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Marshall DSL5
Some Mesas (eg Subway series, Dual Caliber series)
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson
- Brunetti Metropolitan
There is also a Koch amp....but can't remember which model off-hand, at the mo'.
Have you owned / played through one ?
ICBM, have owned all of these or seen them running through your business/work ?
Do you rate either the Subway or Dual Caliber series ?
http://www.mesaboogie.com/amplifiers/electric/mark-series/mark-five-25/index.html
Ahh ! so then the Mark V:25 has the Cabclone product included in the main head:
http://www.mesaboogie.com/cabinets--simulators/guitar-cabinets--simulators/guitar-cabinet-simulator/cab-clone.html#videos
I've used the DI out on the MkV:25 loads (albeit never with the speaker muted), both for live use and to record and think it works fine. I've never tried the standalone Cab Clone... it seems to have plenty of detractors though.
I also briefly borrowed a Subway Rocket for a particular band, but hated it! Really nasal and midrangy. (Much prefered the solid-state Peavey Studio 110 I replaced it with.) On the other hand the Subway Blues is a wonderful-sounding amp, actually much more like a mini-Blue Angel than like the other Subways - but no master volume or channel switching, if that's something you're after.
The HT-5 is OK. I'm not a fan of the Blackstar sound I have to say - but a lot of people do seem to like them. Earlier HT-5s have a known reliability problem, but this was fixed, so a new one (or one of the reverb models, which are later) should be fine.
The Marshall I'm least familiar with, I just saw one with a blown power valve and didn't really test it extensively but it seemed OK.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson
Actually all the HT and Series One range. Pull out the speaker plug and the OP valves are biased hard off. Leave the master volume at min for added safety and you have a very heavy preamp with EM out!
Dave.