Originally Posted by
short_circutz2
Considering Eminence is one of, if not the largest, oem manufacturer of speakers, they are a good alternative for a temporary solution if you are looking to properly restore the equipment with JBL or Altec components once the $$ is available. It's not that their components are "crappy"...it's an option Ive had to use in 9ne club here I've worked with for the last 25 years. I had to replace 6 15" speakers in some Martin 115 bins that were i itially loaded with JBL 2225. I wasn't about to get the owner to shell out for 6x 2226 speakers, and reloaded them with Eminence units suitable for horn loading, which performed well.
Cerainly not up to what I would accept from JBL. But the alternative at the time was having 6 empty bins that couldn't be used.
I understand the whole "not gonna recommend" because it's not JBL, but unfortunately, some of us arent made of $$ and have to look to alternatives. I'd love to have a full SRX800 series of foh stacks and stage monitors...but alas. Will have to make do with homebrew monitors loaded with E140 and eminence horns/drivers and non standard double 18 cabs that hopefully will work with the 2242 speakers I just scored on a few weeks ago.