Anyone telling you to get a tube amp or a line 5 spider to use as a practice amp is either a moron or completely f&$king with you.

Tube amps sound incredible when they're cranked loud, but if you're looking for a bedroom practice amp, you're not looking for loud. You want something that will sound good played soft enough to practice with when other people are home. Tube amps do not sound very good at low volumes AND they don't have headphone jacks, typically. You need a solid state amp because they sound the same at high and low volumes and typically have a direct out which you can plug headphones into.

Also, Line 6 Spider amps sound like trash, absolute trash. The only worse commonly used amp among beginners is the Fender Frontman. Both are pure garbage.

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Posted by jdd48

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Posted on 12/25/21 at 1:20 pm to kingbob

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Tube amps sound incredible when they're cranked loud, but if you're looking for a bedroom practice amp, you're not looking for loud. You want something that will sound good played soft enough to practice with when other people are home. Tube amps do not sound very good at low volumes AND they don't have headphone jacks, typically.

Disagree. My Peavey 6505MH sounds pretty good IMO at bedroom volumes on both the 1w and 5w settings. At one time when 50w+ heads were the only true tube amps available, that was true. The past decade of the mini head revolution has changed that alot. Most of the mini heads are available in combo form as well now.

This post was edited on 12/25/21 at 1:21 pm

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