Mark iic+ slave out into 2150 Power Amp

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I’m curious about the differences in the VHT power amps out there, also why the 2150 was discontinued.
 
bubucci said:
Raw and tight or thin and raspy ? 😀 Reminds me Mesa Caliber amps in some way but 10x price tag 😀
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Those Mesa .50 caliber + amps are basically lower wattage Mark series amps, they do that Mark tone very well, maybe a bit spongier?? They dial in exactly like a Mark III or IV. A bit under powered though, they say they're 50 watts but they feel more like a 30 watt amp, probably because of the tiny transformers on them??
 
Bram576 said:
Dang, I only knew of three. Curious why the discontinuation though.
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Who has made prohibitively expensive four-space rack power amps weighing in at 80 lbs for the last couple of decades? The market is what it is, I guess, more people gravitated towards more practical units as time went on - and it´s in many cases not worth the effort to keep up production of something you sell once in a blue moon. It might have taken years to clean out the last of the components, and at that point it might have made sense to not order in a fresh batch of, say, expensive transformers that they would sit on for five-ten more years.

Presumably lots of boring business factors at work, and in the end it probably had nothing to do with how they sound.
 
Sounds great, maybe a little bright for my tastes but it's cool. How are you recording that? What setup?
 
Dave L said:
Who has made prohibitively expensive four-space rack power amps weighing in at 80 lbs for the last couple of decades? The market is what it is, I guess, more people gravitated towards more practical units as time went on - and it´s in many cases not worth the effort to keep up production of something you sell once in a blue moon. It might have taken years to clean out the last of the components, and at that point it might have made sense to not order in a fresh batch of, say, expensive transformers that they would sit on for five-ten more years.

Presumably lots of boring business factors at work, and in the end it probably had nothing to do with how they sound.
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Well, they still would sell them to proffesionals, wouldn't they? I know Jerry Cantrell is using them at the moment. I would love to have one, it's just that shipping one from the states to canada would be pretty damn steep, and that's not including duty fees.
 
anomaly said:
Sounds great, maybe a little bright for my tastes but it's cool. How are you recording that? What setup?
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Micced cab- this one was just sm7b on a redback- I usually do one speaker with one mic and another speaker with another mic and stereo pan those hard to each side
 
anomaly said:
Those Mesa .50 caliber + amps are basically lower wattage Mark series amps, they do that Mark tone very well, maybe a bit spongier?? They dial in exactly like a Mark III or IV. A bit under powered though, they say they're 50 watts but they feel more like a 30 watt amp, probably because of the tiny transformers on them??
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Can you explain these and the nomads? What are they supposed to be exactly? I have never heard many great things about them but there’s always a few people that love them. I have never tried either of them personally. You seem to be knowledgeable on them so that’s why I’m asking you bro….
 
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