Re: Should my Marshall sound like this?
Several of my students have brought little amps like that to school, and most of them sound kinda farty like that when you turn them up. Yours sounds pretty bad though. Could be someting wrong with it, or the little speaker in it may not be able to handle its own power output. I'd go play another one at the store and see if they all do that.
I bought 2 micro cubes a while back, one for the kids at school and another to knock around with myself. I played one for weeks and thought it sounded really good for a tiny amp. I took it to school and got the other one out and it souded REALLY harsh and buzzy compared to the first. I thought it was not made as well, so I took it to school and brought the other one home. After the kids had played the bad one for a week it souded just as good as the first one. I had heard before that speakers needed time to break in (or settle in) before the amp would sound right, but I had never experienced it to that degree. Anyway, you might want to give it a few extended play sessions before you judge to see if the little speaker loosens up.