Van Noord
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Re: what's your best amp for your bedroom ?
Well it arrived on Friday at noon and I had it sold today by 3 locally. I was quickly reminded as to why I ended up selling my HT5 years ago.
There is just something about the attack on BlackStar amps that I don't like. Not only or just the sound, but the feel. It reminds me a lot of how Oranges react when I play them. (Not a fan) like there's some sort of soft cushion when I dig in or a minuscule delay. It's really hard to explain.
I also really dislike the ISF control it still confuses the hell out of me. I understand what they claim it does I just hear the exact opposite. To me the US side sounds like it has cranked mids yet very hollow sounding and the UK side sounds mid scooped with increased lows. By BlackStar's definition I should be hearing the complete opposite. It's very strange.
Setting the ISF to halfway just creates a very confusing tone like the two sides of the voicings are fighting each other and creating an unknown unlikable tone.
The amp had a lot of gain for sure, and it was chalk-full of lowend, but it really needs a tone shaping dial rather than the onboard reverb dial because I just couldn't add the proper amount of bite that I wanted so the distortion always sounded cloudy. Oh well I sold it for more than I paid and the small amp search continues. Maybe I'll try a Joyo ZoMBie or VIVO...
Well it arrived on Friday at noon and I had it sold today by 3 locally. I was quickly reminded as to why I ended up selling my HT5 years ago.
There is just something about the attack on BlackStar amps that I don't like. Not only or just the sound, but the feel. It reminds me a lot of how Oranges react when I play them. (Not a fan) like there's some sort of soft cushion when I dig in or a minuscule delay. It's really hard to explain.
I also really dislike the ISF control it still confuses the hell out of me. I understand what they claim it does I just hear the exact opposite. To me the US side sounds like it has cranked mids yet very hollow sounding and the UK side sounds mid scooped with increased lows. By BlackStar's definition I should be hearing the complete opposite. It's very strange.
Setting the ISF to halfway just creates a very confusing tone like the two sides of the voicings are fighting each other and creating an unknown unlikable tone.
The amp had a lot of gain for sure, and it was chalk-full of lowend, but it really needs a tone shaping dial rather than the onboard reverb dial because I just couldn't add the proper amount of bite that I wanted so the distortion always sounded cloudy. Oh well I sold it for more than I paid and the small amp search continues. Maybe I'll try a Joyo ZoMBie or VIVO...
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