Red Coat Series The Governor 12" 75W 8 Ohm Guitar Speaker - Perfect for Studio Recording & Live Performances

The Governor sounds a little like the Celestion V30, not as mid-scooped, and maybe a touch less crunch - like a more balanced tone. The Man O War is a little "darker" sounding than the Governor speaker to my ear. The Governor has a little more bite like a V30, but is less mid-scooped than a V30. The Man O War and Governor together seem to produce a nice fat tone, not too bright, not too scooped, but nice growl on distorted tones, but works very well on clean tones as well. Not sure I'd want the Man O War by itself for more clean/chimey tones, but together with the Governor the tone is fat. I like it : )I had an Avatar 2x12 cabinet with two Celestion G12 Century speakers (these have lightweight neodymium magnets) wired in series for an 16 ohm cabinet. Sort of an unusual wiring scheme since most cabinets/amps are set up for 8 ohm.For years I struggled to get good tones out of my amps, and unfortunately, I kept blaming the amplifier and kept going through amp after amp....finally one day it dawned on me that some of the well rated amps I tossed to the side just might not be the problem, it might be the speakers. I always knew that good speakers were important, but I had some good speakers already in the cabinet.I was going to try swapping out the G12s with V30s but decided to give these Eminence speakers a try mostly because they were cheaper by a long way and also because I wasn't convinced that the G12s were the problem. So I picked this (sort of similar sounding to a V30, but less scooped sounding) and a Man O War speaker (which I read was a good combo).Huge improvement in tone, actually, outstanding really. I don't know if it was because I now had a more "standard" 8 ohm cabinet wired in parallel which matched up better with my amp, or the fact that the heavier magnets are just better than the lightweight neodymium magnets, but these speakers sound great. I am using a Mesa Mark V which I loved when I tested it out in the store, but for years at home I was just not getting anywhere near the right sound - something was always missing before. I was blaming the amp, stomp boxes, everything and was just overlooking a key part of the sound - the speakers! The speakers make the sound after all, so a good quality speaker is probably one of the most important things.I can't compare this directly to anything, but my Mesa now chimes, growls and sounds fat like it did when I test drove it, so the Mesa is saved! Great value, I would buy Eminence again.