O que os profissionais da área de áudio dizem sobre o SUB da BAG END.

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Industry experts agree BAG END Loudspeaker Systems' Bag End Subwoofer is one of the greatest advances in sound reproduction technology in decades. To back that up, the industry twice nominated ELF for TEC Awards for technical excellence & creativity and for a Golden Note Award by the Academy for the Advancement of High End Audio.

"The subwoofers revealed a whole new world of heretofore inaudible sounds . . . I've heard dozens of subwoofer systems in the last few years, and this is easily the most coherent and musical.
- Lawrence Ullman, ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN Magazine

"After using the ELF system for a while, it's hard to go back to using conventional monitoring . . . Overall the BAG END bass system is a versatile tool, providing maximum output from minimum enclosures. Clearly, BAG END did its homework."
- George Petersen, MIX Magazine

"It's the finest I've heard . . . It is incredibly tight and well damped. Articulation and transients of low-frequency bass were positively astounding . . . And if you're looking for a home theater subwoofer system, look no further. I can't imagine anything better."
- Michael Fremer, THE ABSOLUTE SOUND Magazine

"Did Michael Fremer say that was bass like you've never heard before? It is. Not just quantity. That's up to you. But quality: defined, precise and focused."
- Dan Schwartz, THE ABSOLUTE SOUND Magazine

"I find it more solid, cleaner, more detailed, less rumbly, more
revealing than that of any other subwoofer known to me."
- Peter Aczel, THE AUDIO CRITIC Magazine

BAG END's processor gets my vote for the most flexible and adaptable electronic crossover-controller . . . (the ELF-1) dual integrator and ELF S18-E subwoofers bring needed bass power to the home subwoofer market. The S18-E's cabinet is relatively small for a high-end subwoofer, yet the speaker extended deeper than any I've ever heard."
- Larry Greenhill, STEREOPHILE Magazine

"BAG END's system delivered the goods. Frequency response was stunningly clean. ... This is one hell of a bass system. BAG END has built a rig that's ideally suited to the automotive environment. It delivers big, high-quality bass and should continue to do so indefinitely thanks to its dynamic protection circuitry."
- Tom Nousaine, CAR STEREO REVIEW Magazine

Borrowing the BAG END technology from professional systems and adpating it to home subwoofer use works like a charm. You get clean, deep bass.
- David Clark, AUDIO Magazine

"It exceeded my expectations ten-fold. It's the most versatile sound processing system I have ever tried for a production. - and its response is really stunning."
- Jim Van Bergen, New York sound designer,
in THEATER CRAFTS INTERNATIONAL Magazine

"A major advance in sound technology, with considerable space and weight saved by the smaller enclosures."
- Scott Malandrone, BASS PLAYER Magazine

"Conventional pro audio wisdom has always been that the way to get a dance floor shakin' with bass is to use bulky, back-breaking cabinets and power hungry amps . . . BAG END has rethought speaker design and come up with a way to get tight-fisted hard-thumpin' bass from a system designed for mobility."
- Robert Lindquist, MOBILE BEAT magazine

"It literally delivered audiophile performance characteristics while generating thundering, concert hall type sound pressure with remarkable clarity, realism and depth."
- Edward Tywoniak, BAM Magazine

"Very smooth and controlled, and integrates quite seamlessly with the regular speakers . . . You really don't know it's there until you turn it off."
- Nick Batzdorf, HOME & STUDIO RECORDING Magazine

"The results produced by the ELF-1 are potentially earth shattering (literally, if anyone ever puts together enough drivers and really turns them up), and so useful that every audio system from the smallest project studio to the largest sound reinforcement system could benefit from this device."
- Wade McGregor, EQ Magazine

"Our 20-cycle test tone practically caused the immediate evacuation of our building . . . The system made the bottom end of dance, rap and techno cuts sound fabulous."
- Jim Aiken, KEYBOARD Magazine

"The BAG END system never fails to impress."

