| A/B Shuttlemax 12.0 and SVT-2 pro
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I have had the opportunity to A/B my shuttlemax 12 and svt-2 pro three times in live settings in the past week. I found the experience enlightening and suprising so I thought I would share.
The cab I am using is the Genz Uber 212 and I was using my Fender deluxe jazz and Sadowsky MV5. The biggest difference I noticed right away was the volume. The 12.0 has A LOT more powerful low end and overall headroom through the 212's of the Uber cab. The SVT's low end gets real hairy real fast at loud show volumes. (Tone controls on the svt were set to a a sizeable cut in the bass, and a little bump in the highs. Mids were mostly flat with maybe a little bump with the selector on 3) Im sure I wouldnt have to push the SVT nearly as much if I were running a fridge, but it is worth noting that the shuttlemax absolutely kills through the Uber...Im talking...kills compared to the svt.
The upside to the SVT was the tone....oh the tone. But at show volumes I was getting a little lost in the mix due to not being able to turn up louder without getting too much distortion in the low end. By cutting the bass I was able to crank it pretty loud without too much hair on the low B (although the lowest notes seemed too low for the SVT). My 4 string Jazz didnt suffer from this loss of low end and the shuttlemax had ZERO problems pumping out plenty of crazy low B insanity. The volume seemed touchy on the SVT as well...a little bump and it was distorting, a little cut and it was too low with the master cranked.
Also the tone controls on the SVT seemed to have a limited range compared to the shuttlemax which let me sculpt my tone with impunity...the svt always sounded like an svt. It just so happens that the svt's sound is AMAZING (especially before the low end started farting out)...the shuttlemax couldnt really do a great impression of the svt, but it could get pretty close...and could definitely pull off several flavors of "vintage".
Im going to run the test again when I get my 810e, but for now--through the Uber 212--the shuttlemax was definitely a cut above the svt with a better eq, more power, not to mention the shuttlemax weighs less than my bag of spare cables. | 
