But the PhatBox has been soundly dismissed on this board as a poor product when very few of you have ever used it. I wanted to post a counter opinion because I think it's a very well conceived and executed product given it's goal of OEM integration.

I think the only people flatly "dissing" the PhatBox on this board were ones who had trouble with their particular model. Otherwise, it comes down to feature comparison.

Well... okay, I might have made some snide remarks about the name...

Anyway, yeah, the OEM integration thing is something you just can't do wtih the Empeg in many cases, so if that's your goal, I'm sure the PhatBox is a fine product. I know that I certainly would rather have the empeg than a PhatBox, but if I were left with no choice I think the PhatBox is what I'd use.