All I can say is, if you can afford this cabinet, get it now! They can have them drop-shipped from AccuGroove in California and can cut down on shipping time depending on where you're located. They gave me great prices and before the end of 2002, they'll cover the ground shipping costs (which would have been $100).

There is a term that I really like that someone used in another review of a Bergantino 2x12 cab that was mistakenly placed in the "power amp" review section. He says it has a good "leading" sound. This kind of has to do with what Bag End has been after for a while now. It has to do with how all of the various frequencies arrive at a specific point. Most bass cabinets' low end arrives at a different time than the high end. You can get used to that "misaligned" sound and then when something comes along that is very accurate, like these AccuGroove cabs for instance, your ear perceives the sound in a way that can be aptly described as "leading" or "aligned".

The only drawback is that it is heavy. I am still young but have already messed up my back from hauling an SVT stack, mostly without help, for several years. I definitely have a friend help me with the El Whappo! Although 93 lbs isn't all that much, it's just a large enclosure. I just read that they're making the El Whappo available now, standard, with recessed caster sockets for pop-in casters. That should make it a little easier, anyway. That being said I will talk about some of the good things about it.

The fact that it handles 800 watts might be a drawback because of the amount of amplifier that's needed to do it justice. I consider it an advantage because Mark Wright and David Innis designed this to be a do-it-all-in-one-cabinet. On their website they state that bassist Kim Stone has replaced two 4x10 cabs with just one El Whappo. I use a Stewart World 2.1 and it has just the right amount of balls to get this cabinet singing. With the frequency response that it has it can, with authority, let you know what you've been missing. I guarantee that you'll discover artifacts in your playing and in your instrument that you haven't heard until you're in the studio. I can only imagine what that could do for your session work.

The nicest thing, in my opinion, is the dual soft-dome tweeters. I have never really liked the way that the Fostex-type (SWR) horns sound. These babies are smooth as *&%!@#$%&@! silk! The low-end ain't no slouch, either. Each driver is then enclosed in it’s own specially tuned "cabinet within a cabinet." This way each driver remains true to it's own unique sonic signature.

Not much else to say except that you should seriously consider this cabinet.

Construction	100%
(SOLID, each speaker has it's own tuned enclosure!)
Clarity	100%
(Matched only by the BEST large multi-driver studio monitors.)
Volume	100%
(Bill Dickens and I say "Devestating.")
Portability	75%
(Let your roadies deal with it!)
Value	90%
(Quite pricey but worth every penny.)
Overall	100%
(More than happy how I spent my money.)