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I would look into the warrantee concerns for the CLR, but I have no complaints about mine. I prefer the PXM though, size being no small part of that preference.
I would look into the warrantee concerns for the CLR, but I have no complaints about mine. I prefer the PXM though, size being no small part of that preference.
Just did another gig with the EV - amazing what comes out of that little box
I just bought an EV PXM-12MP yesterday on Musician's Friend's 4th of July 15% off sale. Normal price at all of the stores I've looked at is $949. After subtracting the 15% discount the price is 806.65 plus tax. Ground shipping is free.
Talk to Manchester Music Mill in New Hampshire. I got mine for $825 each, no tax. No shipping for me because I picked them up on person, don't know where you are, or what their shipping costs are like.
Mine's on order already. I'm happy paying $806.35 with free shipping. I'm not in a rush to get it because I have other interim solutions, so waiting isn't a big deal for me. Tax is 9.4% where I live, so that is a chunk of change. But I'd pay tax no matter where I order, except I guess if I drove to Oregon (no sales tax in Oregon). But the drive is about 2 hours each way, so there's time and gas to consider. Making the trip isn't worth it to me for just about $90. But other's might find this info useful, especially if they live in New Hampshire. I live in Washington State so doesn't help me much.
It's SCARY how much punch it has.
I didn't check Amazon but it's always worth poking it to see what their various vendors are offering.
I have a CLR and I have an PXM-12MP on back order. I'm looking forward to comparing.
How long ago? There's been some seemingly good support within the last few months although it was pretty bad for a while there...
I recently had an interaction with Tom King, the main man at Atomic. Tom was great to work with. He was helpful, knowledgeable and patient, even though the problem I was asking for help with I could have solved on my own with a little more initiative on my part. What was disconcerting was the erratic communication. I asked for help via the Atomic support email address on April 10th. I received a response from Tom on April 14th saying that he would get back to me in the next few days because he was currently out of town. This was fine with me, and I thought was a reasonable response. Then, despite multiple additional email sent trying to setup a time to discuss the problem, I didn't hear from him for close to 2 months. When I finally did hear from him his service was top notch. But those weeks of radio silence were pretty uncomfortable.
So, I Have not tried either, but Im using a system I sort of cobbled together that seems to react much more like a real amp, but with all the benefits of FRFR. Im using the FM9, into a Seymore Duncan Powerstage 700 power amp, (stereo, 350 each side) into two ported single 12 cabs (matrix single 12s that i removed the speakers from) with Celestion F12 x200 full range 12 inch speakers, which are coaxial.
Just within the last couple of months. He was right on top of it when I filled out the support page. Said he would send out the part via 3 day. After a week, I checked on the shipment and only the label had been created. Throughout a month I tried emailing him for a response with nothing. I even tried the support form again, in case it was something to do with email, which was doubtful. So, it’s been 2 months and all I have is a non-functioning CLR I purchased new. More upsetting was the fact he was promoting new ones ready for sale on FB not too long ago. I thought about seeing if someone local could fix it, but I don’t know how much it would cost. I don’t like the stress, but I thought it was important to document my issues for others.
Sounds similar to my experience, though I bought my CLR used locally. Though the communication was slow to materialize, Tom was exceptionally graceful and helpful once I was able to talk to him. Atomic is a business that I'm rooting for, but the communication must improve and promises must be kept (especially support for new equipment like yours) or I don't know how they can survive.
