EV EV 8L

I bought this for a small PA which I use for live music and also for home theatre. I use a 12" 18 sound sub woofer and two 8" satellite speakers. It is important for me to have clear mids and tops for vocal harmonies and acoustic guitar. These speakers have excellent clarity and are nicely balanced across the frequency range. I use them with a pair of Eminence HF drivers crossed over at 3,5KHz and the sound is smooth. Recorded music is played back accurately with no harsh mids.
Cons: The speaker arrived in an Eminence box with nothing on it that says EV. Once it's in the cabinet that doesn't matter because it sounds so good.
I'm buying another one to replace the 8"-225 watt speaker in the other cab which is not as natural sounding as the EV.

This is the second time I replace this low-mid driver from EV and it seems that the power rating should be around 20% lower than the official 200W power rating. This driver has some problems with the cone, after 2-3 years of use (installation, not rental) the cone paper become unstable and thus start to generate bizzing noise during vocal singing or similar sounds. Note that the system which uses this EV driver is installed inside restaurant with low humidity and no direct sunlight to the loudspeakers.
Although this EV driver is not that much expensive, it reproduces warm and ear-friendly every sound from the source. The life of the driver is not very long, but I can still recommed loudspeaker units like EV ZX-1-90, just do not use constantly with 200W power amplifier for a long time. The 200W power rating is definitely not AES. More like 200W program power.