Advantages: Great sound, Versatility, ease of use
Disadvantages: No Boost Channel on older models

...Marshall Valvestate amplifiers have long had a reputation in the trade for providing great tone at a budget price. I play my Ibanez S Series through one of the older 8240 Stereo models and I would completely agree that their reputation is fully justified. Sparkling clean tone (not exactly what Marshall are famous for) which can be dirtied up to the point of overdrive using the crunch button, a choice of two different overdrive voicings on the dirty channel and full separate EQ for each channel. The dirty channel also has a contour control to allow easier achievement of the Hetfield and associates "scooped" tone. The stereo chorus and effects loop is also a definate plus. From what I have heard, the new valvestates models have improved on this model considerably, with a more versatile range of controls, three channels in some models... Read review

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Advantages: Gives your car the dump valve sound without increasing insurance premiums
Disadvantages: Does nothing to increase your cars speed and the sound is always the same

...There are car enthusiasts who know everything about cars, then there are the rest of us!! For the purists out there you will never be able to compare or compete with a great turbo conversion and dump valve kit regardless of the cost. Well for the enthusiasts who perhaps lack a bit more technical knowledge, or budget we still want our car to turn heads. The SABER-EDV is a dump valve simulator. This product creates the Whoosh sound associated with turboed cars which have a dump valve fitted. It doesn't increase your cars speed, nor insurance premiums, it merely gives your car the sound of a dump valve to help create the illusion that your car uses a turbo. Obviously if you pop your bonnet you will soon realise your little 1.2 nova will not be packing a turbo, but for the un-initiated - will they even know what a turbo looks like... Read review

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Advantages: Great Semi-Pro Studio Solution
Disadvantages: Not for the professional!

...Marshall Amplifiers are widely regarded to be top of their game. Highly prized models like the JCM 900 with their all-valve design provide to many, that powerful vintage tone so desperately longed for... However, Marshall of late, are sitting only on reputation. There has been nothing exciting, nothing new and nothing inspiring in the last few years. Even their website now, www.marshallamps.com, clings to its Jimi Hendrix heritage with his quote: "I love my Marshall Amps. I am nothing without them". So, I was quite surprised to see such an innovative design ethos from this fast-ageing manufacturer. The AVT series amplifiers are now legacy as in the last year the AVTX line has superseeded them. In essence the AVT-150 combo amp is an all-in-one solution aimed at semi-pro, hobby musicians. It has been designed to try and cater... Read review

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Advantages: Some Good Songs, Good Lyrics
Disadvantages: Quite Mournful In Places, Some Songs Rather Short

...In 1994 Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt, collectively known as Everything But The Girl, released their seventh studio Album entitled Amplified Heart. There had been two other Albums released between this and its predecessor Worldwide, but these were essentially compilation Albums. One called Acoustic, released in the United States only and featuring as you may guess from the title, Acoustic versions of some of their previously released songs. The other a proper compilation of their Greatest Hits called Home Movies. Amplified Heart contains 10 tracks as below: Rollercoaster Troubled Mind I Don't Understand Anything Walking To You Get Me Missing Two Star Walk The Same Line 25th December Disenchanted The Album opens with Rollercoaster, the first single to taken from the Album. This is an upbeat track. Tracey's voice is smooth... Read review

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Advantages: Great sound, no real duff tracks - really consistant
Disadvantages: Accused of selling out (I disagree)

...The band: Sammy James Junior - lead vocals, rhythm guitar + percussion Graham Tyler - Lead guitar, vocals, percussion Augie Wilson - Drums, vocals, percussion Michael Miles - Bass guitar, percussion, vocals. Also on the album: Mike Finnegan - Clavinet on 'New York Girls' and Hammond organ on 'Sometimes Somethin' and 'Naked Lady' Lynn Davis - vocals on 'Alive and Amplified', 'loose n juicy' and 'Naked Lady' The Matrix - Additional vocals on 'Alive and Amplified' Victor Indrizzo - additional percussion This album is absolubtly fantastic! It is one of the most well written albums and doesnt have one single bad track. The Mooney Suzuki are quite unknown but are one of the best sounding rock bands around. The tracks: Primitive Condition Alive & Amplified Legal High New York Girls Shake That Bush Again Sometimes... Read review

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Advantages: Everything
Disadvantages: The Dance Track.

