New VOX mini 50w amps

Rabs

Those look way cool 

Neckwringer

mmmm....thats the same guy who has championed and demo'ed various Quilter ss amps such as the ToneBlock etc..mmmm

Neckwringer

Gotta dig that sparkle strat though....................

StageStruck

Looks like a bit of Ashdown influence with the VU meter.

Plectrum

I do wonder how they measured the 50 watts? Is it the RMS wattage at 1% distortion which used to be the way they did things in the old days (@ICBM please correct me if I'm wrong about that).

ICBM

Plectrum said:

I do wonder how they measured the 50 watts? Is it the RMS wattage at 1% distortion which used to be the way they did things in the old days (@ICBM please correct me if I'm wrong about that).

In theory it should be. In practice it may not - even in the old days quite a few companies used to exaggerate, usually by quoting 'peak' power or by measuring at much more distortion (which drastically increases the apparent power).

Nowadays it seems quite common for amps to have rated power outputs above the stated power consumption, which is impossible - although I assumed it was always because they were exaggerating the output, one I've tested is the opposite - the claimed output power is genuine, it's the stated power consumption which isn't! So without testing one, you can't say with any certainty whether the claimed power bears any relation to the true output at all. This is not a good state of affairs in my opinion…

I do really like the look of these, although I wouldn't be seen dead with one that said 'Rock' on the front… or maybe even 'Clean' . Luckily the 'AC' seems to sound the best. I am hearing some nasty-sounding top-end fizz in the demos, but I can't tell if it's the amps or the recording. If it's just the recording they do sound really very good.