i played a spider at a store. It had one 12" speaker. I have to say that i was inpressed. I loved the country twang effect. I didnt end up buying it because it was six hundred somthing dollers (Canadian), and for two hundred and fifty more dollers i had to go with a tube amp that had 2 12" speakers with 80 watts of pure tube dripping tone...well thats another story... Anyways i say if your looking for SOLID STATE (not my cup of tea, but not bad either) i was impressed by the options and sound of the line 6 spider. The flextone is better of course but they can get pretty expensive.