Question about Texas Heats

[Laroosco!]

I have used and loved Texas Heats for the last 6 years. After going through countless speakers, these are my favorite by far.

Are the Texas Heats loosely based on another speaker? I know that some of the Eminence are inspired by great speakers of the past.

Won't change my opinion of them either way, but I was curious

[Miles]

Not that I know of, but they're a great speaker in their own right. If anything, I think they sound like a darker/richer speaker in the lower mids. I think they're pretty good at taming amps that are spikey. I can't think of a celestion comparative that serves this same function.

[Rex Nomad]

Just curious as to what type of amp and what kind of music you play?

I play rock and use a LP into a Marshall 2203 and haven't been able to make the Texas Heats sound right. They have a weird scooped quality and the breakup is strange to me. It's like they are breaking up in some frequencies and staying clean in others. They're like a speaker that can't make up its mind. I don't think they sound bad. I just don't get them.

[Laroosco!]

I have used them mostly in my closed back Dr Z cab through an old Traynor YSR 1 Custom Reverb but had them in an old Twin reverb for a while too.
I play, blues, jump blues and swing, southern rock, hard rock, Rockabilly, funk, soul and R&B.

I don't like them as much with my Marshall either. They don't sound as full as they do with the Fender or the Traynor. I use a pair of WGS 65's with the Marshall

[insubordination]

I have a Texas Heat in a Traynor VCV40WR and it sounds great...except for when you push the clean channel above 7 or so, and it almost sounds like cone break-up or something, but there is a trebly, fizzy quality that I can't attribute to any one thing. Could it be the speaker? I bought it used, so I am not 100% on when it was put in, maybe it's not adequately broken in?

[Shiny McShine]

OK, I'm going to have to try the one I have in my Alamo (that I'm trying to sell) in the Marshall 1974x and a couple of other amps now. Thanks for waking me up!

Alright, I tried it with my 1974x. It worked pretty well but I like my G12H better. It has a little more volume (probably because of the heavier magnet) and it breaks up on the high notes differently. It felt like the Texas Heat was a little cleaner. The comment about breaking up in some ranges and not in others seemed to make sense. It actually kind of reminded me of an old Jenson P12N I have... not totally... but the thought crossed my mind. It was tight in some ways. Not bad for a speaker than only costs 89 new.

Still, I love my G12H and G12M in combination. There's something really special about those two in one cabinet. Of the Eminence speakers, the one they really hit a home run with was the Cannabis Rex but I didn't like that one with the Marshall at all. It works great in my Gemini and I liked it in my 5E3. However, a Celestion Blue is the ultimate in both those amps.