Celestion Alnico Cream vs 21 speakers

The Celestion Alnico Cream is one of our favourite speakers, it not only sounds great with a lot of the warmth alnico speker bring but at 90 Watts has a good power rating too.

In this shootout video we hear how the Alnico Cream sounds mix with 21 other speakers and then how it sounds directly against the same speakers

The speakers are Celestion Alnico Blue, Vintage 30, Century Vintage, G12-65 (Heritage not classic series), Alnico Cream, V type, H heritage 55Hz, Classic Lead 80, Alnico Gold, H heritage 75Hz, H creamback 75, G12H Redback, M creamback 65, H anniversary, M heritage, G12T-75, Neo Creamback, Alnico Ruby, Mystery Speaker, A Type, WGS Invader 50

Gear list:

Zilla Fatbaby 1x12
Paul Reed Smith Custom 22
Marshall JMP 2203
Tul G12
Two Notes Reload

[ianmcfarland]

I love these 21 Spkr shootouts. Please do one featuring the Alnico Gold. Thanks!

[scottdavidson]

Also good with the 55Hz Heritage G12H-30.

[DJ]

Could listen to this all day….making the train ride right no so enjoyable.

[KKMcK]

Yes! That Heritage 55Hz is the winner. Lucky for me, Weber makes an alnico, 16ohm 100 watt version of that speaker. Best of both worlds.

[gbaren]

Thanks for all the work. As a single speaker I prefer the 75 watt Creamback, V-type and British Invasion (in that order). The Alnico Cream is fantastic in its articulation but seems to accentuate a voice coil rattle when pushed, IMO

[mainesstation]

Great videos you guys are really helping me understand speakers wich will help me choose the right one for me thankyou. Also it will save alot of money lol..

[HeyLiem]

The 90 Alnico is the King of Celestion Speakers, I have them in my 85 watt '65 Fender Twin Reverb. I have the 150 watt Redbacks in my 50 watt EVH 5150 III EL34 2x12 combo amp, but after hearing your side-by-side, I am seriously considering getting the 90 watt Alnico Creambacks, or the 50 watt Alnico Golds, for my EVH combo.

[bootlegapples]

Nice, back to back, same riff.Very useful!

[Unusednickname_]

The Alnico Cream has a nasty, fizzy high end to my ears, and has a weird notched midrange. Too bad for me because I just bought one. The Blue sounds much better to me. I also like the V-Type quite a bit. Just bought one of those as well. Probably a better fit for my Marshall SV20H.

Great demo, thanks!

[codymcgrew]

0:21 Blue Alnico
0:28 M Greenback 25W

[tremoo]

I liked the 55Hz Heritage and the 70th Anniversary the most

[venomzombie]

would love to hear a heritage h55 and h75 in a cab together.

[markbois]

Love the Creme have one in a 112 Orange Cab (sorry Zilla) that I run my Kemper Powerhead through. Used to use Vintage 30s but after getting the Creme I found Out I really don't like Vintage 30s. Expensive like twice the price of Vintage 30s but worth every penny in my opinion.

[cardbored_]

I’m hearing this really weird whistle, whirly sound in the top end of the cream. It’s weird because I love that speaker and I have never heard mine sound like that. It almost sounds like there’s a tiny, flat, coin tweeter in parallel with the Alnico Cream. What is that? It doesn’t sound right. If you close your eyes and listen you can clearly hear it come on whenever it switches to the Alnico cream.

[notasilicaanimus]

It would be cool if you could overlay the FR of the two speakers when testing combinations.

[rockzilla]

2:01 Heritage G12m
1:11 CL80
1:26 Heritage H75
2:22 Ruby

[aruraru]

The Cream with the Gold sound interesting together.

[rickhuff]

Are all speakers brand new, or are they different ages? Mic'ing the speakers makes a huge difference, as you can emphasis fizzy stuff on of your audio files. I've done a fair amount of listening to Celestion Alnico Cream video sound files and none sounded like this one. I own Celestion G-12 speakers and they sound nothing like the one in the video. I've read the Celestion Alnico Cream takes quite a while for the correct sound to settle in. I have one due here in a couple of days and look forward to pummeling it, to give it fair shake.

[mrshredder]

I like it with any Celestion H magnet speakers. Otherwise, too dark or dull.

[jkf]

This just goes to show that what you think will mix well isn't necessarily what will. They're all acceptable, but I like this with the various G12Hs, G12Ms and Neos, and the V-type continues to surprise. Once again, the G12-65 and Classic Lead 80 sound better on their own. The A type sounds like two different amps running in parallel.