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got a black cat 30 myself and it's a big, heavy, very loud amp, extremely well-built and great-sounding to my ears. Complex in the mids and stays articulate even with a fair amount of preamp distortion. By the time you get to power-section & speaker distortion, the neighbors are calling the cops, even in half-power mode.
This probably doesn't have much to do with the 5-watt mini-cat, though, except that I feel like their quality is really good. If I was shopping for an amp in that range, I'd hunt down a GA-5 if you still can -- might turn up on ebay or mf scratch-n-dent or maybe even turn up again on their site if they find a new batch of old stock. Comparable to the bad cat in terms of quality & a heck of a lot cheaper.
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