- Dave Tourkow, supervising engineer,
TODD-AO/Glen Glenn Studios, Hollywoo

The definition provided by Bag End is great; it gives us a nice fat, tight low end."
- Rob Milbourn, sound designer, Steppenwolf Theater, Chicago

"Is truly phenomenal. It brings out the bass in a dB level that you've never heard before. I'm not a gadget guy and we are not a gadget company. This thing is not a gadget ... It hits you right in the heart. It's very impressive."
- Dave Shadoan, president, SOUND IMAGE, San Marcos, CA

"The response is so quick and the frequency response is so low, you can't help but be impressed . . . The system is very musical, the speakers don't `thud' - that's what I really like about them."

- Rick Camuso, head sound tech, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Fort Lauderdale, FL

E-Trap testimonial
"Seven years ago I bumped out the backside of my garage and setup shop mixing TV shows and film projects from home after 20 plus years working for someone else. I thought of it as a three year experiment. If it worked, then I would pack it all up and move it to a "real" space. It did work...but I decided that it was just too comfortable working from home. After all, how many other Post facilities can boast that they have a swimming pool? But now the acoustic compromises that I made initially were going to be very hard to solve. Instead of carefully picking dimensions to minimize resonant modes, I went for sound proof and whatever would minimize the headache of converting the space to something other than a studio down the road. My lack of attention to acoustic details had left my room with a nasty low frequency problem at 2 frequencies, a giant hole at the mix position around 50hz and a large peak around 60hz. By sheer luck and the talents of Bob Hodas, I was able make the room translate nicely but the room lacked the punch I was looking for. I looked for acoustic solutions for a few years but all of them were costly and took up major real estate that I couldn't afford to loose. I started reading all of the online acoustic forums and stumbled into a press release for Bag End's E-Trap. It sounded too good to be true but I think it was a year, year and a half later when Bag End actually released the E-Trap and I decided to test it out. Enlisting the help of Bob Hodas once again, we found a new position for my sub woofer which helped fill in the 50hz hole, but we were left with an even larger peak around 60hz. Enter the E-Trap. It gobbled up a substantial amount of the 60hz energy acoustically, with a footprint less than the size of my subwoofer. The low end no longer rings and feels much tighter. I never could have achieved this with EQ alone, or filling my room with the acoustic foam fad of the week. The E-Trap IS a sound solution worth looking at.
- Peter Cole, Pirate Post

BAG END users are equally enthusiastic in their evaluation of the system.
Here is what some users are saying:

I've played bass since 1972. Until I graduated from law school in 1981, I played in bands. I was a college student and couldn't afford nice equipment but I saved up in 1978 and bought the love of my life, my 1978 gibson rd artist bass, which I still own and will be buried with. It's got a deeper lowend than Oprah & Jlo combined! In recent years, having practiced law for 25 years, while I no longer play in bands I am fortunate enough to now be able to afford the good stuff. Alembics. Surines. Vintage, killer watt trace elliot heads (1000 watts and up!) biamped! However, despite my hearing loss I felt my bass playing was actually getting worse. Alzheimer's? Early onset senile dementia? Parkinson's? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I've been playing thru old school crappy cabs.

Today, I received my Bag End cabs. My god, I'm good! I wasn't missing the notes. The notes weren't reaching my ears. When I began playing really high-end basses, I noticed how sloppy I'd become not playing in bands and jamming every day. When I got my Bag End cabs, I noticed my high-end basses were sounding the way they were supposed to.........and more amazingly, that I could play them. The signal delay in my old school cabs has been replaced by an instantaneous speaker response. I guess it's like what rockstars and comedians say about the gratification you get from a live audience. When your speaker cabs are "alive", the gratification is immediate. These cabinets are immediate. They're as responsive as my high-end basses. They are the alembics and surines of sound reproduction! Oh, btw, even after all these years, I play metal. Tool. Disturbed. Slave to the system. System of a down. It's keeps the blood pumping and I still love that "ear to a seashell ocean sound" when I stop playing.

Thank you, Bag End.

Patrick Bryan Moran
Attorney at Law
San Antonio, Texas
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Hi Bag End,

Greetings from California.

