Jensen P8R Alnico Vintage 8Ohm

I'm a small amp freak, especially used. Picked up a Champion 20 for short bread a while back and was SO disappointed with that inert sound. It woulda gathered dust if I hadn't thrown a little rug over it and used it as a nightstand.
Until... I changed the speaker for a Jensen P8R this week. The speaker cost as much as the amp. For a cheap guy like me, this is radical. So was the change in the sound. The other folks who rated this product say you need to break these in for a half hour, thanks for the tip! I did, and the amp sounds alive. It's still neither as good nor as well-equipped as a Vox Pathfinder 15R, which I think may be the best small solid-state amp ever made; there's no line out on the Champion. But it does have useful built-in effects, and the Jensen smoothed out the peaks in the frequency response, added high and low end, made all of the four amp models sound better. I think it's well worth the price, if you're planning to keep a Champion 20 for your grab and go. Please note: I tried another replacement speaker that I had lying around first, from a Peavey Royal 8, and the Jensen is far superior.

En remplacement d'un autre 8 pouces très répandu (Celestion Super8), celui-ci est doux là où le Celestion était agressif. Les sons clairs sont très dynamiques et vitaminés, on est dans la veine "Fender vintage typique" en quelque sorte. Dès que le gain monte le son est juteux et granuleux (un genre de fuzz naturelle).
L'objet lui-même respire la qualité, rien de fait cheap dessus, le châssis est top, le cône très beau... C'est un mini de très bonne facture!
Il n'est pas donné mais je doute qu'il y ait mieux dans la catégorie 8 pouces pour qui veut du clean magique et du grain vintage typé "Américain"!!