Eminence Speaker News

Chances are, if you've turned on a TV, radio or video game console within the last several years, you've likely heard the infectious music of Steve Ouimette. From his awe inspiring work behind the epic Guitar Hero video game series, to his composition and song writing heard in many popular TV shows and studio recordings, Steve is quickly becoming known for the creativity he brings to every project. With the myriad of options available to recording artists today, one thing remains consistent in Steve"s tone toolbox - Eminence speakers. Eminence: Was the guitar your first instrument? When did you first pick it up? Steve: I wish I could say it was but my first instrument was the organ. My parents had bought one and signed my sister and me up for lessons. I did that for 2 years from 5-7. When we moved to California I started playing drums but I was more Bobby Brady than John Bonham so around 11 or 12 I switched to guitar. It was Ace Frehley who originally inspired me. After that it was Van Halen, Randy Rhoads, Yngwie and Angus Young. Eminence: At what point in your life did you decide you were going to make a career out of your musical abilities? Steve: From the first time I picked up the guitar I knew I wanted to do this for the rest of my life. Computers were in their infancy and MIDI had just come out so I was fascinated with the potential. I majored in music in college and during and after that worked in studios and was fortunate enough to learn a metric ton from Eric Valentine during his early years of running his own studio. The combination of all of that and working in the game industry sort of dovetailed into my forming my own company and doing this full time.

Jon Bloomer knows a thing or two when it comes to guitar tone. He's been playing since he was 12 years old, and since 2007 he's been the brains behind GuitarNoize.com, a website that is loaded with everything a guitar enthusiast loves. This video features one of our most popular combinations of classic American tones, the Texas Heat and Swamp Thang, both from our Patriot Series of guitar speakers. "The Texas Heat is a little darker than the Swamp Thang and creates some great Eric Johnson style lead tones." said Bloomer. "The Swamp Thang breaks up nicely when you play hard and has a little more presence and as you can hear combined they are a perfect match for a great rhythm tone." Check out more of Jon's great posts at GuitarNoize.com

Eminence Speaker LLC proudly announces an exclusive license agreement with Evenstar, a wholly owned subsidiary of SLS Audio, to use and sub-license their revolutionary new D-fend technology within the Professional Audio and Musical Instrument markets.

Guitar World Tech Editor Paul Riario puts the ReignMaker guitar speaker with FDM Technology through its paces. Of course, the speaker sounds incredible, but Paul has some serious chops too! Paul points out the advantage of our proprietary FDM Technology, noting that there is no need for any expensive electronic attenuators. The speaker does it all for you, and also give you the sound and feel of playing a cranked-up amp but at lower volume. He also clearly illustrates there are many positions between full-output and max-attenuation that let you dial in the sound and volume you're looking for. Whether you're in a small club, recording studio, or practicing in your bedroom, you can turn down the volume while maintaining the saturated tube tone you're looking for. The next night you might be in a larger venue where volume isn't an issue. No problem, just turn the dial and crank it up! Paul enjoyed checking out the British-voiced ReignMaker from our Red Coat Series of guitar speakers, and we know you will too. Also check out its American-voiced cousin, the Maverick, also with this truly unique FDM technology. Both speakers are now available in 16 ohms.

Now available in the Patriot Series of guitar speakers, the EPS-15C is a 4 ohm, cast-aluminum frame guitar driver featuring a lightweight neodymium magnet. Weighing in at less than 8 lbs., the EPS-15C delivers the highly sought after classic pedal steel tones at a fraction of the weight of most suitable drivers on the market. The addition of an aluminum dust cap lends chimey, extended highs that have come to define the classic pedal steel sound.

Loudspeakers are an incredible accessory item for any music store! The poor economy and the consumer"s desire to maintain or upgrade their equipment, rather than buying new, makes it even more important and lucrative to consider. For the cost of a couple of keyboards or amplifiers, any dealer can obtain a nice stock of well regarded replacement and upgrade loudspeakers for musical instrument amplifiers or speaker cabinets. Don"t waste your time though if the plan is to put them on a shelf in the service center. If you kept strings and tuners back there, you wouldn"t sell many of them either. Replacement and upgrade speakers need to be on the store floor, close to checkout, just like any other accessory. They won"t sell if they are not there where people can see them. Most speaker manufacturers have nice packaging, catalogs, banners, application tools, and technical service departments standing by to help you make recommendations to your customers.

You may need less power handling from your high frequency driver than you might expect! High frequency drivers will only see a small percentage of system power, if a proper crossover network is used. The woofer section sees the brunt of the power in a system, because lower frequencies are more abusive....

As Technology Sales Manager, Martin will be responsible for the market development and sale of a revolutionary new technology called D-FEND, which provides programmable control over key performance characteristics of passive systems and loudspeakers.