RE: Smaller Speakers

[Laurie Hatch <lahatch@dnai.com>]

Do you realize, Kim, how happy you've made the list's insatiable 
gear-heads? 
  ~quiver~quiver~

My $.02: I just recently picked up a couple of used powered Eon 10's 
through 
Recycler online.  (For people new to the list, it's a good source for all 
kinds 
of goodies, including jammies, vortexes, etc.) 
  http://www.recycler.com/default.htm

I had also posted WTB's on Harmony Central.  But at least for this 
purchase and 
a couple of others I've made, stuff came around more frequently on 
Recycler. 
 Have been fortunate to find local sellers, so no shipping hassles.

Did not compare with Eon 15's since I needed the smaller size specifically 
for 
stage/floor monitors.  Yeah, the nasty grey plastic scuffs like crazy -- 
not a 
roadworthy surface if transported without covers.  But otherwise they're 
tough, 
compact, and sound exceptionally clean.  Great little speaker for its size.

Now, while were quacking about small speakers.  These probably exceed 
you're 
after, Kim, but I gotta get this off my bosom (if I can find it  ;-) while 
the 
gear-grinding's clear:

Amazing full range speakers, specifically designed for bass (they'd be 
great 
for keyboard and small venue PA/home monitors too) -- Acme Low B cabs, 
there's 
a 2x10 and a 4x10.  They're loaded with custom Eminence speakers that have 
extended voice coil, lower resonance, and longer excursion, resulting in 
extremely pure and punchy low end down to 31 Hz (hence the name Low B).  
Plus 
there's a 5" mid-range driver, and a shallow horn tweeter.  They totally 
rock 
in the cleanliness department.  (Of course ya gotta really feed em, 
they're 
ravenous power-wise.) Andy Lewis, who makes them (no, he isn't paying me 
for 
this endorsement) sells out of his own factory, with a return guarantee. 
 They're built like a tank, yet compact and reasonably light in weight.  
They 
cost a lot less than competing cabs (many of lesser quality) - the 2x10 is 
$395 
including freight.  (Running stereo with a couple of 2 x10 is *almost* 
better  
 than, uh...)

They're reviewed in Nov 1996 Bass Player.  Andy doesn't have a web site, 
but 
here is an online review, from a Harmony Central link, that I pretty much 
concur with.
http://eksl-www.cs.umass.edu/~schmill/reviews/acme-b2-rvw.html

Thanks for indulging me.  I'll stop now.

laurie


>From lists@slip.net Fri Mar 13 10:22:38 1998