Why do Eminence speakers cost more than celestions?!

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Why do Eminence speakers cost more than celestions?!

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It seems that Eminence speakers cost far more than celestions across the board?
Why is that?
I was after higher power speaker for my 1x12 that sounded similar to a v30 or g12h30, and it seems that the emi speakers cost way more, which is out of whack with the rest of the world. Is it a greedy supplier or something?
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Re: Why do Eminence speakers cost more than celestions?!

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It could be that they're made in the USA instead of China.
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Years ago I had a friend that was a professional DJ said they were the bomb, never tried or heard one though.
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I have an Eminence Patriot in my Carr Mercury and it's off the heezay

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Re: Why do Eminence speakers cost more than celestions?!

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4 Eminence Guv'nors in my Greenstone cab, certainly sound nice to me. Maybe Rob can shed some light on the cost issue.
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Re: Why do Eminence speakers cost more than celestions?!

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ash wrote:It could be that they're made in the USA instead of China.
Yup, this is the answer! The UK celestion (Blues, Golds etc) are more expensive.
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The eminence red fang is $650, whilst the celestion blue/golds are $595 at the mo.
In any case I was thinking of buying a red coat wizard or governor to stick in my 1x12.
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Good point. The Eminence Red Fang is brought in by Livesound and sold via retailers so two margins are involved (distributor and retailer). The Golds and Blues are sold by Ryan at CAB who also imports the so you get a good price. Yes, Livesound also sell at retail but at the full retail pirce. The official retail Celestion price on a Blue when they had some representation in NZ a few years ago was $800.

In general I think the UK Celestions (I think they are the Heritage range) are more expensive that the Eminence equivalents. The Chinese Celestions seem to be cheaper.

I haven't go the detailed prices so may have this wrong, but this was certainly the case when I sold them a couple of years back. Ryan would know the precise difference.

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I have the CELESTION G12T-75 for $225

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Re: Why do Eminence speakers cost more than celestions?!

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In real terms Eminence speakers are cheaper than Celestions - for example a Red Fang from Mojo will set you back $170USD, whereas a Blue in USD is $240 approx....so the difference is likely to be that wholesaler/reseller margin thing as you allude to.

The quality of the Chinese Celestions is very good - in fact I cannot tell the difference between my UK Blues and the Chinese one bar a bit of extra break in time...same character and big sound.

Mojo have their own brand BV30's etc and they ar every nice...lower power tho (30-40watt)
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Ah, that makes a lot more sense then.
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Short story but I may need to replace the speaker in my 90's California Blonde... :(

I dropped it off at John Gilmore's to confirm this. When I mentioned the speaker selection in my Top Hat, John actually pointed me in your direction *UNIQUE* - so lets have a talk soon, eh?
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Darcy, cool - sorry, you aksed for his number the other day (no doubt you found him)...in case anyone is interested....07 847 5617. He's our local amp guru...

For your TopHat you'll need a Celestion Gold or something that can handle >30watts...I think in there currently is a G12H? Can't go too wrong with that! They are a nice well rounded performer.
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If I make it to the Hamilton gearfest with my rig you'll get to hear a Splawn quad with Eminence speakers, mine has the 'smallblock 25's' & 'big blocks'.

I went for a dredge on the Splawn site for a memory refresher:
Big Block
Similar to a G12H30 Heritage
60 watts, 16 ohms

Small Block
Similar to a G12M Heritage
55 watts, 16 ohms
(my one's are 25 watt)
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