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Harley Benton G412A Vintage
manson.reznor manson.reznor
Published on 08/31/07 at 12:16
Ending for a fortnight in the company of "bte" team of four Celestion Vintage 30 8 ohm each.
I am satisfied with TRS and even more given the low asking price

From a perspective Aesthetics, not much to say except that the finish is honorable and look nice. The Tolex is no pais look good but look good. But I'm not sr long he would keep this aspect of the lug rgulirement ...
We find the rear jack with the bases of slecteur impdance: 8 / 2 ohm mono and 4 / 16 ohms in Stereo. But I'm still not intrt of 2 ohms ...

Now the most important, the sound!
My impressions Premire taient sound "dull" and soft but Dfine. The top projection not silent either. But after 2 ~ 3 hours of play, the sound was clear up and gained Whereas PCHE. This is due undoubtedly because of lapping of Hp. Because yes, I can tell, a speaker is a rode. The diffrence is between the standard APRS Premire use and many hours of play with the Vintage 30 is obvious.
In other words, before this little run-PERIOD, I was afraid of having a stupid by selling my old Ibanez baffle ...
No, this cabinet mount with V30 sounds great. My amp is mtamorphos with (a customs amp lamp from a Harley Benton GA5). The definition is excellent (at least much suprieure baffle my Ibanez), the bass is clean and round without drooling. The mdium is put forward enough, giving an overall sound plutt warm and round. For cons, the Hp trs trs do not rise high in the treble (cut 7 kHz) - slight lack of brightness in the top of the spectrum, but this has the advantage of not being perant. So no hardness of his report ...

I read that some encounters a problem of transmitting sound over the loudspeaker:
I confirm, it could be better. We feel that the sound is a bit like "content" or flange. The baffle is undoubtedly involved.

So I hitched to the problem. I opened the cabinet:
In indoor, felt the Chinese labor quickly. With nails and washers a little rusty! They have an old stock rcuprer nails ... The brackets are not adjusted perfectly. I understand why the speaker does not sound great! As the internal partition sparent cts the left and right, it does not exist! Just a central reinforcement. So for those who want to use this speaker in Stereo, Neutral. But there's no Harley Benton than that in the case of the baffles stro ... However, the plywood has the air of good quality (but I'm not a carpenter).
So I searched amliorer the baffle in the partitioning for a stro vritable and especially to get two distinct volumes.
About 7 and 2 wood screws and some putty, I RALIS partitioning (to be careful measures). Whereas that stiffens the cabinet and makes it really stro. I vir foam lining the rear plate. And I chew all the inner joins.

Oh and The Miracle's Dfine has become even more, much more "carrquot, and pchu. And I won in brightness and prsence. The cabinet had taken the bullets 2000 , just with a change of ten euros!
Dsormais I will not quite say it could take the comparison with a baffle or a good Marshall Mesa, but almost - almost, anyway.

So for résumé:

Originally, this speaker sounds good APRS running a small PERIOD. Without baffles gallery team of more expensive V30. You'll get more than your money - the baffle worth less than the 4 Vintage sold only 30.
But if you have the courage to 3 hours before you, I highly recommend this cabinet amliorer as I did. You will gain normment cheap. And this cabinet is excellent!