Anyone tried a Celestion Neodymium magnet speaker?

[BadgerDave]

I'm thinking about replacing the stock speaker in my Tech 21 Power Engine 60 with one of the (relatively) new Celestion Century G12s. The PE60 is used strictly for amplifying my digital modelers (J-Station and Vox Tonelab). It's perfect for that application, but the stock speaker is a bit flimsey.

The Century has a Neodymium magnet structure and weighs 6 lbs less than a Vintage 30. The Celestion web site touts it as having a broad, flat frequency response, tighter lows than traditional speakers and greater efficiency.

Sounds perfect to me! Anyone have any experience with these?

Thanks.

[sirDaniel]

NEODOG

[BadgerDave]

NEODOG

Is that a Weber?

I don't see it on his website.

[JohnnyB]

Sounds perfect to me!  Anyone have any experience with these?

Not directly, but better home audio speakers have been using neodymium magnets for at least some of their drivers for some time. Given the way that audio speakers have improved in the last few years, I'd speculate that neodymium provides better low level detail, more linearity, more efficiency, and better overall dynamic range than ferrite, ceramic, or alnico.

I was wondering when or whether the instrument speaker industry would start or try using neodymium. It makes sense that Celestion would do it since they're one of the few today that make both audio and instrument speakers.

[Scottcrud]

I have a pair of the Centurys in my 4x12 cab as well as a pair of Eminence clestion G-12-80 copies. My old cabinet has original Celestion G-12-80's from 1981. That old cab weighs 125 lbs. My new cab with the Centurys/Eminence weighs about 60lbs. And sound great, not the same as my old cab but pretty close and the shaved lbs have me very happy.

[El Kabong]

I use the Celestion Century, original issue. It sounds like an 80 without needing a push. It's fast, articulate, punchy and super easy to drive at low volumes. It is a winner. There is a new version with a Vintage 30 voicing, if that is more to your taste.