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Post by jhen86 (jordan) on Mar 10, 2021 18:55:19 GMT -7
Wow. Been borrowing a friends alnico cream for a few weeks. Been sitting in a Princeton combo cab. Finally occurred to me try try the RXJR through it.
Wowza!
There really is no substitute for the Blue in my perspective. If you like the blue sound, nothing else can really do it. But the Cream is the closest to the blue to my ear. And man is it a treat with the RXJR. My only possible discrepancy I’ve ever had with the RXJR is it’s brightest. Can get a little crispy up top. Accentuated maybe by it’s scooped mids. Especially with more gain. I usually roll my tone knob on my tele back to about 9 to cure that little edge up in the tippy top. Problem solved.
But the beauty of the cream is that is super expressive and just a tad smoother than the blue. I don’t think it’s warmer, but maybe just less bright would be a good way to say it. With the RXJR is gives up all the alnico goods and it’s just a tad sweeter than the blue. Has all the midrange content but no shrillness up top. A perfect pairing. I highly recommend it.
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Post by digs57 on Apr 26, 2021 6:48:16 GMT -7
Your finding what im hearing too...seems cream's a little bit of all alnicos...but really close to blue
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Post by Mark (Basement Enthusiast) on Apr 26, 2021 10:33:46 GMT -7
I know a guy around here who plays lots of good gear (and loudly, too!) and he has recently told me that the Cream has been his favorite speaker lately. He says there's not a single amp that he can't get to sound great with it.
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Post by GuitarZ on Apr 26, 2021 11:14:30 GMT -7
I think I have a pet peeve with Celestion's speaker names. I was about to chime in (no pun intended) since I like a cabinet in my Ox, but a little voice said to check if it was the same speaker. My UA Ox has Creambacks which I now realize is different than an Alnico Cream. I got thrown off when someone was talking about the V type and I assumed it was the Vintage 30.
That's a healthy power handling capability for an Alnico at 90 watts. Cool!
I suppose my day is down now since I just learned something new.
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Post by KeithA on Apr 26, 2021 13:57:05 GMT -7
I actually ordered my Z-Plus from the shop with the AlNiCo Cream.
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