARD SPEAKER]
[TOMO FUJITA PLAYING GUITAR THROUGH AN EMINENCE GOVERNOR SPEAKER]
[TOMO FUJITA PLAYING GUITAR THROUGH AN EMINENCE SUPER V12 SPEAKER]
[TOMO FUJITA PLAYING GUITAR THROUGH AN EMINENCE SWAMP THANG SPEAKER]
[TOMO FUJITA PLAYING GUITAR THROUGH AN EMINENCE CANNABIS REX SPEAKER]
[TOMO FUJITA PLAYING GUITAR THROUGH AN EMINENCE RED WHITE AND BLUES SPEAKER]
[TOMO FUJITA PERFORMING SOLO ELECTRIC GUITAR]
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Eminence Speaker Test
I am looking to replace the Wharfedale in my AC15CC. This turned out to be very useful.
Thank You
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Nicely done. Hard to tell a difference between these speakers except for the contrast of the Lil Buddy next to the Ramrod and Copperhead. Lil Buddy is darker. The rest sound the same but I have incredibly cheap computer speakers with which to judge. Probably best to just buy the cheapest one. I must say though it would be nice to mix a Lil Buddy with any of the other 10's for a well mixed sound.
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Why would you only show a quick clean clip when 99 % of people will be playing with gain Thanks for the waste of time.
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Maybe eminence wants to sell to the 1% who actually know how to play guitar. That way they have great guitar players using/demo-ing and selling their speakers like the monster player in the video clip...
Couldn't agree more. They
Couldn't agree more. They all the same too.
Speaker Comparison Test
There were only 23 speakers on the list, it would have been nice to mention each speaker while it was being tested, and I agree that it is very difficult to really hear any differences.
Maybe 24 mics into a 24 channel console and a master switch to change speakers would've helped. Unfortunately, this test doesn't achieve its' intended results.
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I commend the guys for seeing the opportunity and working to provide this for us. Best clip out there!
By keeping ears "appealed" you can discern the favorable tones across the speakers. A speaker does the job of a 64 band eq saving you the trouble. Sure, a 10 cent capacitor can roll off all the highs you don't want. But from there, there aren't amps designed to sweeten all the rest of those myriad frequencies.
Speakers are also are the the physical exit stage of what your fingers started. Did they save the best for last;)
EV, Vancouver
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