...I bought this album ages ago, and today walked over to the CD rack and noticed it peering down at me: "Everything But The Girl, Amplified Heart". They say good music lasts forever, so why should a good album like this die, even if it was released in 1994. OK, first off. What is it? Is it pop? Rock? Dance? Well it's pretty slow, miserable music. But in a slow "he's left me" sort of way. It's probably pop if you were to caregorise. But I hate categorising. It's not the cheesy sort of Britney Aguilera does Madonna's greatest hits, but what music should be: from the heart, soulful and good. You may have heard of them, you may not have. But they have made albums all the way from 1984's 'Eden' up to 2000's 'Temperamental'. The biggest hit of the album is the 11th track, Missing (Todd Terry Club Mix). That was back then when house music... Read review

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Advantages: Great value for money, LOUD, superb quality and a few effects chucked in
Disadvantages: None I can think of after 3 years!!

...I went halves with my parents for my 18th birthday and got the amplifier head and sloped 4x4 speaker cabinet (top 2 items in the picture). What can I say, its amazing, superb quality in terms of sound, build, look, versatility and effects. It has an fdd feature (forgotten what it standards for) but it basically makes the amp act like a valve amplifier (typically used by bands from the 70's and 80's) in that the louder the guitar/amp is turned up the more distorted the sound gets. This allows a range of sounds just by changing the volume control on your guitar. It works out sooooo much cheaper than a real valve amp but still has a similar sound and looks the business. There are 2 channels but each one has 2 different sounds. The best way to describe a channel in this case is simply a line coming out of the amplifier, each one having... Read review

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Advantages: Sound quality, good looks, brilliant service
Disadvantages: Some may think it expensive

...First of all, if you need to ask the price then this probably isn't the amplifier for you. It costs £750 for the amplifier, but after the cost of decent speakers and cabling you are looking at well over £1000. The reason for buying this amplifier is purely for sound quality, as pure as pure sound can be. As the name implies, it has 5 channels. 4 for upfront speakers and on dedicated to a sub woofer in the boot. The first 4 channels can be loaded down to 2 ohms each giving up to 80 WRMS per channel, with 4 ohm bridging between channels 1 & 2 and channels 3 & 4, all with a whole range of crossovers to suite any speaker system on the market. The 5th channel can be loaded down to 1 ohm and punches out up to 400 WRMS, also with all the crossover settings you could possibly need. The amplifier arrives in a very fancy box with instruction... Read review

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Advantages: PRODUCES NICE AND LOUD SOUND
Disadvantages: LOOKS OLD.

...Despite that the amplifier looks old, may be you don judge the product by the looks rather you try and get the quality service. It" s services has lead me to satisfactory and the most exiting of all is that is very durable and strong. It has served quite long in my household. Well forming the habit of playing rock music with it is not a bad idea and that is what I actually do with it. Before I got this, I got confused and I had very strong debates on whether to buy a home theater or to buy an amplifier. Well if to say, both perform the same function capable of producing loud sound but there are some slight differences between this and a home theater in the sense that an amplifier does not have a remote control and on the other hand does not have small satellite speakers attached to it just like home theater. Second, the home... Read review

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Advantages: Wide Tonal Range, Quality Construction, Price
Disadvantages: No Reverb

...Features ------------ The Laney Hardcore MAX HCM15B contains a wide range of features which makes it an excellent combo practice amp or an amp for a small performance. The amp features a 15watt custom 8” driver which is more than adequate for its application and can get to amazing volumes with n