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Crate TX15 Taxi Battery Power Instrument/Microphone Combo Amplifier (15 Watts, 1x8 in.)

The Crate Taxi provides everything you need to perform when you're far from any source of electricity. Learn More...

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Overall User Ratings

Overall:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Value:
* * * . . . . . . . 3 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * . . . . 6 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * . . . . . 5 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10

Individual User Ratings

Overall:
* * * * . . . . . . 4 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Value:
* * * . . . . . . . 3 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * . . . . 6 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * . . . . . 5 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10

Feature:
For the money, its features are more than adequate. A simple reverb option would be a nice addition.

Quality:
Well built and sturdy so far.

Value:
Until they fix the preamp problems this box is only good for basic portable announcing.

Desirability:
Good, practical design.

Sound:
Tweaking the 4 band EQ will improve the sound quite a bit. But there's a fairly serious weakness: Low frequencies, say from the bottom strings of a guitar, cause higher frequencies to be suppressed. So, for instance, if you strum a chord on the guitar, you'll notice the upper strings are barely heard. The vocal mic is also suppressed. I've been in contact with Crate and they admit it's a design issue.

Support:
Quick response from the CS department regarding the sound problem. But no resolution yet. We'll see...

Overall:
I'm going to try the top of the line "Limo" version of this series. I'm hoping it doesn't use the same preamp stage as the TX15

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