if you're patient and save money for some months, buy a framus dragon or cobra :D
mine arrived today and it's the best thing i've played
it roars!
smokes my bandmate's mesa stiletto, my ex-rectifier, my other rig (peavey rockmaster preamp + tubeamps gemini power amp with 2x6550 and a leadvox leadmaster SLO/5150 preamp) and the other top amps i've tried (mesa triaxis, lifesound jcm800 2204, lifesound slo100, mesa dual rectifier, randall titan, laney vh100r)
i know it's damn expensive
i had to import my half stack from united states (used, of course) and waited 4 months for it
it sounds a bit fizzy in low bedroom volume, but on band volume it's the best thing i've heard
A LOT better than all clips i've downloaded on internet and youtube cr@ppy videos
i wasn't expecting to like it better than my peavey rockmaster (the grandpa of triple xxx/jsx), cause it was my favorite metal distortion and it's "plug & play" without any tweaking, dense, punchy, clear and tight, etc.... but the framus is better and even heavier!
what a great suprise... before receiving the amp i was already thinking of selling it! :lol:
ps: DON'T BUY A KRANK :lol:
the guy that sold me the framus bought a krank and now he regrets a lot
there's a huge fizzy and fuzzy sound that is impossible to turn off (maybe with some gain stages mods to low down the preamp gain)
one of my bands usually rehearses with AVT heads
actually it doesn't have any tube drive
the tube is used for a cathode follower (buffer stage), that makes the transistor distortion sound a bit more smooth, with a little tube feel