Will Chen
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I just want it to sound like a cabinet with IRs and not be gross in the low end or ear fatigue harsh in the upper midrange and treble. I hear good things about the CLR, Friedman, and EV.
The issue is everyone has different ideas about what they want and the recommendations will reflect that. Also, every room sounds different so even if you have things dialed in at volume on an "FRFR" if you take it to an outdoor gig you will have a radically different response as even a well treated room isn't going to be perfect vs outdoors with no reflections at all (or a wooden riser where the bass disappears...or setting up in the corner of on untreated club with low ceilings where bass will be massive...etc). If you play out often especially without PA support, probably worth the dough to pay up a bit for a high wattage solution that's as flat as possible to use global EQ to address the specific scenario you're playing in. But if you're primarily a home player, IMHO you're far, far, far better off going the studio monitor route.