I don't really have a standard of comparison in my garage, but the interwebs mostly agree with Simon on the quality of the seventy-80. Not a bad speaker, but not the best around. There are a few people who seem to think that they are great once they are broken in. One guy I found thinks they will always suck. Most seem to think it's not bad, but also not great.

That said, this is the only new valve amp that I have seen in the US for under $250 in the 10-20 Watt range. Really the closest in quality and price is the Laney at about $425...which must be a good price because they seem to be sold out most places. For the difference in price I could replace the Seventy-80 with most of the guitar speakers in either the Celestion or Eminence lines. I could replace it with an Eminence Cannabis Rex or Red Coat and have enough left over to buy a better reverb tank with the difference. If I put in a Celestion Creamback I might not have enough left over for the reverb tank...

...but this is getting ahead of myself.