Re: Ear Candy speaker cabs
Both the Avatar 2x12 and the Buzzbomb are great cabs, but they really aren't comparable in terms of design and construction.
The Avatar is basically your "typical" guitar cab: rear-loaded speakers, rear panel screwed in, full woven grill on the front, and either open-back or non-ported closed back. This is how most guitar cabs have been built for the past 60 years, and an Avatar will be just as good as or better than a comparable Marshall, Mesa, or whatever.
The Buzzbomb is quite different. It is front-loaded, which means there does not need to be a removable rear panel. Every panel in the cab, including the rear, is glued in. It is a closed-back cab, but it is also ported, which means there are small holes cut into the front to let air move in and out of the cab. It is a lot more difficult to construct a cab this way than the traditional way, but the results speak for themselves.
Another important difference is that Ear Candy builds every cab to order, and they allow for a ton of customization. Nearly every aspect of the cab, aside from dimensions and panel wood, can be chosen by you. Avatar lets you pick from a few different colors and speaker configs, and that's it. The trade-off is that Avatar is able to charge a lot less for their cabs, and they are able to fulfill orders faster.
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