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Speaker efficiency is at least as important as amp power. A 15W amp through a 2x12" with 100dB speakers will be about the same volume as a 50W amp with a single 97dB speaker... really. (Doubling the amp power is equivalent to a 3dB increase, doubling the number of speakers will give you a 1-2dB increase.)
For bass, anything under 100W is essentially a practice amp, although some 50-70W valve bass heads can be enough, also with an efficient cab.
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Absolutely, I AB'd these a couple of weeks ago and was shocked at just how shoddy the blues junior felt in comparison.
It comes down to little indicators of quality too, like the feet of the BJ being hard plastic that clack around on the floor vs the soft rubber on the HRD which nicely dampened the amp as you set it down.
They are way overpriced for what they are.
if you are open to the 30w VC30II I'm pretty sure they upgraded from average HH to very decent Celestions.
My LC30II is a 12" Celestion Seventy 80 (very sweet) so if the VC30II upgraded to the same, that's a most excellent 'free upgrade' to factor in to your thinking.
As for reverb, my LC30II has an Accutronics spring & i would imagine the VC30II to be the same. So if you want digital rather than spring then the VC15 may be the way to go.
Otherwise depends on the quality/ implementation of the spring reverb and the quality of the digital reverb.
My old Laney has a soso spring reverb and my new Laney has a soso digital reverb. I don't use reverb much but in either case I'd use a good pedal instead.
However, digital ( especially at the budget end) struggles to emulate a really good spring reverb and so that's a feature valued in certain amps.
Because we are used to people using a range of reverb types now and not just spring the sound in your head may well be something else anyway.
"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
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein