EV SRO Coffee Can AlNiCo

[MeanMrMustard]

I posted here a long while back about wanting to try an EV SRO and the time finally came today when I got to. I ended up buying a pristine example off of eBay because I needed to satisfy a particular speaker fix that wasn’t gratified by a FB deal I came across for a Celestion AlNiCo Cream. $180 shipped. Pretty good huh? Not so long story short, the dipshit double boxed by putting the Celestion speaker box inside a much larger one with nowhere near enough padding to secure it. Needless to say after tumbling around for a few days via Satan’s personal delivery service or UPS it arrived with a good deal of voice coil rub. After informing him he proceeds to block me on FB. I talked to Paypal and they covered the return shipping and all will be well in a day or two. No wonder that dickhead was using his girlfriend’s account. Seems to me this probably isn’t unusual for him.

So.... I’m not 100% but based on playing the SRO today for a bit with my octal Liverpool I seriously think this is my new favorite speaker. Something very sweet about it. It has a lovely silky smooth tone that is so well balanced. I was using my homemade snakehead Tele with singles and the Liverpool which is loaded with NOS goodness and real Pacific TW trannies. It’s one of my best reference amps. I didn’t get a chance to take it to higher levels but I was extremely pleased with it. Just wanted to share since I’m such speaker nut and this is the AlNiCo to end all other AlNiCos. Check out the condition.

David

[pdf64]

What are the specifics of the cone in your SRO? eg fabric or paper edge, smoother or ribbed cone etc.
Pic?

[MeanMrMustard]

Not sure exactly of the specifics but here are a couple pics....

[pdf64]

It's a smooth cone but I can't tell whether there's a fabric or paper edge on it; could you take a pic a bit closer in, just need to include a section of the doped area, from the outside of the cone to the gasket?
Mine has a fabric edge.

[Stevem]

A alternative 12" that can still be found used and is cheaper is this Utah MH 120 model with a 4" voice coil.
It's got the same size magnet, but is a Bass driver. So it may need to get reconed as it's on the mellow side, but man it's a tight punchy driver!

It gives my Altec 418 15" drivers a run for its money

[MeanMrMustard]

pdf64 check those out....

Steve, that looks like a fun and big SOB. I dig the aluminum dust cap. My favorite was the Altec 417 but now I think the EV may have replaced that one. Still need to put a good few more volts into it and make sure.

[Stevem]

Sorry , I put some wrong info on that Utah!
The VC is 3" , 120 watts RMS.

4lb magnet, 15lb magnet structure.

[morcey2]

I picked up a pair of EV SRO/12's in a Yamaha 212 solid state amp of some sort a bunch of years ago. Running my JTM-45 through one of them sounded awesome. I've still got them somewhere downstairs. They have a little bit of water damage from the surround to about a half inch in on the cone, but it doesn't affect the sound. The dust caps are both a little mangled and I'll eventually get them reconed, but they're good enough for now. When we moved about 6 months ago, no one volunteered to move that amp. It weighs over 100 lbs. I may convert it to a Twin of some sort if I can get the right size chassis made.

Matt

[pdf64]

pdf64 check those out...

That may be paper edge, but not sure.