I completely agree. For hard rock and metal especially, it's weird to see a band with combos.screamingdaisy wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:07 pm Randomly, I like how these newer diagonal 2x12s I'm seeing more of still look like a halfstack. I also like that they don't park both speakers on the floor, and that compact heads don't look ridiculously small on them.
IMO... I think looking like a rock band is almost as important as sounding like a rock band, and these downsized halfstacks at least maintain that appearance.
For other styles, it doesn't matter much.
And yeah, I like the vertical 2x12s. My heads are too wide for them, but if I was using a smaller head, I'd definitely consider them. They look "right" and sound good.