Forte cabs look great. I do not see the CAE 2x12 on their website. Do you have a link? I was thinking of an Ear Candy Buzzbomb 212, but the Forte looks really nice assuming the side ports work as advertised. The thing I like about Ear Candy is the cab sort of responds like an open and a closed back cab. We'll see. I would prefer the cab to be wider than the 18 inches when vertical, so the EC 212 is rather small. This is for a digital modelling rig.