FANE Crescendo 122326

[Analog103]

I got my Crescendo's back and installed them in my SE4122 today. The soldering was difficult as the magnets are so powerful that I had difficulties operating the soldering iron. The magnets really are massive, but I managed to do it.

The guy who fixed them really did a great job. No buzzing, no weird noises, etc.

They sound great! I really really like the bass response. The sound is HUGE. No wonder Gilmour liked them. However, I was blasting out some WHO riffs and liked the crunch these developed as I turned the DR103 up. Niceee. These speakers have a voice of their own but still sound like a Fane.

(If my old Dynacord tape echo wouldn't be in for service, I'd probably be writing this a couple hours later)

So that's good news, isn't it?

Yeah ... but now it will be really difficult for me to decide which quad to keep as I can't really justify having two 4x12's and don't even need them. We'll see. I'll leave the Crescendo's in the cab for now.

[Analog103]

Here's a few pics:






Compared to the 122231 Hiwatt Fane the 122326 Crescendo has a bigger sound, more bass (I prefer the bass response of the Crescendo) and the sound of the alu dust caps comes through as well (at least in my opinion). They absolutely rip with my DIY fuzz pedal, but with the Analogman Beano Boost (treble booster) I like the 122231 better.

The cab is sooo heavy now ...

[louis]

Hey stajerska !

Why do you keep on hurting your back with this heavy cab ?
Just send it to me and your problems will be cured !

Louis

[Dr.HI-TONE]

That is good news!

I bet it sounds great.

[Analog103]

Hey Dr. HIWATT, what's up with your Crescendo's? I've seen the pic of the speaker with the broken frame, but were all damaged like that? Did you manage to rescue any of them? Are they the same model number as mine? Whole lotta questions

[Dr.HI-TONE]

I think mine are the same model number, but I can't find any pics at the moment.

I have one undamaged, one with large repairs to the cone, and two basically destroyed. (trashed cones and broken frames)

The are just laying around for the time being.