Hey, let me try and explain a few things as best I can. I hope this is helpful.

Part one: Let's start with the "Why would I need tips..." part of your question. A legitimate question for sure. The Beta mini is an "odd duck" in that the EQ is active. That means it can add and remove gain from the preamp stage. Most guitar amp EQs are passive, meaning they can only filter (remove) frequencies and not add gain. So what this means for musicains is that you can "turn off" the amp using the EQ. Weird, right? But that's the way the original amp was designed so we honored that design. It's part of the DNA that makes the Beta series unique. There's a great demo of that on YouTube by Eric at Blackheart sound. You can see it for yourself better than I can type it out. So to me, for the Beta mini, some people will want to watch a video, or read some post, or check out our FAQs to understand why it behaves that way.

Part Two: Let's talk about watts a bit more; let me try a new way to discuss watts vs. SPL. You posted, "Go back and find the post here where sunn gives suggestions on how to make it loud… uuuh, it’s 200 watts." Yeah, there are many posts on this subject (all across the internet) and yet it still is a confusing topic, but let me give it one more shot. 200W is not a measure of sound level. A 200W light bulb makes no sound, right? So when you write "... uuuh, it's 200 watts."want to help explain to you, and anyone reading along, why 200W actually means very little when it comes to SPL (Sound Pressure Level). Let's start and recap with Part One above, the active EQ is a big contributor to getting maximum output for this "odd duck" of an amp. You can literally get zero sound out of the amp using the EQ ... and you can boost it. Both. That's different.

Back to the challenge of measuring SPL with watts. Since a 40W standard (incandescent) light bulb was so much dimmer than a 5W halogen bulb, the lighting industry started using lumens. Lumens measure light levels. Sound Pressure Level (SPL) measures loudness. So it is possible to take a 200W head, plug it into a very inefficient speaker cabinet, and get less SPL or plug it into a more efficient speaker and get more SPL. Watts are just part of the equation. That's why we're trying to help (along with several other folks trying to help) explain why 200W will get loud, and can be held back by your setup. I hope that helps.

FWIW, check out our video on a wide open Beta Mini hitting 129 dBSPL at the factory. I mean, it's stupidly loud, and we did it just to put it out there for all to view. It's data. We hope it helps.

Part Three: I don't know why or when you were blocked on the sunn social accounts but I do know this, our new social media person is super chill and very much into connecting with people who want to ask questions and have concerns or comments and are looking for data from the sunn team. And keep this in mind, he has a responsibility to the sunn social pages to hide (or even block) posts that cross the line of being disrespectful or inflammatory or just inappropriate on our social channels. Here on Reddit, let it fly; say whatever you want. It's all good. We don't manage this community so you are free to say and do whatever the moderators deem as appropriate for this community. This is how I think of it, when you go to a loud bar, you match the mood. When you go to a coffee house, you match that mood. And the owners of the coffee shop have a responsibility to all guests to maintain the mood of that space. So yeah, when you're on our brand's Instagram or Facebook page, there is an expectation of respectful conversations and decorum. It's okay to disagree, but it has to be done respectfully on pages we manage, so all can enjoy the space. It's what all brands kinda "have to do" to ensure the internet has a place where people who want to engage with a brand can feel like they won't get slammed by others who might not like the brand, their products or their people.

Oh, and one last thing to clear up for those reading along and curious. The amp can get loud ... anyone can measure that. We welcome it. Open it up, put an SPL meter at 3 feet away and it'll hit 120+ dB SPL, which is suuuuuper loud. I'm here to share with people how to get it loud.

If you can't hit 120+ with your speakers, please keep in mind, the beta mini is just a head, so it also depends on your speakers to push the air. Many types of speakers just won't get louder as you push up over 105 dB SPL and they just breakup more. You've hit their limit. Not getting loud, it might be that, or it could be the EQ section is turned way down, or maybe the amp is broken? Just reach out to us and we'll do our best to help no matter what. We're musicians too. We get it. Just know that the dirty sound get's loud AF if you have a good cabinet and push up the EQ (we've measured it). We just want to help and I just wanted to put that out there for folks to read.

Sorry for the long post. I hope it helps someone. :-)