What did you think of the Hesu Demon and the adjusted testing approach? Get the IRs here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/j0c28sbsx2vkdeydef8gu/h?rlkey=31jll7stmi5ajztj9bn7pdx8o&dl=0

The Demon Hesu is my favourite speaker overall, it rips with metal, it does clean and crunch very good as well.

Thanks for the comparison. I appreciate in particular that you spent some time to find the best spot to mic on the Hesu. I can’t stand that about most KZfaq speaker reviews/comparisons - not every speaker is going to want to be mic’d the same as everyone does with a v30 or even sound best with a 57. Moreover it’s okay to try different speakers, mics, mic placement etc. I may have to get one of these it sounds great.

Getting a baseline read and then finding the sweetest spot is the right approach.

The two-pronged approach seems like a good idea. The reference spot would be were most sound engineers toss a mic on most cabs after throwing a flashlight on your cab for 5 seconds, but the sweet spot is a highly subjective thing.

As always, great content. Entertaining and I'm glad to see testing done by someone who actually cares about being thorough. The Hesu IR is also fantastic. Keep it up.

Definitely digging the Hesu mixed with the Vintage 30! Thank you for the comparison!

This is an awesome channel. Thanks!

Sounds real good man. I essentially disregarded this speaker because of how it was demoed in many videos. Just sounded way way too bright. Here though micd further out it sounds great. Nice work!

Interesting comparison. The Hesu is growing on me.

Sweet spot find o matic. I love it. Your insistance on adjusting variables is noteworthy. I like your use of available parts to get it done. As the speakers go, i think I could live with either.

Love your sense of humour man xD

Thanks for the IR's. The Hesu demons sound really nice. I was mostly using V30 IR's (like a lot of people, it gets boring after a while haha), it's nice to have something else to play around with. I think a mix of the two could be the way for me ;)

Awesome comparison 🎉 love the good old v30🎉

Liiiiiiiiiike , thanks for the Irs !!!

Thanks for the IRs. I think micing each speaker in the way that makes it sound best or possibly in the way that they sound best together, if in a comparison, would be better for me, though more work for you.

Both speakers sound really good to me. The Demon reminds me of a Redback tone. Cool video once again. 🤘

there‘s my old Cab again 😂😂. Yo i told you! You need to check out the hesu demon! I‘ve got it paired with a dv77. Those two speakers sound brutal together. i still got two 8ohm blackframe v30‘s from the early 90‘s for you if you wanna check them out.

just watched and commented Governor video, Hesu Sounds very similar to Governor, I like it.

I do think that each speaker should be tested both ways. One standard placement and one determined by the find a spot calibration method. Very intetesting. I like it.

I love the naturally scooped tone of the Demon. I think it'd really benefit from a low pass filter. Unfiltered I prefer the V30 but I think the Demon would sound better than the V30 with some post-EQ. The V30 sounds like it has more upper mids/smoother trebles and would cut through a live mix better. The Demon sounds like the speaker I would rather do a death metal record with. The low-mid scoop sounds metal as fuck. I'd want the V30 for playing live though. The Demon sounds like it would have some ice picky or fuzzy trebles on stage. Definitely love having the V30 to compare it to. Your channel deserves so many more subscribers John, amazing work. Thank you!

Make a video on how and what you used to make the sweet spot finder. That looked like it would be very helpful when trying to record and miking up an amp!!

Hesu demon speakers were finally the ones after god knows how many years and cabs loaded w v30’s to dethrone the v30. Being that it is in fact a bit brighter I found myself dialing in slightly more resonance than with a v30. I liked the speakers so much I actually got a Hesu vertical slant 2x12 and paired it with my 5150iii stealth and they sound great paired together. I find they offer more clarity and articulation than v30’s. I will say the Demon speakers sound best thru a Hesu cab as they are built specifically for those speakers and the cabs are built amazingly and don’t break the bank. However Hesu is not available in the US so you gotta go thru like Thomann or another European distributor. Even still to have a 2x12 shipped to NY was cheaper than most other comparable brands available right here in the states. I think I paid about $750 total that’s including shipping to get it delivered in a matter of a few days. Highly recommend getting one of their cabs if you’re gonna use the speakers the whole rig I have set up just sounds fantastic. I got rid of my Marshall 2x12 w old v30’s and my Orange 4x12 is collecting dust in storage as this has become my go to rig. Highly, highly recommend Hesu the cab and is built with the highest quality it’s an absolute blast to play

Nice one! i think finding the sweet for each speaker is the only way to fairly compare them, other than micing from far away or something like that which has its own problems. I think the HESU is cool, and for some of the riffs it sounded more appropriate, and for others the V30 sounded more suitable. I love these semi scientific videos - it is good to question the status quo find things out for yourself and not just trust "what the internet says" so I think these videos are gold. Look at what Jim Lill did with all his experiments, super popular.

