Celestion G10 Creamback 8 Ohm

I have installed this speaker in my Fender Hot Rod Deluxe II, as a replacement for a Vintage 30 12". My goal was to get a better, livelier sound at low a volume level.
The V30 sounds a bit dull and muddy and I reckoned that a smaller speaker would require less energy to come alive.
I'm very pleased that it worked out really well, the speaker has a very precise low-end and a nice chime. Even at a low volume level. I never play loud, so I can't let you know how it compares at high volume levels.
I also tried the G12M-65, the sound is somewhere inbetween the V30 and G10, however I preferred the G10.
I'm using an attenuator to reduce the volume, so I can turn up the amp volume a bit. (The tubes/valves of the power-amp require a decent signal amplitude in order to create the pleasant harmonics that are caused by the non-linear amplification of a tube/valve). The attenuator may influence the sound somewhat, however, without the attenuator, the amp sounds definitely worse to my ears.

The Vox will only take a shallow speaker with a reasonable diameter magnet. No Alnicos will fit in there. But the Creamback models the Vox Alnico sound of its 12" brothers with a bit more chime than a Greenback. That makes it a great upgrade for the VX10. The stock speaker isn't bad at all, but the Creamback is nicer. Full bass and mids, with the chiming top end, but no piercing ice-pick.

My Peavey Envoy has these wonderful Transtube distortions but after a while the cheap Blue Marvel speaker showed it is lacking in tone beauty, especially with the metal distortion. So I switched to this speaker and the tone is just ideal. Even the metal sound that I thought was maybe too harsh and brittle is creamy, very hard creamy but creamy. I could write a lot but enough sound samples are in YouTube that the comparison is easy. This is the most professional and pleasing tone.