Think I want to buy a Marshall code 25, Yamaha thr or similar. Help please !

riffpowers

as nowt is happening at the moment and I’m in local lockdown my jcm800 has been in the back of my van for weeks now and not getting used. 
I think I’d like to start practicing in the house more and playing along to stuff and all that. 
The jcm800 although it’s the 20watt version is still a bit big for that at the volumes of use at home. 
So I thought that a practice amp would be my next purchase. I don’t need much in the way of sounds , If it’s got a decent British style drive sound like a jcm800 that’ll do for me , although it would be nice to have other stuff too , but not essential. 
So basically I’m looking for something compact that has at least a decent drive sound and I can get good sounds and feel at home volumes for practice and playing along . My drumming mates all have electric kits so if I can take it round for jams then that’s even better. 
As I’m in local lockdown I can’t try any out , so I’m looking for advice . 
The Yamaha thr gets lots of love on here and the thr5 looks like it might fit the bill but I haven’t played one. 
The Marshall code 25 also looks like it might fit the bill but I’ve not played one either 

Any ideas what I should be going for ?

Slash'N'burn

Have you thought of using an attenuator like a powerbrake on your 20 watter?

I use one at home with a Marshall 30 watt valve combo, even on its quietest attenuation setting it gives me that glorious warm detailed valve breakup sound, it doesn’t seem to compromise the sound quality at all. 

riffpowers

Slash'N'burn said:

Have you thought of using an attenuator like a powerbrake on your 20 watter?

I use one at home with a Marshall 30 watt valve combo, even on its quietest attenuation setting it gives me that glorious warm detailed valve breakup sound, it doesn’t seem to compromise the sound quality at all. 

I hadn’t thought of that , might even be cheaper than a new amp ! 

fretmeister

I use my SC20H with a Weber Mini Mass attenuator.

It works very well.

Good option if you can't find a Powerbrake

riffpowers

fretmeister said:

I use my SC20H with a Weber Mini Mass attenuator.

It works very well.

Good option if you can't find a Powerbrake

And it sounds ok at home volumes ??

davros

I use a SV20 with a Jet City Jettenuator. Sounds a million times better than my Code 20 did at the same volumes.

monquixote

The Code 20 seems to get very bad reviews.

meltedbuzzbox

I'm sure the 20w amp can be run at a level that is socially acceptable and sufficient for practice. 
I say this as someone that uses a 100w amp all the time at home

Sassafras

20 watt amp + pedal for drive.

TTBZ

The Code actually can sound pretty good, just not through the combo speaker. Through headphones or via the USB recording you can get some great JTM, plexi & 800 style tones. The key is to use the 1912 cab model which is the most open sounding to me - the 1960 models sound pretty bad I think, weird and congested mids. It also works great recorded with IRs. If you turned off the cab sim and replaced the speaker with something better it might be good.

fretmeister

riffpowers said:

fretmeister said:

I use my SC20H with a Weber Mini Mass attenuator.

It works very well.

Good option if you can't find a Powerbrake

And it sounds ok at home volumes ??

Yes. Very much so.

chickenchaser

Vox Adio. Far better than the THR. Im going to list mine