Hey
@electric mayhem - speaker geeks unite! I need to pull some cabinets and see what I've got in the EV department and catalog that. Curious what your preferred cabinet is with these and in general, if there
is a preference
My driver and speaker rabbit hole was so deep that I decided just to keep going further and will not come back. The EV's are so heavy I just drop a couple and it blows the rabbit hole out a little more to get closer to heaven; or maybe the bowels of a south park hell hole!
I'm more of try them all rather than favorite. But the sensitivity and headroom of EV's are hard to beat. So most versions of the halfbacks/convertibles are here, 2 412's with 12L's and a 412 recto. Singles/theiles/combos up the wazoo.
I'm sure I have over 30 EV's and I just bought one last week because the 16ohm ones don't come up often. I still want to get some 4ohm ones and the ceramic SRO's to try out.
More than 12L tho. A few 12S (one with an Altec label), DL's, 10 & 12 Force, EVI's, 15" SRO's, 15L's, 15B's, 18B and a quad of NOS 10" bass drivers. This does not include the EV subs and speakers I have.
The 12L's still show up in combos but I've mostly stopped buying them and have got lucky enough lately for a 12L classic and a couple E120's for variety. In fact I hadn't thought of it but the last E120 makes 3 so I may have to get another recto to make a JBL powerhouse.
In addition to the mesa ones (BS sticker or "OEM one year warranty"), I've got the non-mesa red/silver back, gold/black, blue/silver, a quad of NOS 16ohm classics and more.
So yeah, I like EV in a modest way.