Eminence Ragin Cajun

I'm sure most people in the market for a 10" replacement guitar speaker will have done the usual research, found all the forums and read all the conflicting comments about what's supposedly a good speaker, only to read a contradiction a little later on another forum about the same speaker, and end up totally confused.

This is where the Eminence website can be a great help, in that you can listen to the actual speakers and decide which one suits your playing style best, and this is what I did before choosing the Rajin' Cajun for my Fender Super Champ XD -- and I have not been disappointed! Together with a pair of JJ 6V6s, this has opened up the sound of this amp and brought it to whole new dimensions, making it sound like an altogether bigger amp, while retaining a nice vocal quality that doesn't sound nasal or boxy at all.

Be aware that this is a heavy speaker, but it's also rated at 75W and so makes an ideal companion for any small valve amp, in that the amp can be totally over-driven without any fear that the speaker can't cope.

Overall this has been such a success that I'm now considering a companion Eminence 12" Wizard in an external closed cab for the larger venues. I cannot fault the build quality and even the little touches like the included Eminence badge which I now proudly display on the front of my hot-rodded Super Champ!

I bought this speaker initially to upgrade the stock speaker in a H&K 18w Tubemeister. It made a big difference, but not as significant as when I replaced the speaker in my Fender Super Champ XD. The SCXD stock has a great sound, & a WYSIWYG amp, but it lacked a bit of "umph"! ...the RC sorted that lacking. It gives a lot more quality body, and more bass thump at the same time retainingt the Fender cleans also. I bought the amp as a replacement for a Blues Jnr., but before the speaker change the XD was only a house amp, after the change its worthy to take to small venues because the higher speaker efficiency gives the amp more volume. I haven't yet tried it miked up but the sound quality is inherently there so no reason not to use on a bigger scene using mics, ...and I now prefer it to the FBJnr.