Why not more love for the Euphonic Audio stuff here?

[Analogeezer]

Obviously I see people from time to time commenting on their Wizzy cabinets and the small head they made/make but not the level of love you see for Mesa here as an example.

I thought maybe the company was no longer around but looked it up and sure enough they are very much still in business.

I recalled they did the transmission line cabinet thing, which is apparently the cabinet technology they still use.

Seems like most of the people here who comment on their gear have owned it for a long time, bought it long ago.

Just kinda curious as my recollection is they had a very good reputation, so it's curious you don't see 5% of the thread about them you do about Mesa.

Analogeezer

 

[Tanner5382]

I think I’ve only ever seen one Euphonic Audio product in person. They don’t have that many dealers. Maybe a lot of other people have the same experience.

 

[Bassist30]

I had the older 210 and 12. Can't say anything bad about them. They did not have neo speakers but they sure sounded good. They don't advertise too much but their customer service was great.

 

[Redbrangus]

It's worth noting that their Web site shows "Out of Stock" for all of their products except for one of the two amps they currently offer, and one non-neo Wizzy 112 speaker cab. I don't know if this is just a temporary problem or an ongoing issue, but it doesn't exactly enhance their market penetration. It also appears that they have only a dozen dealers in the US, the closest of which is 1100 miles from where I am. If I were a professional player with an actual need, I could certainly be interested in the 2-channel amp, presuming they were available.

 

[lomo]

IMHE they make about the most transparent heads around. I use my iAmp micro lot for practice...very well-made products, but I prefer an amp that provides more colour....like my Mesa WD800 and Quilter BB802. My perception is that EA leans more to the DB side.

 

[Lo-E]

EA is a small company that produces small quantities of product and focuses on a fairly small, specific market; URB and electric players looking for a very transparent sound.

I don’t think there’s any lack of love for them. AFAIK they’re very highly regarded. They’re just a small operation with limited distribution.

 

[Al Kraft]

My perception is that EA leans more to the DB side.

IMO this explains it and lomo's earlier comment in his post about how transparent the heads are. Add to that the limited number of dealers - I've only seen their products once in a store (and it was a bass specialty store) - and it's not surprising they don't get mentioned often in this forum.

IMO though, great gear, solid company engineering-wise , and an excellent reputation among owners. I'm sure that if I were an URB and/or acoustic bass player I'd have at least a few of their products in my personal inventory.

 

[daveman50]

I had an EA NL-210 cabinet that was absolutely superb. I sold it only because it was valuable enough to help me finance some other purchases.

 

[chris_b]

I guess there will be more EA posts over on the DB side.

 

[Analogeezer]

EA is a small company that produces small quantities of product and focuses on a fairly small, specific market; URB and electric players looking for a very transparent sound.

I don’t think there’s any lack of love for them. AFAIK they’re very highly regarded. They’re just a small operation with limited distribution.

Oh sure but there are probably 10 Jules Monique threads here for every EA thread; and I never heard of Jules Monique until I joined this forum but knew of EA for a long time.

Lots of other stuff even more boutique than EA seems to get more noticed here, so it's kinda curious.

Analogeezer

 

[Analogeezer]

I first heard of EA in a multi-cab shootout (2 x 10") in Bass Player mag in the late 1990's.

They had some very nice things to say about it, they might have mentioned it being good for EUB or upright but they evaluated it as a regular bass cabinet.

So I was not really familiar with their popularity in that world, you do see some threads here about them but not a lot.

Analogeezer

 

[ddnidd1]

One of my amps is an early iAmp 800. Great amp.

Last time I looked, Leland Sklar was still using one.

 

[Lo-E]

Oh sure but there are probably 10 Jules Monique threads here for every EA thread; and I never heard of Jules Monique until I joined this forum but knew of EA for a long time.

Lots of other stuff even more boutique than EA seems to get more noticed here, so it's kinda curious.

Analogeezer

I think that’s just the flavor-of-the-month syndrome. EA’s been around for a long time. Plenty of other, not-necessarily-better stuff for TB members to geek out over.

Baer and fEarless aren’t talked about much lately, either. It’s just the nature of forums (fori? fora?) to obsess over boutique gear for a little while and then move on to the newest crush.

The non-boutique, workaday gear remains in everybody’s consciousness for much longer because it’s so much more marketed and available (and affordable).

None of this has anything to do with how good any of this gear is, it’s just the nature of how we tend to talk about it. That’s my take on it, anyway.

 

[Analogeezer]

I think that’s just the flavor-of-the-month syndrome. EA’s been around for a long time. Plenty of other, not-necessarily-better stuff for TB members to geek out over.

Baer and fEarless aren’t talked about much lately, either. It’s just the nature of forums (fori? fora?) to obsess over boutique gear for a little while and then move on to the newest crush.

The non-boutique, workaday gear remains in everybody’s consciousness for much longer because it’s so much more marketed and available (and affordable).

None of this has anything to do with how good any of this gear is, it’s just the nature of how we tend to talk about it. That’s my take on it, anyway.

Those are really great points and I suspect you are correct.

Analogeezer

 

[lucas303]

The fact is that Talkbass is very Mesa-centric. (Note that I'm not saying that's a good or bad thing, just stating a fact.)

 

[Slevage]

Lee Sklar was using an EA rig with The Immediate Family when I saw them two weeks ago.

I tried several EA rigs when they first came out. Very good sound, just didn’t grab me.

 

[Killing Floor]

Extremely well made, good sounding product. "Transparent" is not a feature that every electric bassist seeks. I offer that if you stack up the amps that live and die by transparent amplification on one side and put the amp brands that have a recognizable tone color on the other yes, one of these things eclipses the other. I have never read or heard a negative comment about EA and the few times I've touched one it sounded very good. It's all subjective and all good.

 

[joeeg33]

I have a 2x10 cxl cab, unbelievable, sounds like a PA! Only issue, over 80LBS. But, can’t give it up, sounds too good. I use a traynor sb500h with it, haven’t needed anything more.

 

[Ric Vice]

I once owned three different EA Cabinets a VL 108, VL-208, and a VL 110. They were outstanding cabinets. They sounded incredible, but were quite heavy by today's standards and took
a Walter Woods Ultra 800 watts RMS to drive them properly. The clean low end that they produced on stage was quite something, but I'm not sure anyone heard that 10 feet from the stage.
I was very interested in buying a Doubler when they first came to market, but compared to other amps they were underpowered, by the time they decided to up the power of that amp,
I'd already purchased something else. All my experiences with them were great.

 

[Bonecat]

I’m a fan of accuracy and transparency in amplifiers and cabs. My previous rig was an Acoustic Image Clarus 400w head into two EA VL-110 cabs. It was spectacular. The head was tiny, with musical but somewhat limited tone shaping. The cabs sounded amazing - 3 way transmission line design punched far above their size. However, they were a bit inefficient and quite heavy for their size. When I started doing more club gigs and playing far more electric than upright, the time came to replace it. I sold that rig and auditioned a lot of stuff. I wanted to try the newer EA products, but there just wasn’t any available. I finally ended up choosing between Mesa Subway and Bergantino. I honestly would’ve been happy with either, but Bergantino got the nod because of the accuracy thing - it came the closest to the sound I had enjoyed before and was lighter and easier to use.