Hypnotoad696
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In the end the lack of headroom and the el84s just didn't do it for me. After playing a mark iv for most of my young life, the lubchbox just didn't cut it. The volume difference between ch1 and ch2 was the major deal breaker. Trying to get sparkling cleans on ch1 and monster gain on ch2 with equal volume and headroom is virtually impossible. I could peg the volume and tweak the settings on ch1 to get it as loud as it'll go, and ch2 volume on the miv setting would be at about 9 o'clock to equal the volume on peggged clean channel. I toyed with the crunch channel on low gain for cleans to get more volume on ch1, but meh.. Same issue and then the cleans aren't really clean as its on crunch. This seems like a big problem for this amp. Lotta boogie guys play metal which often lends itself to sparkly cleans and heavy gain. Not being able to match the volumes between those two settings seems like something they'll address in their next mark lunchbox. So, sold it, found a like new big daddy V on ebay for 1600 and moving on. Great great tones on the mini for sure, but the volume difference between some of the channels and settings are awful. Attempting to play a tune like the unforgiven or harvester of sorrow with cleans and dirt at a high volume just isn't there. Not sure how my fellow v25 purchasers handle this lack of headroom on the clean chs nel but man i just couldn't get past this.