opinions on speaker

[daav]

Saw this advertised on local craigslist, anyone familair with it?
Weber Michigan 12 ceramic speaker. 12-inch, 8 ohms. Less than 2 hours of use. This is Weber's version of the EVM-12L.
Is it worth $70? I know little about speaker and amp building, I guess the only appeal here is that it is local.

I am looking to build a 2x 10 and/or 2x 12 cab someday here, but right now i want to get some good speakers to mount in my iso box. I was thinking about mounting several speakers seperately and slotting them into a frame inthe box (one at a time) so i can switch out for different styles.

Thanks,
Daav

[ggunn]

Originally Posted by daav

Saw this advertised on local craigslist, anyone familair with it?
Weber Michigan 12 ceramic speaker. 12-inch, 8 ohms. Less than 2 hours of use. This is Weber's version of the EVM-12L.
Is it worth $70? I know little about speaker and amp building, I guess the only appeal here is that it is local.

I am looking to build a 2x 10 and/or 2x 12 cab someday here, but right now i want to get some good speakers to mount in my iso box. I was thinking about mounting several speakers seperately and slotting them into a frame inthe box (one at a time) so i can switch out for different styles.

Thanks,
Daav

You could get a brand new one for $90 plus shipping.

http://www.webervst.com/crossref.htm

[daav]

Thanks, i will be keeping my eyes open then.
anyone have any suggestions on what they would be looking for for a nice variety in 2-3 speakers?

Main sounds i wiull be looking to get from these is

a nice dirty OD for garage/old school punk sound
I have lately really like the very bright, metalic sound the hives got on their last album, i would like to do something like that as well here and there.
rockabilly and old school country twang
and smooth bluesy stuff as well

[Double]

Here is my slant on it. That Weber is a very good speaker and would be great for playing live because of it's high effiency rating (SPL) it is a loud speaker (no pun intended). For an iso box I would try some of the less efficient speakers that is speakers with a lower SPL levels. This way when you push your amplifier it will not be as loud in the iso box. I am also building an iso box (5'L by 3' H by3' W) it is a little large but I place a reissue 50's fender deluxe cabinet inside my iso. When I first started trying speakers my first thought was to use my favorite guitar speaker the Celestion Vintage 30 (SPL level of 100db) I found this way to loud for the iso box. I happened to have one of those Jensen C12Q reissues lying around (SPL of 93.9db), IMHO when I originally tried this speaker I thought is was not the greatest sounding speaker but when I placed in the iso box it sounded great and it was a lot quieter than the V30. The long and short of it is try before you buy you might be surprised what sounds good and what does not.