Ceramic Vs Alnico Speakers

Gotta say my new new to me anyway swr golight 15s have been a real pleasant surprise.

Ceramic vs alnico speakers.

What s the difference between ceramic alnico magnet pickups. Neo all the way. If you are comparing speakers that have the same magnetic flux but generated from different magnet compositions you probably won t notice a difference in tonality. What wgs speaker would be best for my tone king imperial which is a dual channel amp with one being blackface and the other tweed to light marshall.

Let s listen to how they sound. Bass in my dreams where i m 24 have roadies and am playing arenas. Really like the ceramic jensens. Ceramic bass in the real club world where i m 50 years old.

You often hear that the sound of a pickup is dominated by the choice of magnet used in its construction. Ceramics do not alnico speaker breakup quicker that ceramic i e. Alnico speakers compress at high volumes. The domains change state much faster so there is little to no compression as the voice coil moves to its mechanical limit.

So we often hear. During the 1960s the popularity of speakers with ceramic magnets increased. The most common type of ceramic magnet is strontium ferrite which demagnetizes much less easily than alnico. Alnico is nice and warm and great for blues.

Mark bartel the designer engineer for the tone king imperial feels that it is a mid range issue and not a ceramic vs. Alnico is commonly thought to produce the most vintage tone and has a reputation for sounding compressed. Ceramic is the cheapest and most common material. I haven t liked most neo speakers.