No ... not at all! The ET 65 sounds a world better than the hard/sterile Redback ... but then the Redback is a 150-watt speaker ... and the lush, warm, organic ET65 is 65-watts!
The Redback is a bit like a G12K crossed with a V30 sort of, but with the resonance of a 150W speaker. Like Vaugh says it's pretty stiff and mechanical sounding. And designing a decent 150W rated speaker is quite a challenge for it not to become all mud from lack of presence. Fane did and Eminence went there by upping the handling of their drivers relative to Celestion's on which theirs are loosely based.
The ET65 is more sort of the '70s and '80s kind of tone with a lighter magnet and less power handling. Considered 'modern' by some definitions, these tones have lately become quite fabled as they reflect an era where gain and power was increased beyond what Greenbacks, Purple Labels and similar were set to handle; the next step in speaker evolution.
I sold my last ET65 a while back. I also had the Vet30 and Retro. I found WGS to be good speakers but lack the depth and complexity of my Celestions. A little too bland for my tastes. The Redback is anything but stiff. It's become my favorite speaker. I've recommended it to some professional guitarists I know who now only use Redbacks. Great speakers all around. Really fat, warm with good clarity. Rather balanced overall with no dominant frequencies.
No ... not at all!
The ET 65 sounds a world better than the hard/sterile Redback ... but then the Redback is a 150-watt speaker ... and the lush, warm, organic ET65 is 65-watts!
The Redback is a bit like a G12K crossed with a V30 sort of, but with the resonance of a 150W speaker. Like Vaugh says it's pretty stiff and mechanical sounding. And designing a decent 150W rated speaker is quite a challenge for it not to become all mud from lack of presence. Fane did and Eminence went there by upping the handling of their drivers relative to Celestion's on which theirs are loosely based.
The ET65 is more sort of the '70s and '80s kind of tone with a lighter magnet and less power handling. Considered 'modern' by some definitions, these tones have lately become quite fabled as they reflect an era where gain and power was increased beyond what Greenbacks, Purple Labels and similar were set to handle; the next step in speaker evolution.
I sold my last ET65 a while back. I also had the Vet30 and Retro.
I found WGS to be good speakers but lack the depth and complexity of my Celestions.
A little too bland for my tastes.
The Redback is anything but stiff. It's become my favorite speaker.
I've recommended it to some professional guitarists I know who now only use Redbacks. Great speakers all around. Really fat, warm with good clarity. Rather balanced overall with no dominant frequencies.