First of all, I have to tell you how incredibly happy I am with the TA1200 speakers that I purchased from you at the end of the NAMM show a few months back. As I told you, I am a saxophone/flute player and use them as speakers for my PA in small clubs, concerts, etc.... The response from them is so clean and flat, that it is a total joy to play through them. They are smaller and lighter than any speakers that I have owned previously, and they sound WAY better than anything I have owned. Finally I have found some speakers that give me back my true sound. I don't have to spend my time and energy at the gig trying to get my sound right. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. Also, I appreciate your taking me on as an artist to endorse your products. And you better believe I tell everyone how I feel about your speakers.

I'm getting ready to record my new CD at the end of July. It's a straight-ahead jazz quintet project that will include Steve Weingart (from the Dave Weckle band), Hussain Jiffry (From the Sergio Mendez Band), as well as Larry Williams and Jason Harnell. I would like to purchase a set of your studio monitors with the subwoofer that I heard at the NAMM show here in L.A. They sounded incredible and I really want to use them for this new project!

Thank you
Sincerely,
Robert Kyle
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Greetings Bag End,

I have been playing bass since 1965 when I was 13. I can't remember how many bass rigs I have gone thru and blown up. Last Friday I went to Norman Music in Norman, Oklahoma to buy a 15" Eden bass cabinet. I plugged in my upright bass and almost blew the speaker in the Eden cabinet, so I tried the new Aguilar 15 cabinet and the same thing happened.

The last cabinet I tried was the Bag End S15X-D. I thought "NO WAY", but I tried it out anyway. Within 30 seconds of playing very hard slap bass on my upright through the Bag End, I told the salesman Chris Greenley to write me up a sales receipt. I wanted to use the Bag End cabinet at my gig that night.

The second night we played, Rusty Miller our "TONE KING" guitar player made the comment that my upright bass sounded like my upright bass with volume. The tone is incredibly GREAT with my Fender Jazz and the Upright bass!!!

I owe my tone to you guys at Bag End. Thanks for solving my upright bass problems!

Best regards,

Bassist/Blue Combo/Ott
Tex Waggoner
Bassist/Blue Combo/OttoMatic Records Tulsa, Oklahoma

PS I forgot to tell you.....I bought a S18E-C as a subwoofer for our PA. As usual the Bag End sub made a huge difference in our sound, it's 10 times better! Hope you get a chance to hear Blue Combo sometime soon!
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Hi Jim and The Bad End Crew,
Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I finally got the S15B-D bass cabinet last week. I didn't get a chance to play in a big enough room to use the cabinet with my S15X-D...until tonight. I played one of the best clubs in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Some of our regular fans came up to me during a break to ask me about my bass. They were all telling me (musicians and non musicians) how great my bass sounded! Two bass player friends of mine heard about my new set-up with the Bag End cabinets, and had to check them out. By the way, they both bought the S15X-D cabinets since they heard my Bag End cabinet three months ago. When I added the S15B-D to my rig, it was like magic. My girlfriend and my band mates were amazed how the sound filled the room without being too loud. My upright bass filled the room without booming and sounded like my bass. It had enough volume to be heard and felt without being overpowering. It is the perfect bass rig, my Ampeg SVT-3 Pro amp, and the S15B-B and S15X-D Bag End cabinets. I also played my Fender Jazz bass tonight and it also was incredible sounding. You could hear every note with even volume on all strings. I don't know if I've ever gotten such a good sound out of both my Fender and my Engelhardt Swingmaster double bass. All in all, the new cabinet was a definite compliment to an already great sounding bass rig.

I started playing bass in 1965 when I was 13. In all the years of playing, touring and recording, I have used about every good bass rig on the planet. Nothing compares to what I have now, thanks to Bag End!

I don't know how you guys at Bag End do it, but I am a loyal fan and customer forever! You have solved my bass cabinet problems for good. We also use an 18" Bag End subwoofer cabinet for our P.A. I'll have to send you a picture of my bass rig, it even looks cool. I can't thank you enough for all your help and recommending the S15X-D!!!

Best regards,
Tex Waggoner
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Dear Bag End,

I don't usually write testimonials ( I've put off writing this one for several years ), but I have to share this with you.