Thanks, John, the Hesu seems a little tamed vs the V30 which sounds harsh comparatively. But they both sound great together. I would say something similar to that of the DV77 and V30 together. Still, the V30 perhaps would cut better in a mix.

I run my Hesu M212 with my Mini Nightmare IR and wow it’s an amazing cabinet.

Great video! They both sound good, but there's something in the Demon high end that's a little rough. Based on the SPAN plot is it that 8 kHz band that's nearly 10 dB higher than the V30? With a little cut there it might smooth out while keeping its character.

Cheers John, another interesting video! I like the Hesu and will likely pick one up in the future if I come across one. I’m a V30 fan but that might suit a darker amp great. What are the rifts you are playing through the vid? Old Killswitch?

The 8 ohms seem fine, your sounds quite good as does a friend of mine's. Yet, my guitarist who had a cab with 2 16 ohms was unusable. I'm not exaggerating, it was so harsh and fizzy that it wasn't just annoying when mic'd but effectively in the room and we had to change all of his patches. The guy knows nothing about speakers but hasn't lasted a month before swapping them out. So, tread carefully when grabbing a pair of 16 ohms!

Curious how the Demon would pair with a darker amp, like a Diezel for instance. Cool vid John 👍

Check out some G12-60's if you can. Preferably 80's, but modern would be just fine. Next to GB's, they are def my fave speaker. I like my vintage 60's quite a bit more, but really broken in newer one's sound great.

Hey man, appreciate the comparison. I prefer the demon over the v30. It just sounds better to my ears. Kind of clearer and defined. What I was wondering while watching your video is the following... What is your approach on how to change speakers in terms of tightening the bolts. I just changed the v30s in my Engl 412 pro to eminence swamp thangs and wizards which by the way sounds kick ass through my herbie. I've read about warped speaker frames due to overtightening which ultimately leads to damaged speakers. Do you use a torque wrench or do you just feel when it's torqued down enough. Being an engineer myself I got quite the torque wrench collection at home but ultimately I just tightened the bolts hand tight and tried to feel when it's right. What I noticed as well was that the v30s had 4 bolts per speaker and the eminence can take 8 bolts per speaker. So I went with the 8 bolt variant tightening in a criss cross pattern and quite cautiously. What are your thoughts? Cheers 👋🏼

Very nice. I like the demon a lot more than the V30, but I'm not sure I like it. Just got me a Jensen Raptor as it was the only speaker that didn't piss me off with some high resonance. Not sure if it's the best for metal though.

Those riffs... Tell me you're a fan of Nouighties emo-core, without telling me you're a fan of Nougthies emo-core?! 😄

This has nothing to do with your sound tests, but theres an old trick with subwoofers where you take 2 identical woofers and mount one backwards and reverse the phase and its supposed to cancel any woofer noise i was wondering if this would make for better recording.

Have you used any HP/LP filters? IRs seem to be brighter than the sound in the video. Or it is just my amp settings...

Is your PRS a CE model?

Is there a place you can get all your IRs in one place?

Hesu was 8 or 16 ohm ? Did you compare same ohms? Your Polish is not so bad man 😂😂😂 ...anyway please speak english 😝 Really good comparison. Same spot method do not work as speaker has its own sweet spot. Simple. I'vd like to see more speaker comparison. DV77 vs Hesu ? Eminenece Governor vs G12M25 Greenback WGS Veteran vs V30 ? WGS ET90 vs G12H75 creamback or with G12T75 ?

V30 wins this shootout

The demon bothers me, it reminds me of a screaming little kid with a plugged up nose.

I'm not gonna lie the only thing that really caught my attention was your bald head.

Hesu sound like nothing you can't get from a warehouse. Over priced. Hype. Literally.