Blackstar Ht-5 (h), new 5 watt amp from Blackstar |
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Dec 21 2008, 12:56 PM
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QUOTE (Ajmurrell @ Dec 21 2008, 02:16 AM)  Oh I see... that was a rather good price too if I got the exchange rate right. Shipping from the UK to Sweden never is cheap through. I don't mind to wait either  QUOTE (Skewlbuzz @ Dec 21 2008, 11:45 AM) Was looking at this because I could really use a tube amp for home practice instead of my current solid state.. But I was wondering if the 5w is enough to also play small gigs, lets say 100-200 person crowd? And would you recommend getting the mini-stack or just the amp + some 4x12 cab? I also see it has a headphones in jack.. Can you play it without hooking it up with some speakers and only using your headphones? If you mike it there's no problem. But I never gigged on an amp less than 30 watts and I even felt 1x12 was a bit too weak at one time. It's so different depending on if it's a small room or large room, id the sound will bounce off of the crowd already in the first line etc etc. So for miking, yes, otherwise I'm feeling save with 50 watts and a 4x12 for gigs. If and when I get this I will be playing it through a Marshall 4x12, what I would want is a Marshall 2x12 which has a set of different speakers (don't recall the product name). The HT5 speakers are 1x10 and o matter how much sense that makes to have for your studio work I still prefeer 12 inch speakers. With the headphones I'm sure it cuts the powerstage. As I see this amp it's not for gigs, it's home practice and studio only. But as I said, if you mike it - no problem. -------------------- My bands homepage
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Jan 10 2009, 07:41 PM
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QUOTE (blindwillie @ Jan 8 2009, 09:36 PM) I guess I have to buy one. Two amps can never hurt, right?  Very true! Wives though have a hard time understanding this Sounds like a Blackheart and a Blackstar would compliment eachother... and you could reply easily when people ask - What amp do you got? instead of going - I've got a Black.... ehm... which one do I got now again. You can never go wrong!!!!!  My local music store e-maled me, last week, they just recieved it in their store. I'm going monday to try it, and buy it if they got more than a display
This post has been edited by MickeM: Jan 10 2009, 07:42 PM -------------------- My bands homepage
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Jan 11 2009, 01:29 PM
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QUOTE (blindwillie @ Jan 11 2009, 01:19 PM) Are you aiming for the head or combo, btw? Good luck. Hope you fall in love. Thanks! I'm going for the head I think. They for the combo in the store aswell so we'll see. I'm going in tomorrow since I have to go out to besiktiga (checkup) my car anyway. 
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Jan 11 2009, 01:35 PM
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I'd go for the head, simply because you could just have multiple cabs.
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Jan 11 2009, 02:03 PM
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I'd go with the head to, simple because I can use many heads with one cab.
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Jan 14 2009, 11:23 AM
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Got myself a Blackstar Head monday, haven't had too much time to play but in short - Two channels, clean and OD. The clean channel is... clean. Loud enought but not crazy loud. The OD channel goes from nice crunch up to crazy distorted. Vintage to modern. Brit or US sound is set with the texture knob.
So far it sounds great. But there was a problem with the headphone jack only giving sound to the left ear so I have to have it repaired... which sucks as a first experience  I did contact Blackheart to complain, I mean they profile themselves with expensive point to point amps but their smaller brother fails. They had no input on what could be wrong but they were really fast to respond. Anyway, great sounding amp and I'm very happy with the things it can do. I was even lured into some modern drop D riffing which doesn't happen everyday I can tell ya. From kountry to Korn Mind though that this is different from the Blackheart Little Giant, for blues and rock - like discussed earlier and blindwillies experience - I have to get a BH in the nearest future aswell. For silent practicing, yes it delivers as soon as the volume knob leaves 0, for recording and for sounds from vintage to modern metal it's the right thing. So coundclips yet, and it might take awhile before I can make any. Got to get the headphones jack fixed. -------------------- My bands homepage
All time favourites: B. Streisand - Woman in Love, M. Hopkin - Those were the days, L. Richie - Hello |
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Jan 15 2009, 10:14 AM
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QUOTE (blindwillie @ Jan 14 2009, 11:54 AM) Lovely. I've been looking forward to hear your opinion too. I'm off to the shop then for a good listen and if I like it I have to buy it. The BH5 will stack nicely on the HT5 Well not today, but soon. The no more problem separating the two - I have a black..uhm and a black...eh..  I went to the shop and they opened it up and saw that the headphones jack was (hope I get it right in english) with two poles while it should have been three. The guy said that the input jack is two poles and probably the 2-pole one was taken from the wrong basket
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Jan 30 2009, 01:02 AM
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here's another nice demo, the guys is french but you really get an idea of the tonal range
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou4KTcdsuJc Hey Mickem can you give us an update on how you're enjoying the amp? I'm think of buying one now, not sure if I'll go combo or stack, what would you say the big differences would be, keeping in mind I don't have any cabs so would by the blackstar one. |
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Jan 30 2009, 10:58 AM
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QUOTE (inertia @ Jan 30 2009, 01:02 AM) Hey Mickem can you give us an update on how you're enjoying the amp? I'm think of buying one now, not sure if I'll go combo or stack, what would you say the big differences would be, keeping in mind I don't have any cabs so would by the blackstar one. Thanks for the demo, good one! I'm enjoying mine very much, it sounds really really good! What I love about it is that you can key in exactly the sound you're looking for. Both vintage and modern. The EQ is responsive and the texture know does a lot to color the sound. I bought the head only because I had an unused cabinet, otherwise I think the combo would e a good choice too. It's equipped with a 10" speaker, where I'd normaly only go for 12" speaker I belive this one is just right for the HT5. And the combo has a jack for external speakers so you can always plug it into a bigger cab if you like. So the difference between buying the head and the Blackstab cab compared with buying the combo I'd say it's none soundwise. if you plan on moving the gear around it's easier with a combo. Even if you plan to use a 4x12 in the future I'd say it's still no difference since the combo has, like I said before, a jack for an external cab. And a combo standing ontop of a 4x12 is in a sense cooler than a head
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All time favourites: B. Streisand - Woman in Love, M. Hopkin - Those were the days, L. Richie - Hello |
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Jan 30 2009, 02:00 PM
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Good stuff, thanks a lot, combo it is then
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Jan 31 2009, 11:11 PM
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guys, guys..
you are giving me GAS!!!  i want one of these now.. 
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Jan 31 2009, 11:31 PM
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QUOTE (inertia @ Jan 30 2009, 02:00 PM) Good stuff, thanks a lot, combo it is then Cool!  QUOTE (-Zion- @ Jan 31 2009, 11:11 PM) guys, guys.. you are giving me GAS!!! i want one of these now.. you must have one, you can't resist, buy it buy it buy it now
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All time favourites: B. Streisand - Woman in Love, M. Hopkin - Those were the days, L. Richie - Hello |
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Jan 31 2009, 11:56 PM
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QUOTE (-Zion- @ Jan 31 2009, 11:39 PM) i have already asked my american gear buddy about it.. doesn't mean i am going to buy it though, but doesn't hurt to ask about it right?? haha Self inflicted GAS !!!
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All time favourites: B. Streisand - Woman in Love, M. Hopkin - Those were the days, L. Richie - Hello |
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Feb 1 2009, 05:35 PM
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QUOTE (Xuestor @ Feb 1 2009, 05:06 PM) I don't know if this has been answered, but is this thing loud enough to practice together with a drummer? How heavy is it? Havn't tried that so I don' know. I guess not. At least not with out drummer. I guess it's around 7-8 kg. Riffs are heavy as led
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