I bought a BBQ MASS for 25 watts and under about two weeks ago. I have never tested the other brands. My thoughts: well worth the money, because it was only $75!! As far as loss of tone, maybe the tiniest bit, but I don't have "golden ears" and I didn't really notice any tone loss. Just make sure you don't confuse loss of tone with loss of mass amounts of air moving. IMHO it works as advertised, and works well. Front panel has a bypass switch that works just fine. Front panels also include an ohm selector (4,8,16), and a volume knob. Back panel has an In, Out, and Line Out; I did not test the line out. My test has been on a 5E3, though I plan to try it on my Lightning and my 18 watt trem in the next day or two. In short, it works well and is a much better deal than the others.
John
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