Members Duke of Metal Posted December 21, 2005 Members Share Posted December 21, 2005 hey guys, well, since I've been a good boy this year, Santa decided to be a little bit extra nice to me.. so he gave me this: A VHT 2/50/2 tube poweramp ... Havent had a chance to plug into it yet but will be doing that this friday or saturday for sure. Boy am I happy with this. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zakko Posted December 22, 2005 Members Share Posted December 22, 2005 that smiley rocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jem7vwh Posted December 22, 2005 Members Share Posted December 22, 2005 Nice, how much did ya pay for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Big Hair Posted December 22, 2005 Members Share Posted December 22, 2005 nice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zepman Posted December 22, 2005 Members Share Posted December 22, 2005 SWEET!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DirtyChains Posted December 22, 2005 Members Share Posted December 22, 2005 Nice! I hope a review is soon to follow:thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Duke of Metal Posted December 22, 2005 Author Members Share Posted December 22, 2005 Originally posted by jem7vwh Nice, how much did ya pay for that? $750usd shipped from california to Toronto. Good price.. Originally posted by Big Hair nice!! Thanks! Originally posted by zepman SWEET!!! Thanks bro! Originally posted by DirtyChains Nice! I hope a review is soon to follow:thu: Oh ofcourse. I can give you a brief one now. Ofcourse since I got the amp from the post office couple of hours ago (3 1/2), my fingers couldnt stop itching to play through this poweramp. So i took it to my brother's place where I keep my rig: ADA MP-1 3TM Rocktron Replifex Marshall 412 JCM800 straight cab I plugged the poweramp in and let it warm up a little bit, pressed the bypass button and started chugging away. To my ears, this is probebly the most organic/natural sounding poweramp i've ever heard in my life. Very tight punchy thick tone. It has Winged C EL34s (yeah i know.. i just got it and I already opened it to look at the inside) in there and I was worried that it was gonna lack lowend punch and tightness.. man, was I wrong about it. It couldnt get any more tigther and punchier then this. Press the Voice button and you've got an even more punchier cutting tight tone. The only thing I noticed was that the Presence control cannot be cranked past (clock position) 3:30 or 4:00 o'clock. after that, it got really buzzy, but the louder I cranked the amp, the less I had to use of the presence. overall.. this is an amazing poweramp and I think its a well spent $750. Definitly recommended for those who can afford something like that. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Robotechnology Posted December 22, 2005 Members Share Posted December 22, 2005 Cool dude! What were you using before for power and what were the tonal differences between the two? Also, you know those cabs... I posted them for sale today and sold them already. Unreal how fast they went! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members clay_finley Posted December 22, 2005 Members Share Posted December 22, 2005 :thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Duke of Metal Posted December 22, 2005 Author Members Share Posted December 22, 2005 Originally posted by Robotechnology Cool dude! What were you using before for power and what were the tonal differences between the two? Also, you know those cabs... I posted them for sale today and sold them already. Unrealy how fast they went! Hey man, So far, the poweramp's I've owned are: - Peavey Classic 60/60 - Carvin T100 Tube poweramp - Tube Works RT-4250 Provalve 100 (still own but may keep as backup). The Peavey 60/60 was very good, but it was just big (3 space) and i thought it lacked a bit of volume for a 60watter. The Carvin was the best sounding was out of all those 3. It was punchy, loud and tight. But the VHT beats all of them. Its much more aggressive, tighter and alot more punchier. Also, its definitly alot more organic/natural sounding. it has this "woody" type tone to it, and it has tons of volume for a 50watter per side. Yes its more expensive, but this is probebly the last poweramp I'll ever have to buy.. unless I start playing huge venues sometime and I buy the VHT 2/90/2 or the 2150 Hope that helps! Cheers! Originally posted by clay_finley :thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Les-Zombie Posted December 22, 2005 Members Share Posted December 22, 2005 enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Duke of Metal Posted December 22, 2005 Author Members Share Posted December 22, 2005 Originally posted by zao enjoy you bet I will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cloudnine Posted December 22, 2005 Members Share Posted December 22, 2005 *sneaks over and steals* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Robotechnology Posted December 22, 2005 Members Share Posted December 22, 2005 Did the Carvin have a similar voicing being that it was also EL34's? Would you 100% go with spending say $800 for the VHT vs. $400 for a TS100 or a bit less for a T100? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Duke of Metal Posted December 22, 2005 Author Members Share Posted December 22, 2005 Originally posted by cloudnine *sneaks over and steals* .. maybe we'll get together sometime and I'll bring my rack over to run through that Mesa cab you have since I've wanted to try one of those for a while.. maybe we'll run your Mesa Mark III into the VHT to see what it would sound like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cloudnine Posted December 22, 2005 Members Share Posted December 22, 2005 Originally posted by Duke of Metal .. maybe we'll get together sometime and I'll bring my rack over to run through that Mesa cab you have since I've wanted to try one of those for a while.. maybe we'll run your Mesa Mark III into the VHT to see what it would sound like Mesa cab got sold a couple days ago and now the Marshall has installed itself. See the "New Toy" thread on this or the next page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Duke of Metal Posted December 22, 2005 Author Members Share Posted December 22, 2005 Originally posted by Robotechnology Did the Carvin have a similar voicing being that it was also EL34's? Would you 100% go with spending say $800 for the VHT vs. $400 for a TS100 or a bit less for a T100? To be honest.. to me, I'd rather spend the extra bucks and get a really good tube poweramp that I'll probebly never have to worry about modding or doing anything extra to. Maybe replace tubes in the near future but nothing extreme like I had to do with the Carvin. Even though both poweramps are loaded with EL34s, I find the VHT (like i mentioned earlier) to sound alot more organic/natural sounding then the Carvin. Also, the Voice feature on the VHT is just way too cool, you gotta have somthing like that. You press that and it sorta boosts the volume a bit and adds some more lowend punch and highend/highmid cut but at the same time, keeps the overall tone tight and aggressive. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Duke of Metal Posted December 22, 2005 Author Members Share Posted December 22, 2005 Originally posted by cloudnine Mesa cab got sold a couple days ago and now the Marshall has installed itself. See the "New Toy" thread on this or the next page ahh.. damn! thats too bad. Which Marshall did you get? 1960a? if so, I've got couple of tricks to make it sound even better if you'd like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mctallica1 Posted December 22, 2005 Members Share Posted December 22, 2005 KILLER power amp! The VHT power amps are my favorite by far, of any power amp I have played to date. Enjoy bro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cloudnine Posted December 22, 2005 Members Share Posted December 22, 2005 Originally posted by Duke of Metal ahh.. damn! thats too bad. Which Marshall did you get? 1960a? if so, I've got couple of tricks to make it sound even better if you'd like. No sir. 1972 vintage Marshall cabby with Greenies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Duke of Metal Posted December 22, 2005 Author Members Share Posted December 22, 2005 Originally posted by mctallica1 KILLER power amp! The VHT power amps are my favorite by far, of any power amp I have played to date. Enjoy bro! hey mctallica1, Thanks bro.. I will definitly enjoy it . The Boss NS-2 that i baught off of you is ofcourse part of the main rig now Originally posted by cloudnine No sir. 1972 vintage Marshall cabby with Greenies. ahh.. nice nice! I may still be able to give you tricks for that too Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cloudnine Posted December 22, 2005 Members Share Posted December 22, 2005 Originally posted by Duke of Metal ahh.. nice nice! I may still be able to give you tricks for that too I cant see how anything could make this baby better but go for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members JPOM Posted December 22, 2005 Members Share Posted December 22, 2005 congrats man!great buy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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