Blackstar HT-5R vs ID15 TVP

[AG2997]

Hello,
I'm looking for an amp that can do good distortion tones for pop-punk and punk rock but can also give reasonably good clean sounds. I know that the HT5 is a great tube amp and will give me what I am looking for but the versatility and the idea of being able to select the power tubes on the ID series looks really cool to me. I don't really care about the multi-effects on the ID series much though. My experiences with modelling/digital amps in the past have not been great. I've used a Line 6 Spider IV 75-watt before and it sounded pretty bad to me, way too much bass in it's sound for me, even with the bass really low. Any opinions on either of these amps?

Thanks

 

[Empty Pockets]

Re: Blackstar HT-5R vs ID15 TVP

I've never heard of the ID15TVP.

So I'm gona say get the HT-5R... or maybe even save a few more bucks and get the 20w so you have extra OOMPH when you need it...

 

[Rockstar216]

Re: Blackstar HT-5R vs ID15 TVP

You wont have much head room with the Ht 5R. But try out the ID series if you can you might like em you might not.

 

[Stratovarious]

Re: Blackstar HT-5R vs ID15 TVP

I loved my Ht-5 . Tonally massive, just wasnt loud enough for me. I haven't tried the ID series yet but would love to

 

[misterwhizzy]

Re: Blackstar HT-5R vs ID15 TVP

I didn't even think the ID series was available yet. Even so, I would err on the side of caution and wait a few months until the initial glowing reviews have passed over and people start to talk about how they really gel with them. Plus, I came from the "modeling can be good enough" camp before I bought a real tube amp, and I don't see myself going back anytime soon. Mmm... Toobs...

 

[Franknfilms]

Re: Blackstar HT-5R vs ID15 TVP

Once you crank that HT5 with a drummer you can kiss the clean channel goodbye. It still sounds good but only if you like very dirty cleans. The od channel sounds a bit better than a distortion pedal, not much tweaking can be done on the gain knob, you don't get much headroom. Honestly, I like the amp but for your style I think you might be better off with something else with a little higher wattage.

 

[DankStar]

Re: Blackstar HT-5R vs ID15 TVP

ID series looks interesting in that you can reamp via USB. Never seen that before, or do any of the fender or line 6 modellers do that?

 

[Adieu]

Re: Blackstar HT-5R vs ID15 TVP

Tubes, dude!

If you're low on dough and need more volume - USED tubes, dude!

Forget that artificial synthetic consumer electronic crap. Now if they had honest pricing, maybe just maybe, but really, a non-tube head has like 10% of the electronic complexity of a $39 walmart boombox... and a modeller just adds on a hopelessly outdated computer chip (worth maybe $5-10 if you're lucky, and likely under $0.99, yes cents, that's what NOS obsolete computer processors go for in bulk) with some hopelessly simple programs that do maybe 1% of what a good synth has, and knowing what's out there and what these brands offer, is probably 90% ripped off from open source freeware or doable with the above, and chances are the developer spent all the time encrypting it all to the nines, so some kid from someplace like Taiwan or Sweden doesn't end up posting a fully ripped, fully useable PC version of their software on piratebay within 2 days of their product launch, and not on actually developing good simulations...