By the way, talking about clean low end and distorted highs:
A couple of years ago I got to test the Tech21 VT 1000 amp.
I was impressed by the options this amp offers.
It's basically two amps in one.
One channel for the clean (low end) and one for the distorted part.
I really like the sounds you can get out of this amp.
So I guess it's all a matter of taste.
I personally don't care for the bottomless bass of Dino Jr. (but you guessed that already )
I hate it. There I said it. I know it's low pc in bass quarters and unfashionable, but I abhor that abrasive sound this thing emits. I don't know what's worse, the guy's Austrian accent or the amp's sound. If you gave me that thing, I'd probably return it to the shop and say something is horribly wrong with it!
In the 70ies, for years I clamored for an amp with huge headroom for low-end and zero - and I mean ZERO - distortion, I wanted it loud AND clean. Sometime in the mid-80ies, amps appeared that could actually deliver that. I'm not reversing gear now.
I never want to sound again like I had to when I started out and had to compete with guitar amps so much louder than my bass amps. Distortion to me was the sound of failure trying to keep up.
And for the record, I never liked Dug Pinnick's bass sound either, it was the one thing about King's X that never appealed to me at all. (Nor did I like Jaco's sound. His playing was exquisite, but his sound an acquired taste.)
Not to be misunderstood, I don't mind a little overdrive and even some background noise, but for me a bass needs to have ultimate torque in the sub-lows, like here: