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Great Sound in Small Package
By: Ben Gunn from Beijing, China
Submitted: 10/13/2009
I would rate this as a high quality product. I had already been using the PTC1175 prior to purchasing the PTC1250, which is also a great product.
Overall the tome is very impressive; however, one must take into account that you will never get the same kind of sound out of it as a full size conga due the small wooden shell. Despite this limitation I still rate the tome of this instrument very highly. Like all travel/compact congas the bass tone tends to be a little lacking. I have compared it to the LP Compact Conga (I this case I compared the Pearl PTC1175 with the LP equivalent), and would have to say that in terms of bass tone it definitely has the upper hand.
The product is priced competitively.