I was laughing when I read this post because I was on a train going home from my gig where I just had exactly the same experience. I was the second time playing that club so the sound man didn't say anything but when I was setting up for our soundcheck, the bassist from the headline band saw me setting up and said "what's that?" I explained. He had never heard of GB but I told him it's 900 watts and only weighs 2 kg. He snickered. He left before we soundchecked but he did catch part of our set. He said he couldn't believe how my sound always cut through the mix yet it was still so clear. After I watched their set. The SVT sounded good but kind of sloppy and everyone else agreed that the 9.0 sounded a lot better. Even the soundman noted that although they use a countryman DI on stage, my DI on my 9.0 is a bit cleaner.
