any of you guys selling your rack gear for a Mark 5?

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the unnecessary complexity in designs such as TA, RK, Mark series amps is what drove me away from Mesa.

get on your lab jacket and pocket protector.

whatever happened to beer and blues?

stiletto is ok.
 
There is barely a difference in sound between the Mark IV and the Mark V... the V offers a few new voice options, but isn't any heavier, for example, than the Mark IV. It is, if anything, more like a Triaxis with a variable wattage power section. You're not going to get much different tone from a Mark V than from a IV, and thus not much different from a Triaxis if you're using it with the 2:Ninety power amp.

It's cool and it's new. If you didn't have a Triaxis rig or a Mark IV, it would be worth considering. But if you have a IV or a Triaxis rig, you're just not going to experience enough of a difference in your tone to make it worth the purchase.

Comparing a Triaxis rig with a Mark IV/V is sort of a silly proposition. The question then is really more about if you want to give up a nice, stereo, rack rig with memory for a ton of different amp sounds for a head. And unfortunately, due to the size of the new circuitry, it's not possible for Boogie to build a short head that can fit in a 19" rack, like they had with the Mark IV.

Mark V? I'd take it instead of a IV. But I wouldn't give up my Triaxis rig for it.

Scott
 
scottkahn said:
There is barely a difference in sound between the Mark IV and the Mark V... the V offers a few new voice options, but isn't any heavier, for example, than the Mark IV. It is, if anything, more like a Triaxis with a variable wattage power section. You're not going to get much different tone from a Mark V than from a IV, and thus not much different from a Triaxis if you're using it with the 2:Ninety power amp.

It's cool and it's new. If you didn't have a Triaxis rig or a Mark IV, it would be worth considering. But if you have a IV or a Triaxis rig, you're just not going to experience enough of a difference in your tone to make it worth the purchase.

Comparing a Triaxis rig with a Mark IV/V is sort of a silly proposition. The question then is really more about if you want to give up a nice, stereo, rack rig with memory for a ton of different amp sounds for a head. And unfortunately, due to the size of the new circuitry, it's not possible for Boogie to build a short head that can fit in a 19" rack, like they had with the Mark IV.

Mark V? I'd take it instead of a IV. But I wouldn't give up my Triaxis rig for it.

Scott

what about R2? I heard it's more Marshall-esque and better than R2 on Mark IV. That's one thing I really didn't like about my IV was the R2 channel. Plus you can run 4xEL34 with Mark V.
 
rabies said:
what about R2? I heard it's more Marshall-esque and better than R2 on Mark IV. That's one thing I really didn't like about my IV was the R2 channel. Plus you can run 4xEL34 with Mark V.

We don't have our review unit yet, so I can't comment specifically on that.

But... Why would anyone want to go and ruin a beautiful Mark-series amp by putting EL34 tubes in it? Making the amp more Marshall-esque would ruin that beautiful Boogie tone. :p I played Marshall for a long time, and then discovered the beauty of Boogie tone, which was 6L6 for decades until the Stiletto (designed to be an El34 amp) and Road King (which gives you both 6L6 and EL34, which I personally never use in my RK II).

El34 in a Mark-series amp? Just because you can doesn't mean you should :).
 
scottkahn said:
But... Why would anyone want to go and ruin a beautiful Mark-series amp by putting EL34 tubes in it?

Sorry to disagree but that is complete rubbish!!! Always try it out first as the results might just be to your taste... not for everyone of course but certainly for some!
I loved the combination of 2x6L6 and 2xEL34's in my old Mark III... the RHY 2 channel in particular had a much nicer combination of creaminess and bite :mrgreen:
 
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