please help me decide

[musicaljourney]

I'm getting back to playing, after selling all my gear like a ******. I Have narrowed it down to a few choices. I play mostly high gain stuff but sometimes I like to play some crunch/classic rock kinda stuff or maybe I will play some blues but 95% of the time it is metal. I have played modeling amps mostly and I have noticed that low volume sounds better, just seems to my ears. It is like I can hear more detail. I mean i like to turn it up some like when i'm jamming out but not where you have to scream ya know......anyway here are the finalists....

1. Yamaha THRX (the high gain one)
2. Vox VTX Valvetronix (This is the new one, soon to be available in the next week or so.)
3. Line 6 Pod - With a single studio monitor. ( this would be like the old Desktop/Bean Pod) ..... have to stay in my budget

I do not have a guitarcenter or a guitar shop near me that has these to try out so that's why im relying on you guys to help me choose

and you know i did think about getting an ipad and using jamup or amplitube, so i did a ton of demos on it via youtube and i heard some killer tones so i went to a friends house who had it and i couldnt get a decent tone out of it. the demos on youtube tthe tones were the bomb and on forums i hear people saying how awesome it is but i couldnt get a decent tone

I'm just trying to find the highest quality of sound, so please help me make the best decison.

 

[Zarg]

Re: please help me decide

I have played the valvetronix a few times, they are pretty cool. not what i call optimal for high gain though, after seeing so many youtube videos of the yamaha amp sounding really good, I would go for the yamaha one.

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: please help me decide

I'd go for the new Vox. You can really dial those amps to perfection.

I'm actually selling a 1/15/30/60W blue grill Valvetronix head for $350 shipped, if you want a great Vox modeling head to go with a cab.

 

[ehdwuld]

Re: please help me decide

my next amp will probably be a valvetronix
it may be a while tho
I have too many amps

 

[omg81]

Re: please help me decide

+1 for the Valvetronix. Solid States just don't cut it imo, too mushy, not enough brightness, not enough dynamics, but a hybrid amp with a valve pre-amp is a great compromise, you get dirtiness and dynamics for a bargain.

 

[Little Pigbacon]

Re: please help me decide

Those blue-grille Valvetronix are the shuh-h-h-hizzzz.

 

[Aceman]

Re: please help me decide

even as a ROland fan…gotta say, lotta love for the Vox.

However…I think a POD and the right Speaker would kill

 

[musicaljourney]

Re: please help me decide

even as a ROland fan…gotta say, lotta love for the Vox.

However…I think a POD and the right Speaker would kill

I'm also seriously considering the Randall rd5c or the rg80

 

[Powerstrokedr]

Re: please help me decide

Look at the orange micro dark terror. Great metal sounds with a 212 or 410 cab...and way cheap.

 

[musicaljourney]

Re: please help me decide

Look at the orange micro dark terror. Great metal sounds with a 212 or 410 cab...and way cheap.

As you guys know i'm searching the best bedroom amp....I have to admit, like lot of you guys i love the yamaha thr, even though i'm in an apartment i like to turn things up just a bit and really jam out sometimes and although the thr sounds great it is hard to get that real jamming out vibe with such small speakers, that is what is holding me back on running out and buying it, this very second....so i have ruled out the others except the new vox vtx combo and im also thinking about the micro dark. i have seen that the microdark hasa bit of power so here are my options. Also i want to mention that this will be mainly for playing metal. lots of power chords, i want balls to the wall distortion/metal. and ya even the vox can get that gain.

1. Yamaha thrx
2. vox vtx 1x10 combo
3. orange micro dark - with 1x12 or 2x12 cab

Which would you go with for metal?