Opinions of eminence tonker speakers?

BowynMadley

Evening all. As the title says I'm after your opinions on the tonker by eminence. Posts the tonkerlite also. On paper they seem pretty Damn good. So off you go gents. Do your worst.
Thanks
Bo

BowynMadley

Nobody got any experience with these?

davedave

I've had a little bit of time with one.
They're loud, very loud.
The general consensus is that they're a good substitute for Fanes.
I really liked them.

DarnWeight

I've got one in a homebuilt 1x12 cab that I use with a Traynor YSR-1 head.  I think it's a great-sounding speaker...full, bright and a really solid low end that won't mush out under heavy volume.  I've read a lot of stuff online about people finding the mids being overbearing or spiky, but I can't say I've found that with the few amps I've tried it with.  They do take a lot of breaking in though,

BowynMadley

Yes I've read that they are loud but efficiency is something Thats a must. How do you mean hard to break in? Most speakers have a period of breaking in.

DarnWeight

BowynMadley said:

Yes I've read that they are loud but efficiency is something Thats a must. How do you mean hard to break in? Most speakers have a period of breaking in.

Just that they're high-power speakers (rated 150W), so unless you're hitting them hard and loud then you're only really tickling them.  I'm primarily playing mine fairly clean, and I liked the sound pretty much straight off the bat for those tones...I like my treble!  I have heard complaints that the Tonker sounds a bit fizzy with heavily driven/distorted tones, but that it smooths out considerably when broken in.