DaveyCrocket
TDPRI Member
I bought a Blackstar HT1R for use at home cos I liked the idea of a mini tube amp but need to be quiet sometimes too.
My question/dilemma is this: when I plug in headphones this amp sounds absolutely brilliant - I get all the tones I want, no pedals, nothing . I love it. Through the speaker, however, I never seem to get what I want whether turned loud (it's louder than you may think) or low.
Does this mean that the speaker is rubbish or is there some other stuff going on that I don't know about? The great headphone tone confirms to me that this is a nice amp which can do what I want so I really don't want to get rid of it.
I'm quite willing to swap the speaker or valves if necessary but don't want to spend money only to find no improvement.
I'm playing a Mexican Tele and l like my tone to be "just past clean" with a touch of reverb (which works good on this amp too).
Anyone's thoughts on this would be appreciated, thanks
My question/dilemma is this: when I plug in headphones this amp sounds absolutely brilliant - I get all the tones I want, no pedals, nothing . I love it. Through the speaker, however, I never seem to get what I want whether turned loud (it's louder than you may think) or low.
Does this mean that the speaker is rubbish or is there some other stuff going on that I don't know about? The great headphone tone confirms to me that this is a nice amp which can do what I want so I really don't want to get rid of it.
I'm quite willing to swap the speaker or valves if necessary but don't want to spend money only to find no improvement.
I'm playing a Mexican Tele and l like my tone to be "just past clean" with a touch of reverb (which works good on this amp too).
Anyone's thoughts on this would be appreciated, thanks