Hotone and others did it on the cheap module-mini-heads, now VOX has jumped in with tubey-flavored front end head + 50W Class D oomph, weighing in at a meager 1.1lbs. So far looking kinda pricey and each one is amp voicing-specific (AC30/TEH ROCKZ/KLEEN), but they do seem to sound decent. Now available at Chapperland-upon-Guildford, Surrey.
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Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 10:29 am
by sunshiner
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 12:34 pm
by Doog
Dang, another small affordable Vox-flavoured thing.
Kinda annoying they've split it to THREE(!) different versions; I can't believe there's an insane amount of difference between the Clean and AC30 versions.
YT comments suggest they're going for £200 online somewhere (no link given), which isn't too bad I guess. Will be interesting to try one next to a AC15 or something.
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 12:37 pm
by sunshiner
There is a link in the Ultra's post, man. They are £200
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 12:41 pm
by sunshiner
Doog wrote:Kinda annoying they've split it to THREE(!) different versions; I can't believe there's an insane amount of difference between the Clean and AC30 versions.
Maybe it was the way not to say Deluxe Reverb, I mean the Clean model. Looks tempting, though it is better to wait till people start buying them and check their feedback
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 12:43 pm
by Doog
sunshiner wrote:There is a link in the Ultra's post, man. They are £200
Ahh! Got too excited evidently
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 1:25 pm
by robroe
just make it do one thing instead of 3. make it really fucking loud and charge me 1/3 the price.
im not paying 300 fucking dollars for this fucking thing when you can get this for 50 dollars cheaper.
They already do one thing (hence the 3 different models), and removing part of 2/3 of a circuit doesn't remove 2/3 of the price, ding-dong.
Don't want an Excelsior either, stop pushing your dowdy plain jane onto everyone
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 1:46 pm
by BearBoy
robroe wrote:is there anything out there for 100 bucks that you can plug into a 12" cab thats really fucking loud yet?
Orange Micro Terror? Might depend on your definition of "really fucking loud" though.
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 2:36 pm
by robroe
my 13 watt tube amp is pretty fucking loud.
is that about equal to a 50 watt solid state amp with no speaker that costs the same? and doesn't make any noise ?
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 5:51 pm
by Bacchus
Doog wrote:Don't want an Excelsior either, stop pushing your dowdy plain jane onto everyone
lolol
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 7:00 pm
by Doog
robroe wrote:my 13 watt tube amp is pretty fucking loud.
is that about equal to a 50 watt solid state amp with no speaker that costs the same? and doesn't make any noise ?
My 500w PA system is pretty loud and was very cheap too; does that make it better than your amp?
The Voxes are £200 not-even-out-yet brand new, I'm sure used prices will get to the £125-£150 mark after a year.
Vox has a Class D power-amp so is probably pretty loud, compared to the 50w solidstate amps we dimed as kids. Plus a headphone/recording output, tone controls, switchable impedance and is a super lightweight head.
It's a totally different thing, so comparing it to that one amp you have is seems pretty redundant.
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 10:59 pm
by Nick
I'm not cool enough to own an amp head that says ROCK on it.
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 9:14 am
by George
The AC sounds nice. A bit sceptical of their marketing though. Wonder how much better and tube-like this would this be compared to a £30 Sansamp clone and power amp, which does all shades of voxy gain and has a bonkers eq stack, and sits on a pedal board.
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 12:53 pm
by NickS
robroe wrote:im not paying 300 fucking dollars for this fucking thing when you can get this for 50 dollars cheaper.
Was that "I can get a second-hand amp cheaper" or "I can find an advert for something that's out-of-stock cheaper"?
I can't say I'm too excited about someone doing a digital modelling Class D handbag head myself.
Here's an option: STA50-BT class D 50W RMS per channel into 4 ohms - £87.50 - includes bluetooth, SD card, USB, remote control.
Stick a preamp pedal on the front.
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 1:57 pm
by Doog
NickS wrote:
I can't say I'm too excited about someone doing a digital modelling Class D handbag head myself.
Don't think it's digital modelling, preamp is listed as all-analog, using their NuTube shitttt
