Slax arrived. It’s badass. Channel 1 rocks! I haven’t boosted it yet but it would e GNR all day.
Channel 2/JBE is where I would live. I find it pretty tight. Perfect for hard rock and does that AIC thing great.
Channel 3 is mayhem. I dig it, but I would wanna tighten it up a bit. It slaysz through my 1x12, but I think it needs a 2 or 4x12 to really be heard.
I’m playing apartment volumes, btw.
I will say this: do not discount the BE50 for HEAVY chug. I was A/Bing the same settings on BE50 BE and Slax Channel 2 and the nod went to the Slax. BUT, that was before I realized I didn’t have the Sat switch on the BE50. I flipped on Sat and it was damn close. Nod still goes to the JBE: it’ feels tighter and slightly gainier, but it was really close.
Overall, the Slax is 100w vs 50. Slax slays, but so does the BE50. The 50 has so much versatility. It does metal.
Both amps rule. Will be touch to decide which to keep. I’m gonna spend time with both.
Also: the Master volume on both are great. I was a little worried about the Slax, but worried no more.