Ok first of all, I have been a guitarist for 30 years, and play professionally electric AND classical guitar, and keyboards. I owned TONS of gear, because I also used to sell it. Nowadays I record my albums in my home recording studio: just a room. I was using a Laney oversized 1x12 shut into a closet with a mic to record with my tube amps. Then I switched to tube amps recorded with IRs through the excellent Harley Benton PA100, which I use solely as a LINE OUT to get the whole amp signal into my IRs. I was pretty happy with that, but I somewhat missed the interaction with a real speaker. I also learned to equalize (but advanced stuff, not basic), so with my new skills I can make a 1x12 sound more like a 4x12. I bought this Harley Benton cab without much expectations, but I found the weight interesting, because I can't have too much weight in the 'closet' or it could break (I keep the cab off the floor to kill the rumble). I was also expecting a smaller cab than the LANEY cab. I was pleasantly surprised to see that this HB cab is NOT smaller, this IS a proper oversized cab, and is much lighter than the Laney. Which is interesting, as the Laney was made of marine grade plywood blah blah, but this one of MDF. But I don't care, because it's lighter, and wood is just wood! If you take care, it should last as long as the Laney or any other expensive cabs. But then I plugged in my beautiful Bugera amps, and WOW. I was expecting a mediocre sound, but the speaker sounds really good, it has nice crisp mids. With the eq, now I have a super responsive, killer 4x12 cab tone. I am definitely using this setup to record my new tracks. I am always pleasantly surprised by the quality and price of Harley Benton gear. I'd be dumb to spend 4 times more on a cab when I can get THIS. It's really excellent! I am a celestion V30 guy but I might actually leave the HB speaker in there, with my EQ skills I can get a killer half stack tone! Once again, bravo, Harley Benton!
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update: interestingly, after swapping the HB speaker with an EMINENCE MADE IN USA speaker, I ended up liking the HB speaker more, believe it or not. The Eminence sounded too scooped (it was taken out a Hughes & Kettner combo, not a cheap amp). The hb speaker has more mids, it's easier on the ears. Pretty incredible!
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update 2: after fitting a V30, my fav speaker, I am even more impressed by the stock speaker. It's a nice speaker, with lots of warm mids. It's a pro level speaker, it's not a cheap piece of junk. You don't have to change it if you want to save time and money.
AND this cab is ported. Nice low end.