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Article: Alnico Taste Test.(Alnico stereo speakers)(Evaluation)
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- Guitar Player
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- August 1, 1999
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Fifteen 12" Speakers Go Cone-to Cone
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Alnico speakers are admired by vintage enthusiasts for their organic tonal properties. In this roundup, we belly up to the bar to sample and savor fifteen 12" alnicos. The Celestion Blue receives our Editor's Pick Award.
For many players, alnico speakers are the final stop on the road, to the promised land of tone. The sonic characteristics of alnico magnets--sweeter treble, smoother midrange, and softer clipping--are all attributes that ceramic-magnet speakers aren't designed to deliver. No wonder tone fiends call alnico "the musical magnet."
Alnico speakers (the word alnico is derived ...