Members Casa-of-Pain Posted March 26, 2011 Members Share Posted March 26, 2011 As opposed to the side by side inputs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members charveldan Posted March 26, 2011 Members Share Posted March 26, 2011 Old Marshalls are funny, you can have two identical models side by side and they can sound different. Some say the vertical are the best, but i have a midwest Marshall expert right down the street who has an early 800 with horizontal inputs and it's a smokin hot amp. Try it before you buy it if possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cap'n'crunch Posted March 26, 2011 Members Share Posted March 26, 2011 They are all good however, there was some changes in horizontal input models filtering (100 watt 2203 models only) which some people claim had an adverse effect on the tone. Like has been said before, there are good ones and then there are great ones from any given year. Try them out if you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members clay_finley Posted March 26, 2011 Members Share Posted March 26, 2011 The horizontal input 2203s had reduced filtering and didn't sound as good IMHO. The horizontal inputs is also a sign that the input jacks are mounted to the PCB. The horizontal input 2204s (50 watts) didn't have the reduced filtering and sound the same as the vertical input ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members clay_finley Posted March 26, 2011 Members Share Posted March 26, 2011 Old Marshalls are funny, you can have two identical models side by side and they can sound different. The oldest ones had the greatest variability IMO. The factory wasn't funded as well in the early days and they would substitute parts whenever they ran short (with different component values). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the_bleeding Posted March 26, 2011 Members Share Posted March 26, 2011 you know, you can fix filtering issues buy buying 20$ worth of big ass electrolytic caps. I like the panasonics personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ke2 Posted March 26, 2011 Members Share Posted March 26, 2011 The horizontal input 2203 is a monster. It will walk over just about any amp, grin, and sounds good while it does. Any of the two are killer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members superflyinmonke Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 I still want one. I want them to come down to $800 used like they were last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brick Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 I owned both horizontal and vertical input 2204's, I most definitely prefer the horizontal 2204. However, I'm not sure how this applies to 2203's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members and Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 The horizontal input 2203 is a monster. It will walk over just about any amp, grin, and sounds good while it does. Any of the two are killer. I have that one and it's true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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