Tech 21 Power Engine 60? Anyone tried it?

[JerEvil]

I have recently learned about this cab on a digital modeling forum. Anyone here ever tried one? They seem pretty cool and the price seems nice.

 

[mentoneman]

have one and use it weekly for my wet amp/cab for my w/d rig but i replaced the stock speaker with a scumback.
light easy to use xlr in/out ground lift.

 

[JerEvil]

have one and use it weekly for my wet amp/cab for my w/d rig but i replaced the stock speaker with a scumback.
light easy to use xlr in/out ground lift.

Would you say it feels more natural than a flat response speaker?

 

[mentoneman]

have one and use it weekly for my wet amp/cab for my w/d rig but i replaced the stock speaker with a scumback.
light easy to use xlr in/out ground lift.

Would you say it feels more natural than a flat response speaker?

yes
i bought it for use with an axefx ultra, and when i just used powered monitors or an EV frfr powered wedge, the rig was missing a percussiveness and feel that you get used to as a guitar player
but when i added the tech 21 to get the other half of my stereo sound from the axe i regained that response that i don't get from impulse respones or cab sims.

but i really thought the stock speaker was lacking tone so i asked jim at scumback what to use for that amp and he sold me something that did the trick

 

[JerEvil]

have one and use it weekly for my wet amp/cab for my w/d rig but i replaced the stock speaker with a scumback.
light easy to use xlr in/out ground lift.

Would you say it feels more natural than a flat response speaker?

yes
i bought it for use with an axefx ultra, and when i just used powered monitors or an EV frfr powered wedge, the rig was missing a percussiveness and feel that you get used to as a guitar player
but when i added the tech 21 to get the other half of my stereo sound from the axe i regained that response that i don't get from impulse respones or cab sims.

but i really thought the stock speaker was lacking tone so i asked jim at scumback what to use for that amp and he sold me something that did the trick

Very cool. So you get the "real feel" on stage and you can have consistent sound direct. Nice solution.

 

[mentoneman]

have one and use it weekly for my wet amp/cab for my w/d rig but i replaced the stock speaker with a scumback.
light easy to use xlr in/out ground lift.

Would you say it feels more natural than a flat response speaker?

yes
i bought it for use with an axefx ultra, and when i just used powered monitors or an EV frfr powered wedge, the rig was missing a percussiveness and feel that you get used to as a guitar player
but when i added the tech 21 to get the other half of my stereo sound from the axe i regained that response that i don't get from impulse respones or cab sims.

but i really thought the stock speaker was lacking tone so i asked jim at scumback what to use for that amp and he sold me something that did the trick

Very cool. So you get the "real feel" on stage and you can have consistent sound direct. Nice solution.

yep however it is an affordable solution so don't expect total tone perfection. the eq controls are pretty limited and it isn't tube accurate rebound and dynamics. i wish i could have found a mesa simul satellite when they were common. i also wish steve fryette would put out something like a powered speaker because i love muscular the feel of his amps and he has a great ear for tone and knowledge of power amps and graphic eqs.

 

[JerEvil]

have one and use it weekly for my wet amp/cab for my w/d rig but i replaced the stock speaker with a scumback.
light easy to use xlr in/out ground lift.

Would you say it feels more natural than a flat response speaker?

yes
i bought it for use with an axefx ultra, and when i just used powered monitors or an EV frfr powered wedge, the rig was missing a percussiveness and feel that you get used to as a guitar player
but when i added the tech 21 to get the other half of my stereo sound from the axe i regained that response that i don't get from impulse respones or cab sims.

but i really thought the stock speaker was lacking tone so i asked jim at scumback what to use for that amp and he sold me something that did the trick

Very cool. So you get the "real feel" on stage and you can have consistent sound direct. Nice solution.

yep however it is an affordable solution so don't expect total tone perfection. the eq controls are pretty limited and it isn't tube accurate rebound and dynamics. i wish i could have found a mesa simul satellite when they were common. i also wish steve fryette would put out something like a powered speaker because i love muscular the feel of his amps and he has a great ear for tone and knowledge of power amps and graphic eqs.

Oh I hear ya! I just want something a little livelier than my 10" powered wedge. It's a little underwhelming.