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Title of Equipment Example: Line 6 HD 147 Price Paid / Price New: $600 / $1,249 Year Manufactured: Example: 2004 Specs: Chrome regular 3-prong power plug 1 input 4 speaker outs (two left, two right) 2 XLR outs 1 headphone out Cat5 footswitch out for proprietary footswitch 300 watts Sound: 5/5 Maybe it's just because I just got it and I'm so utterly stoked with it that my review might be a little colored. It's also my first new head in about 5 years. I used to use only Ampeg VL-series heads, but decided to move onto digital. I am not really a fan of digital stuff, but the HD 147 sounds great. It doesn't have that weird digital top-end that is so irritating. It sounds like a tube amp in the cases of the tube amps that it's modeling. It's a tad bit bright, but the tone controls are very flexible, as is the presence control. Equipment Quality: 4/5 I waited to buy one of these for a whole year after my friend Steve got one. I wanted to make sure that his would stand up to all the touring that his band does, and after a year or so, I asked him if he had any problems. He said he hadn't, so I got one. The black light is a bit cheesy, and I'm not a fan of the cat5 cable you have to use to run to the proprietary (overpriced) foot pedals. The chrome no-doubt scratches easily and definitely leaves smudges if you touch the thing. Usefulness: Example 5/5 It's extremely useful. The hardest time I had with this was choosing ONE tone that I really liked for my main sound. I only have the FBV4 (4 channel footswitch) for now, but having 4 totally different channels at your control is pretty awesome. The first channel is clean with a bit of delay, the second one has a phaser type effect with a little grit, the third is my main distortion channel and the 4th is a distortion channel with some delay and a bit of tremolo on it. All the on-board effects are great. I never really used effects before, but it's nice to have them all so conveniently located. Overall Value: Example 4/5 It was certainly worth the price I paid (I got my on eBay), but I think that $1,249 may be a little excessive. I guess when you stack that up against a Mesa/Boogie, it's not too bad, but it seems a little steep to me. With all the onboard sounds (there's gotta be something like 800 possible combinations of tones) and the effects, it makes for a very useful amp. I can't wait to record with it and use it live with the XLR outs and no cab mic'ing. The only problem with this thing is that it looks so fragile, I want to buy a case for it and the pedalboards are outrageously expensive. Otherwise, I'm completely satisfied. Now I jsut need to get some decent cabs to match it.
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