15 watt vs 30 watt tube combo's

[Twitch]

Doing some research I read that audibly, the 30 wouldn't be way louder than the 15. The 15 would break up a lot earlier, but listening to both out of a 1x12 speaker they would sound equally loud.

Is this true?

 

[bungalowbill]

Re: 15 watt vs 30 watt tube combo's

My 30 seems a lot louder than my 15. Go to a store that will let you turn them up and compare the clean headroom. It is hard to describe volume in words.

 

[RiffRaff]

Re: 15 watt vs 30 watt tube combo's

My 15 watt is equally as loud as my 30 watt both are single 12" combo amps. The 30 watt does have a little more clean headroom but not much. I think alot of it depends on the design of the amp, not all 15 and 30 watt amps are the same.

 

[InstituteOfNoise]

Re: 15 watt vs 30 watt tube combo's

In basics your looking at about a 3db difference in volume, plus the better headroom in the 30w.

 

[Skarekrough]

Re: 15 watt vs 30 watt tube combo's

Class A or Class AB?

My Trace Elliot 15 watter Class A smokes my Fender Deluxe Reverb reissue 9 ways to Sunday volume-wise.

 

[Twitch]

Re: 15 watt vs 30 watt tube combo's

Hmm well essentially I'm trying to consider if trading my Classic 30 for a 15 watt combo will be worthwhile (my complaint is that the C30 has more power than I need). The other amps are Fender Blues Jr (not sure if this is A or AB), Crate Palomino V16 (Class A), and the Carvin Vintage 16 (doesnt really matter since it can be cut to 5 watts).