Amps which sound better at low volume

crunchman

Probably not in the spirit of the original question as it's not giggable but the Fender Champion 600 is better at lower levels.  At lower levels it has a really sweet clean sound.  When you crank it the poxy little 6" speaker can't cope and it sounds horrible.

ICBM

Hayden Mofo - I’ve got one here for some work. It doesn’t sound too bad at low volume - if a bit too dark and not very lively - but gets horribly grainy and congested-sounding when you turn it up.

Also has the most stupidly-located switch on any amp ever - on the bottom, where it will inevitably get bashed, causing the amp to intermittently drop into ‘stealth’ (ie hidden under a warehouse full of blankets) mode...

mburekenge

Dominic said:

Strat54 said:

I've never found one....but I've not tried a Carr Mercury on say the 1/4 watt setting.

NO,.........it sounds quite good dialled down but the last 2 settings are poor IMO which is true of most attenuators ...they work really well until you get down to the last 30 per cent.

Agreed. It's a great sounding amp but those last two settings are only used in desperate times.

Sassafras

ZVex Nano Head.
Sounds great at all volumes.

TimmyO

Blackstar. Off preferably. 

ThePrettyDamned

I'm going to go put on a limb and say the peavey bandit.

It sounds perfectly okay up loud, but it really sounds absolutely fantastic at home volume and beat away some decent valve amps for a while. Takes pedals very well, bit can also be dialled bright and lively with lots of dynamics at low volume if needed. 

Jeremiah

I'd say the H&K Tubemeister 5 Combo is a bit like this - it sounds surprisingly good at low volume but the more you turn it up the more obvious it becomes that it is a small speaker in a small box.

mbe

Randall make a 1 watt head that sounds impressive at home volume. It has speaker emulated XLR out and an FX loop. Insane amount of gain if you want it.

I have the combo version with 8" speaker but I think they discontinued it. There is a new old stock Randall RD1C combo on ebay for £95 plus postage. At that price you could always get your money back if it didn't suit. I paid £99 for mine secondhand from Richtone. I think they retailed at circa £250.

earwighoney

Telejester said:

mart said: 

I know some amps that sound best when the volume is at 0.

Fender bassbreaker 7

I was going to mention that particular amp as well!

The entire Bassbreaker series just seems really flat and muddy to my ears (and others it seems)