I am well aware of issues with QC at Schroeder recently on another now locked forum thread.
I thought it would be informative to all to pass on my personal experience.
From the start Shaun at SHX is a star and I have no complaint or grievance with him or his company.
My story is I ordered a new 21012 in carpet. Shaun had none, and offered me one in Rhino, I prefer carpet as I am a bit trad and of a certain age.
Anyway I agreed to have the Rhino cab. The thing to be frank was not what I would expect for £700 odd. It rattled and groaned and flexed terribly. The rattle was from the grill not being able to be secured in the RHS bottom corner cause the wooden block was split where the screw was. I took the grill off to asssertain this only to reveal that the main baffle board was infact made of two pieces, joined very poorly with black gunk. Also the cuts made for the handles etc were very poorly made and several different sized screws used to secure said handle. It was a proverbial Friday afternoon job!
I contacted Shaun, and to his credit he replaced the cab with a 410L carpet personally delivered one evening before one of his gigs and I commend him for that.
The new cab is poles apart, its well made, sounds absolutely fabulous, is loud and precise, and tbh what I expected and paid for. Shaun even said on delivery, this looks like a whole lot better cab.
Conclusion: I have no complaint with SHX and am happy to complement Shaun and his exemplary service, I just feel perhaps Schroeder went thru a poor patch right around when I purchased my cab.
Further conclusion is that I've done 2 outdoor gigs with the 410 now, a wedding and a party and it's been fabulous, loud, thick, lovely and throws the sound more than I've ever experienced. Brilliant cabs.
If this thread gets locked by mods I will understand, but what can I say, everything is true and my experience.