Rare iconic Goodmans Audiom 61 12-Inch 20W 16-Ohm Speaker IR Pack - Classic 1960s UK Tone, Vintage Guitar and Hi-Fi Applications - WEM, Orange, Vox character

Compared to my Peerless Alnico, the Goodmans Audiom 61 is day and night. This 12-inch speaker offers plenty of brightness, excellent definition, and surprising low-end resonance. Its 16-ohm load and 20W rating make it ideal for authentic Vox-style voicings from the greatest era of the British Invasion. Fans of Orange, WEM, Vox, and similar classic British rigs will appreciate its expressive tone and vintage character. While polite and balanced, careful adjustment of gain and EQ can reveal additional harmonic richness, making it versatile for guitar performance, recording, or modest hi-fi setups. This speaker is paired with 13 microphones spanning vintage and modern eras. Each speaker is carefully prepared before capture to ensure optimal performance and consistency. Speakers undergo a minimum one-hour cycle of white, pink, and brown noise, pushing them to the point of mechanical rattling to minimize unwanted artifacts. Intermittent sine wave cycles further evaluate speaker behavior and maintain sonic integrity. All microphones are maintained in a dust-free, dark environment. During recording, a 30-second sine sweep passes through a neutral preamp, a linear power amplifier, and the reliable Fosi Audio V1.0G before reaching the speaker. Microphones are powered via a Behringer MIC500 USB with Brimar 12AU7 WA tube. Noise removal is applied only when necessary to preserve the original sound. Post-processing includes normalization at -3 dB, DC offset removal, and Voxengo Deconvolver with MP transform, followed by final normalization at -0.3 dB. This methodology ensures every speaker and microphone combination is faithfully represented, producing clean, high-fidelity impulse responses suitable for recording, mixing, or digital emulation. Microphones (full specs): AKG D70, Dynamic, 1980s–1990s, Austria, 620 Ω Akai ADM 65, Dynamic, 1980s, Japan, 600 Ω Audiojap UMC7103/1P, Electret, 1980s, Japan, 600 Ω Behringer B 906, Dynamic, 2019, China, 600 Ω Beyerdynamic M 550 LM, Dynamic, 1970s, West Germany, 500 Ω Blaupunkt CR 4073, Dynamic, 1970s, Germany, Unknown Marantz MPM 1000, Condenser, 2010s, China, 200 Ω Philips N8306, Dynamic, 1969, Europe, 500 Ω Realistic Highball 2, Dynamic, 1973, Japan, 600 Ω Sony MTL F 96, Dynamic, 1964, Japan, 600 Ω Technics RP 3125E, Electret, 1970s, Japan, 600 Ω Telefunken TD26, Dynamic, 1969, Europe, 750 Ω Uher M 516, Dynamic, 1969, Germany, 500 Ω