tony: Honestly, I haven't tried bringing my Pelican 1400 case into theaters or movies. I assume they'd tell me to leave it in the car because it could be a recording device which is prohibited.

I've never tried a Pelican case, but my empeg bag doesn't even get searched when I go to rock concerts. Even if it did, by opening the bag it's obviously a pullout car stereo (remember those? How quaint...) even if the fascia looks slightly different from a pullout CD player.

I've taken the empeg, in its empeg bag, lots of different places and situations where you'd think it would be a hassle, and it just hasn't ever been one. No one ever gives it a second glance.