I've played bass for 35 years and have pretty much played through any rig that was popular. In the late '80's, I bought a Mesa Boogie 400 bass head and BE1516 cabinet. The 200 lb. cabinet was hugh ( in sound and stature ).

In the 90's, I became involved in Christian rock. The BE1516 cabinet at the front of a church scared people...so I went looking. I played everyone's 2-10 cabinet that had a decent reputation. Just as I was giving up on the idea, I came across your cabinet ( it was an after thought of the salesman “oh why don't you try this?”).

I have always said that this cabinet defies physics. I play a Modulus Quantum 5 and there are a lot of songs in the key of D so..we're down there. Our band travels...I get to play with a lot of really good people. It seemed like everywhere I went, people were amazed at my sound..and at your cabinet !

Until recently, I just chalked up their remarks as a nice compliment. Within the last two weeks however, there's been more. I recently played with people whom I hadn't seen in 6 months. The guitarist said ( first words out of his mouth..) “you and your Bag End are infamous”. He went on to tell me about his recent touring and how all the sound people he talked to were still raving about the sound of the Bag End when I was out with him. A week later, I saw another bass player who said he finally bought his Bag End--directly because of mine. The final kicker was at a worship leaders conference last weekend. The speaker ( who I knew ), was talking about David creating instruments for loud, wild, passionate worship. He was saying that he was sure David's band would be using midi...and have an outrageous bass player running through a Bag End speaker !!

All this to say that, even though I've played through this little D10-C for years, I am STILL amazed......

Blessings...
Steve Almond
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Bag End,

Your subs ROCK! I had a chance to hear (feel) your subs a few years ago. Needless to say, I was extremely impressed. Ok, I wet my pants. Your subs are the smoothest, beefiest, most thunderous subs I have ever heard, and I'm not even talking about the ELF series. I can only imagine how the ELF subs sound. Unfortunately, I have not been in a situation where I can use your subs on a regular basis. I am confident this will change very soon.

I have been hearing about the ELF subs. 8 Hz, WOW!! No other company has ever accomplished this before. For as long as I can remember, I have wanted subs that can accurately reproduce the frequencies that I sing. Oh yeah, I'm a bass singer. Most bass singers don't need subs that produce frequencies below 20 Hz. I am a bass singer who could use subs that produce frequencies down to 8 Hz. Stop laughing, and let me explain. A little over a year ago, I broke the Guinness World Record for the lowest note produced by the human voice. With my voice, I can produce 8 Hz at about 46db. The previous record was 16.45 Hz. I beat that record by more than an octave. Guinness World Records just recently certified my record at 8 Hz. So, your subs can do 8 Hz; I can do 8 Hz; sounds like the start of a beautiful relationship! I hope I will soon be able to test your ELF subs. I can not wait any longer. I must have ELF subs.

I can only imagine how amazing they sound and feel.Thank you for your research and dedication to perfect sound.

Timothy Storms
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Jim,

I just wanted to thank you for your wonderful bass speaker cabs and the FANTASTIC service that I recently received. I did something that I thought was impossible with my Bag End D12-D. I blew a speaker. This absolutely shocked me because all of my Bag End cabs are built to survive a nuclear blast. I have an S15X and one of the older D10X-D's, which incidentally, I think just demolishes the Eden D210xlt. And of course I have the D12-D. Well I wrote Craig Lockwood and received a reply the morning of the next working day. He had me send the dead speaker back and I received a new speaker this morning. I can't thank you enough for this level of service in this day and age of big, faceless, business corporations. I am going to be able to use the D12 for an audition that I have next week.

I want you to know that this type of service and quality doesn't go unnoticed. I'm not certain if you follow any of the Bulletin Boards but there is one that I participate on quite frequently called Talkbass.com. I and quite a few others have posted very favorable posts in the past few weeks regarding Bag End. Of course the sweetheart of the board is the S15 cabs. If you have a moment you might want to check it out. I think that you might find it interesting. There are about 18,500 registered members on the BB. Many are not that active but on a recent Bag End thread there were over 200 people that read that particular post.

