What cab do I throw these speakers into?

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Wayniac3

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I always loved the early 80's Celestion 65 watt speakers. Many years ago, I foolishly sold a Marshall 20th anniversary cab with them in it.
I have wayyyy too many cabs and am going to be consolidating (though I am always on the lookout for a 65 loaded 4x12 bwahahaha).
I have a pair of older 65's, and am debating on mounting these into one of the 2x12's & keeping it.

If you were going to throw these into a 2 x12., would they go into: a Genz Benz ported 2x12, a CAA ported 2x12, a Boogie vert metal grill 2x12, or a Mesa Boogie horizontal recto cab?
Not playing out these days, but some times like to play with some volume at home. My typical current go to cab is either an older EVH 4x12 or a metal grill boogie, and when I use the 2x12, it's typically V30 loaded CAA, then occasionally the V30 loaded horizontal boogie..

I also might have the option to throw them into an ENGL 2x12 VHB.

I play mostly older 80's metal & hard rock - amps are ENGL artist, Fireball 25, or Peavey 5150 II.
 
I would put them in whatever is the larger 2x12 probably. I have some modern g12-65’s and currently trying them in a more compact 2x12 and find they don’t sound as good as when I had them in my oversized 2x12. In the smaller cab an almost wah pedal like midrange is emphasized somehow.
 
I would go with the Metal-grill Mesa half-back. I had one set-up just like that with ‘81 G12-65’s. Sounded great. If you don’t have a back for the top, you could make one, if you wanted to tighten things up. Personally, I preferred the top open-backed.
 
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