Need a tube amp with a line out!! - Page 3

Jayrawk · 11th July 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by el cochino

Blackstar HT-5

Good sounding and cheap 5w tube amp with speaker emulated output. It's available as combo or head.

Great suggestion. I recently picked up a Vox lil' night train (2 watts) and have been very happy with it.

Jayrawk · 11th July 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jayrawk

Great suggestion. I recently picked up a Vox lil' night train (2 watts) and have been very happy with it.

YouTube - ‪Vox Lil Night Train Demo‬&rlm;

el cochino · 13th July 2011

Another option would be the Hughes&Kettner TubeMeister 18.

It has a built in power soak that goes from 18w to complete silence, as well as a DI output with their Red Box speaker emulation. I haven't heard it in person, but there are several clips on youtube.

travisbrown · 21st July 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by el cochino

Blackstar HT-5

Good sounding and cheap 5w tube amp with speaker emulated output. It's available as combo or head.

I just picked up one of these (HT-5 Combo) last night. Good little amp for the tone, great little amp for the money. Have yet to try the emulated line out or running a bigger cab than the 10" Celestion.

As a combo, it def. doens't have the balls of a 12" 30 or 65 watt at same volume, but that's to be expected with a 10" speaker.

From first listen, I'm betting I can get a suitable live sound out of it when mic'd up and shaped a bit.

darkhorse · 23rd July 2011

Little amps are designed and made to do one thing, breakup and clip very early, it is what they do and what they were designed to do.
If that is your tonal foundation, more power to you (pardon the pun).

Little amps are just not versatile, they clip out because they do not have the watts to keep from clipping out. That is why players use them because they just dist out at low volume, if that is the basis of your tone, you are there. Feed it to the PA is all you can do to be heard in a band scene, or at least the bands I have played with.

I am just a half stack guy of many reasons and I dig the dimensional quality of the 4x12. My amp does not break up until I want it to because that is the range of tones I need my rig to deliver. It is not about volume, wattage is not about volume. A 100 watt amp is not 10 times louder than a 10 watt, a 50 watt amp is only 3db less volume than a 100 watt.

Wattage is about dynamic headroom and being able to hold a full, rich, clean tone without breakup, a greater frequency bandwidth and sonic potential. It is not about which is better or louder or quieter. It is about what serves your needs and delivers the goods for the tone you want. A small speaker cannot reproduce or project the lows of a larger, it is just physics; ever hope to hear or see a horn tweeter or a tiny speaker used for a sub woofer powered by 1 watt? Ever expect to see a tiny watt little speaker bass amp? Little amps get away with it because essentially the guitar is a midrange instrument and most like distorted guitars and I do too but it is the means by which one gets that distortion is the key for me. I've heard the very best use little amps on recording but if you have a keen ear you can tell it is a little amp. Sometimes the desired tonal voice or use is just right for a limited frequency clipped out thinner guitar.

I dig my half stack, been using them for a long time. It is not about poser ego, for me it is about tone. I do not record these days so I have no care for little amps and in all honesty were I recording I still do not like their sound. Many do, that is all fine and good.

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13th July 2011	#63
el cochino Lives for gear Joined: Jul 2003 Location: Austria Posts: 942	Another option would be the Hughes&Kettner TubeMeister 18. It has a built in power soak that goes from 18w to complete silence, as well as a DI output with their Red Box speaker emulation. I haven't heard it in person, but there are several clips on youtube.

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darkhorse Lives for gear Joined: Jul 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 909 14 Reviews written	Little amps are designed and made to do one thing, breakup and clip very early, it is what they do and what they were designed to do. If that is your tonal foundation, more power to you (pardon the pun). Little amps are just not versatile, they clip out because they do not have the watts to keep from clipping out. That is why players use them because they just dist out at low volume, if that is the basis of your tone, you are there. Feed it to the PA is all you can do to be heard in a band scene, or at least the bands I have played with. I am just a half stack guy of many reasons and I dig the dimensional quality of the 4x12. My amp does not break up until I want it to because that is the range of tones I need my rig to deliver. It is not about volume, wattage is not about volume. A 100 watt amp is not 10 times louder than a 10 watt, a 50 watt amp is only 3db less volume than a 100 watt. Wattage is about dynamic headroom and being able to hold a full, rich, clean tone without breakup, a greater frequency bandwidth and sonic potential. It is not about which is better or louder or quieter. It is about what serves your needs and delivers the goods for the tone you want. A small speaker cannot reproduce or project the lows of a larger, it is just physics; ever hope to hear or see a horn tweeter or a tiny speaker used for a sub woofer powered by 1 watt? Ever expect to see a tiny watt little speaker bass amp? Little amps get away with it because essentially the guitar is a midrange instrument and most like distorted guitars and I do too but it is the means by which one gets that distortion is the key for me. I've heard the very best use little amps on recording but if you have a keen ear you can tell it is a little amp. Sometimes the desired tonal voice or use is just right for a limited frequency clipped out thinner guitar. I dig my half stack, been using them for a long time. It is not about poser ego, for me it is about tone. I do not record these days so I have no care for little amps and in all honesty were I recording I still do not like their sound. Many do, that is all fine and good.