Just a side note: As I stated above, I feel that the D10X-D just annihilates the Eden D210xlt but it has been discontinued. This is a phenomenal speaker cab. I've sung the praises of this cab but unfortunately these people are stuck looking for a used one. But before I talk too much I should take a look at the new D10B. Unfortunately the closest Bag End dealer is BassNW. It's too bad that River City Music, Vancouver, WA isn't a Bag End dealer. Jake Kot, the resident bass pro just loves Bag End. I've tried to talk them into taking on the line.

Thanks so much again for an excellent product and world-class customer service.

Jerry Jean
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A while back while visiting Navy Pier in Chicago my son, wife and I sat down for lunch at McDonalds. Not being from the area I assumed it was probably normal to have live entertainment at such a popular tourist location. My back was turned towards the direction of the sound eminating from the speaker system. When I turned around to my surprise there was no band. I moved in closer for a look at what kind of speakers these were. They were Bag End. The speakers sounded incredibly lifelike. It was as close to a live performance as I could imagine. Now my question is this. What speakers are installed at this McDonalds? I'd very much like to own a pair someday.

Best Regards,
Kevin K.
Quincy, IL
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Recently purchased a pair of lightly used (approx 6 year old) Bag End TA12jr-C loudspeakers after looking for moderate sized, high efficiency speakers for some time. My major concern was musical fidelity as I intended to use them for in-home listening, so I was a bit concerned purchasing PA type speakers. After listening to the TA12's however, you would never guess they were basic looking portable sound cabinets! Detail and clarity is amazing, and overall the speaker is superb to listen to. Good recordings sound excellent, while flaws in poor recordings are revealed. Still, there are none of the less desirable characteristics (ie harshness) that one may associate with professional audio speakers. I still have not determined what makes these speakers sound so good, as the works don't look too unusual, but you did a great job! If the new TA1200's are even better, then congratulations on a fantastic product... I have indeed noticed that not only does the tonal quality of the tweeter horn in the TA12 blend perfectly with the woofer, unlike other PA designs, there is no high frequency “smearing” and loss of clarity at the crossover point. Other reputable companies claim perfect time alignment in their speakers, but I have not heard a design as good as the Bag End. The extra price of Bag End products is certainly worth it.

Thank you.
Doug E.
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Dear Bag Enders,

Unable to deal with 160 lbs. of Mesa Boogie thunder (They're good. Give'em their props.) I decided to look for a new cab which could produce even half the fury and fit in my trunk. On a tip, i went down to the Bass Exchange (Somewhere deep in the Valley) with my bass and head. I played everything. Edens, Genz-Benz, EBS, Agiular, Epiphanis, etc. One little jewel of a cabinet stood out. Your S15-D. It sounded noticeably better than everything else in the store. This is including some weird European systems that cost $1000 more. I was sold, sort of...

I didn't buy it because luck is on my side. I got home, logged onto Ebay and lo and behold, two S15-Ds were for sale, with covers and cables. I won the bid, picked 'em up and have not looked back since. I have a 400 watt Eden amp which at 8ohms probably puts out around 270 watts. On a recent trip up north, the bartender crept out from behind the bar and told me if I didn't turn it down, the show was over. Oh, and the amp was on 1. Just before that, we were talking with a recording engineer about an album we were preparing when he made the comment, "Well the bass is pretty much the whole band." Not that he wasn't talking about my skill as a player, but you get the point.

The sound this little suckers make is frightening.Literally prefect response at all volume levels regardless of style. Not only that, but when I did something stupid (8ohm cab with a 4ohm) and blew the input, your extremely pleasant support person sent me a part free of charge. After I told him I had bought the cabs used and had no idea how old they were. I have dealt with several instrument and amplification manufacturers and Bag End was by far the best in terms of customer service. I cannot imagine ever needing more in the way of amplification, but if I do, it is a safe bet that I will get more Bag End.

Cheers
-Jonny-
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Hey Jim,

Yeah thanks! It's killin'!! My best speaker so far. I want to get another one soon.

