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[Gav]

Hey, me and and couple of mates are in the process of putting a rock band together, so im going to get me a decent amp and ive pretty much settled on a Marshall AVT. Only thing is i dont know whats best to get for the venues round here, 50W or 100W. Is 100W the safer bet or 50W enough?

Cheers

if you want clean, a 100 watt would have more headroom.

[Bailz]

Originally Posted by lime ruined my life

a 50 watt can be mic'd up in a venue. a 100 watt has to be attenuated if you want to od it at reasonable levels, attenuators are in the region of 100 pounds i think. On the other hand, if you want clean, a 100 watt would have more headroom.

Attenuating an amp with a solid state power section? You'd be as well just set the thing on fire to begin with...

With the AVT you'll probably get a better sound out of the 100W as you'd have more volume to play with without the sound getting fuzzy or transistory.

I'm not sure if it holds for the combos but I found the AVT150H (head version) to have a much better sound than the 50w head.

Originally Posted by Bailz

Attenuating an amp with a solid state power section? You'd be as well just set the thing on fire to begin with...

With the AVT you'll probably get a better sound out of the 100W as you'd have more volume to play with without the sound getting fuzzy or transistory.

I'm not sure if it holds for the combos but I found the AVT150H (head version) to have a much better sound than the 50w head.

urrrrrrrrrrr, i didnt read that part.

Everybody knows that all valve amps sound better anyway.

[milner]

Originally Posted by DustyDeviada

Everybody knows that all valve amps sound better anyway.

and its not worth buying anything that isnt a valve amp..................

[Bailz]

Originally Posted by DustyDeviada

Everybody knows that all valve amps sound better anyway.

Originally Posted by milner

and its not worth buying anything that isnt a valve amp.................

Have we not been here before?

[IamScrooge]

Originally Posted by milner

and its not worth buying anything that isnt a valve amp

Thats a great quote! More true than you'd think too, once you consider the second hand market and all.

Of course this doesn't apply to people using PODs, Jazz etc...use a bit of common sense.

[David]

for a marshall avt, go for the 100 watt, you will probably need the power to get a clean sound at volumes

for a valve amp, they put out a lot more volume per watt, so a 50 watt head would be more than enough

David

[craig deadenstereo]

yeah, the higher wattage heads in that series have more options.

I'd go for the 150W.