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Jan 27 2011, 08:54 AM
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It's debatable wether a speaker on low volume will sound as good as one one that's pushed. I think not. However your ears are sensitive to loud volumes and they'd pick up the sound better on low volumes. So all in all and if you're not recording I don't think it matters.
Then of course in a huge box at low volumes the sound will travel the entire distance inside the box with significant loss. But maybe still the thickness and bottom end from the huge box will even out with a small box. So I really don't think it's such a big deal after all. The BIG question is if your 100 watt head will produce enough tone for bedroom playing 
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Jan 28 2011, 09:20 AM
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Yeah, if you live in the US. I wanted one a few years ago but they didn't ship to Europe. Supposed to be greats cabs.
Still you've got the problem of a 100 watt amp in a bedroom but that wasn't your original question so I guess it's all good now 
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Jan 29 2011, 05:05 PM
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the ones who've tried the Egnater Tweaker speak highly of it. I'd definitly have a closer look at it.
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Jan 29 2011, 07:20 PM
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If the 2x12 cab and 4x12 cab are both being pushed by a 100w head you won't hear a difference in VOLUME. The 4x12 will be LOUDER. A lot of people confuse VOLUME with LOUDNESS.
With that said, I think 2x12 cabs are perfect and I never came close to utilizing the full potential of a 4x12 cab, even when I gigged with it regularly... it's just too LOUD for most stages. When cranked I literally couldn't tolerate the LOUDNESS in my studio. My recommendation would be to get an attenuator so you can run all the tubes hot (for full warmth and tone) but drop the signal to the speakers for bedroom level VOLUME and LOUDNESS. Hardtail -------------------- Beginner's Amp & Guitar Gear Guide My Keeley Blues Driver BD-2 Review My Line6 Flextone II Review Guitars: Martin D-16RGT with B-Band UST & '99 Fender "Big Apple" Hardtail HH Strat Amps: Fender Blues Junior Special Edition & Fender Studio 85 (Simultaneous... yummy) |
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Feb 2 2011, 02:58 AM
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I believe HT5 Blackstar will definitely be a good option for bedroom playing. It has similar character as Valveking, but more natural tone, and it is suitable head for bedroom with 5 watts. The potential problem can be if you want to gig with it. It's not made for that, but you could pass in a very small club, next to a drummer that knows what it means playing soft.
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Feb 2 2011, 03:29 AM
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You could always drive your signal before it gets to the amp. But if you are bent on using the head for distortion/gain at bedroom levels, try something called a VARI-AC which will allow you to adjust the voltage being fed to the amp and make it work much harder allowing you to get better gain/distortion/tone at much lower levels. Eddy VanHalen used one to great effect.
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Feb 2 2011, 09:26 AM
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QUOTE (Sagie @ Jan 29 2011, 09:47 PM)  I took a look at the egnater tweaker. it was a nice option, but i am deciding to go with a smilar option. The Blackstar Ht-5 impressed me. Thanks Micke for your input, i would have been stuck with a 100w head in my house but this smaller option works superb Sure I have a Blackstar HT-5 and it's great. I miss a reverb but just add a reverb or delay pedal and you're good.What's so good about it is that it sounds so well on low volume. Cranked up there are better amps imho but I use mine in the bedroom too so for that purpose it's one of the best amps around. QUOTE (Todd Simpson @ Feb 2 2011, 03:29 AM) a VARI-AC which will allow you to adjust the voltage being fed to the amp and make it work much harder Yeah, but wasn't EVH blowing amps on a regular basis because of this? I've heard he got several amps connected so that if one blew the next would kick in automatically to make a seemless amps switch  -------------------- My bands homepage
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