Thanks a mill!
Best,
CHRIS
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Webster's Dictionary defines MEDIOCRITY as : ordinary, standard, commonplace and/or dull.

On occasion, we all settle in one state of mediocrity or another - either due to cost, familiar name brand or simply because we are un-informed about a particular subject or product.

Admittedly, as a working musician, I am more than likely to try and hang on to some of my money and because of this, I am in high risk of entering into a state of mediocrity. In the past, I have looked away from Bag End products because of the slightly higher price tags. Once you have gone the other way, it usually cost more in the long run, due to inefficiency, declining sound quality during "real world" concert situations, cheap components - which is the reason it cost less to begin with - and many other reasons.

In the world of electric bass, I have used some big name cabinets in the past - Peavey, Hartke, Mesa Boogie, Acme Sound, Genz Benz, SWR and Trace Elliot, just to name a few. None of these compare to the sound per size quality of my Bag End D10X-D. To get similar results with the others, I had to hire others to help me carry them, use two of them, change the stock speakers and or tweeter, sacrifice sensitivity ratios, sacrifice amplifier wattage etc.. It is pure insanity and incredible sound engineering to be able to achieve so much with such a little cabinet. Low Bs - no problem! Highs? I can hear the dogs yelping!

I have since added a S12-D to replace a 1X15 cabinet by another manufacture - Imagine that! Just for some additional cavity loosing bottom, I will eventually add a S15X-D or S15-D to complete the total bass sound spectrum.

Bag End, your sound engineers are incredible!! Great products and built like Hummer's.

Alan Ace Cooper

P.S. The photo of the cab that fell out of the back of the rolled over van, was a key sell point for me. So, save your money and get the Bag End stuff - Can't afford new ones? Find them used (if you can) and go with that. from what I can tell and have read, a used Bag End cab will last longer than most new cabs. My D10X-D was used when I got it - No shame here!
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My friend has a car and I have two 18inch bag end's and the elf. we attempted to put it in a car. wwwwoooooo. It was loud, so loud I did not even want to be in the vehicle. Do you think these subs shall stay to that application?

Thanks for creating the loudest sub and totally the lowest sub.

SSzuta
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The show went better than I ever expected, I heard some comments from toby's engineers that would make you guys wet your pants, I was truly relieved after I heard them, not that I didn't have faith in bag end but I am not a system designer and this was the ultimate test for this new system. The whole band was on in ears so the only sound the audience heard was only the PA with no help from stage amps and such to supplement it. The SPL was between a healthy 102-109 db at the FOH and never even sounded "loud" or harsh. my concealment or CVR limiter never blinked even once the whole time. that has never happened in all my years of doing this. I have attached a few pics of the show, the only bummer was between shows toby got news that his dad was killed in a car accident. I will call you sometime on monday to let you know some of the details.

Talk to you soon
Dave
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I absolutely LOVE these cabinets--when they coined the phrase "Good things come in small packages" I'm sure they were refering to these! My current set up is the S15X-D and an S-15-D (actually the latter is 8 years old now has the old number B15-C I think). I've had one of the cabinets for 8 years and am STILL amazed at the BIG sound I get from it! When I added the S15X-D "Deep Red" earlier this year it opened up a whole new dimension of sound! Flexible, extremely portable, BIG room filling sound. :-) !

Thank You! Barbara Herrald
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Hello there! I have tried every speaker cabinet under the sun to amplify my acoustic bass, and nothing compares to Bag End. Everything I look for, great sound, portability, affordable price; it's all there. On the road I demand them, and at home I revel in them.

-Reuben Radding freelance contrabassist

Hello. just saw your website. it looks wonderful. anyway, i'd like you all to know that your bins are astonishing. you probably already do, but this is the testimonial page, after all. my q10x-d is, after 3 years, still the finest bass cabinet i've ever played through, much less owned. it gives me what i give it. it unfailingly pounds and caresses its way through hundreds of gigs and rehearsals without complaint. problem is...i want another one. oh yeah, and a s18e-d. oh yeah, and an elf processor...sigh. have a great day, and keep up the wonderful work.

jason farrar. toronto, canada.