Bought this, as i was tired of dragging around a heavy rack poweramp with my Axefx (I run line directly to the PA, and only use the powerstage for stage sound and rehearsals). This one sounds amazing, and the ability to quickly eq on the spot and thereby adapt to the individual rooms/venues/reheasal spaces has become essential to me. It is plenty loud, and I have never had to turn it up above 11 o'clock, even in the larger venues in Copenhagen.