Eight 15 8 Ohm : Very nice speaker

The Celestion Eight has a slight difference in tone when compareing to the predecessor, 'Super 8'. Only a slight though and that is up to taste...

There's not many 8" speakers to choose from but that is just fine: you won't miss with a celestion anyway ;)

It does have a nice "british" tone to it and makes a perfect speaker for recording purposes. I have one at my homestudio and find it sounding even better to my taste with a small dynamic microphone than a "real 12-incher" would - that's because I like large-diagraph microphones. Remember, the scale matters... The basic 57 "seems" like it had a bigger diagraph when faceing a smaller speaker rather than a big one.

Yes, I would recommend this speaker.