Display MoreI have a pair of Mesa Theile cabs with EVM12L as well as Kemper Kabinet with a Kone. Unfortunately , I haven’t tried both speakers in the same cabinet so can’t give you a direct apples to apples comparison.
My observations are :
I used the EVM12L with both Rectifier and Mark Series Mesas for 25 years. Although I used to have a 1971 Marshall 412 with Pre-Rola Greenbacks I never liked it and always used the EVM12L so I know it pretty well and love it as a speaker.
Side but sid (albeit in very different cabinets) the Kone EVM12L imprint definitely has the flavour of the real thing but the original was still better to my ears. I have a feeling that a large part of that was the Theile cabinet though.
Power rating is pretty similar but if I was really slamming it I would trust the EV to take the punishment better than almost anything else. However, it is virtually to get a stage volume loud enough to worry about that anymore (which is a good thing in my book) so power handling is a non issue.
the weight (or rather lack of it) is a massive benefit from the Kabinet. If you use it in a Theile cabinet the weight will be closer but the Kone will still be significantly lighter than an EVM12L. To be fair a fully grown Rhino is probably lighter than the EV.The EV isn’t even close to a flat speaker so running imprints with it doesn’t sound anything like using the Kone.
If you want the flexibility of running different speaker imprints tue Kone is a no brainer. However, if you like the EVM12L, don’t need to change speakers from rig to rig and don’t mind the weight I would stick with the real thing. For me I like the the different speaker options and LOVE the lack of weight so I use the Kabinet for a stage monitor at rehearsals or gigs (still going straight to FOH and getting most monitor via IEM). For home use I don’t even plug the Kabinet in and just use my studio monitors all the time.
Hope that helps a little.
Thank you very much, it is the review that I was looking for.
I thought the EVM12L was flat, because its primary use was in FOH. And I use my Thiele cab to listen music in my computer ...
Maybe the Kone would be better for me.