I have to agree with Smilefan here.
Jay knows his stuff - thats fact. What he says is also fact. However the big thing here is "the FRFR syatem". Jay designes his own and has posted (a long time ago) that his system is not commercially available, nor (I believe) would be commercially economical to do so.
Having tried many many FRFR systems, I only found one that worked anything like a Power amp and cab for backline use. By this I mean that while frfr systems work in a bedroom, in a recording studio, and for onstage monitoring of a FOH sound - if you want your system to produce the main sound they fall short.
the one i tried were (a now discontinued) Coda speaker. Cost was over £2000 for a single 12" enclosure. Im sure Jay is playing with stuff a LEAST this good and probably better given his buissiness - but for most thats too much. i get the £2k for the AFX, and maybe £2k on a guitar so why not £2k on the amp system - and I get that a VHT power amp with good quality cab is getting into the same ballpark, but for many its too much.
While a traditional guitar cab and speakers works from a feel perspective (for much less cash than the required FRFR system), you loose the ability to have the cab sims. Personally I dont have a problem with that. The variation I get is enough, and its just like having multiple heads top plug into my one cab.
Then comes an EVM12l loaded cab. This - while still a compromise - is a very good fit of traditional feel and with the ability to use cab sims (maybe not perfectly neutral but enough). Cost? Well for a 2x12 cab, the EVs and a Matrix amp, around £1000 in the UK. In the US, I dont know. The MAtrix is more, but the EVs will be less so ????
anyway, compare that with the £2000 for the only FRFR i found remotly good enough (there will be others, but more expensive still - which TBH frieghtens me
) and the EVs make perfect sense.
Wjhat DADA is trying to say - in his very own often sarcastic style (in a good way mostly) is that for MOST people who HAVENT got access to thousands of £/$/Euro for a "propper" (by Jays definition) FRR system, the EVs add something "mechanical and real" that FRFR systems in a sensible price range (and the most commonly touted here, such as FBTs, Verves, QSCs etc) dont have. It sounds and feels like it should, which can only be a good thing for those of us wanting a more traditional stage set-up.
Ill quite happily take one of Jays enclosures and trial it for a while - and give some "user" feedback
Im sure Its top notch - but thats not going to happen. Until I become rich the Matrix and traditional cab will do. EVMs will be added in a few months Im sure.