Engl e530 help

[jonathanf]

Random topic, sorry to bother but... Does anybody have an engl e530 because it sounds amazing on some clips and i have some questions. I'm looking to use this through my m-audio AV40 POWERED studio monitors. Guitar>Engl e530>studio monitors. Will this work just for practice or do i need a power amp(I need enough volume to fill the room but not too loud).If I use the built in power amp will cables to the studio monitors make a difference? I've heard that stereo(to the studio monitors)is a lot better than mono. Will the engl go into reaper recording software like my pod x3 or not. No one in the engl unofficial forum would help.
Thanks for everything.

[jonathanf]

Another contender:Blackstar HT-5 Head. Heard it on feared se and its incredible, too bad it cant connect to my studio monitors. But please help with my ENGL questions.
Thanks.

[Denim n Leather]

You will need either a power amp and cab or a pair of VERY powerful powered monitors.

I used to use an ENGL preamp with a Marshall EL34 100/100.

[MDV]

You need to line the 530 into an interfaces line in. Then use impulses in your daw to make it not sound horrific (as all preamps do without a power amp and speakers, or impulses to simulate them) and youre set.

You dont need a power amp to hear it through your monitors, it wont do you any good. You'll either then need a cab, mic/s and and interface or a powersoak line out designed to take the output of a power amp and scale it down to line level while putting a load on the power section...and and interface.

You need an interface

You cant run it right into your monitors so far as I'm aware.

[Denim n Leather]

^ What he said, but only for RECORDING, not for PRACTICE.

[MDV]

...I read 'practice' as the solitary kind, not the band kind...yeah, band you need a power amp and a cab, of course.

[jonathanf]

Thanks again.BTW the ENGL E530 has a 1,5 watt power amp. I'm also leening towards a tube head such as the blackstar ht-5 or the jet city 20H with a cab with celestion speakers(hopefully V30s). But... If I get one, i will probably never use my monitors again and they cost so much in spain.

[Denim n Leather]

I had the E530 and an E580.

If you use it with a head, you have to feed the LINE OUT from the ENGL into the EFFECTS RETURN of your head. You cannot feed the speaker out into a head!!!

Your head MUST have an effects loop to use it this way.

The SS amp output is okay for solitary practice, but it sounds quite bad. As a preamp, the E530 is great.

[jonathanf]

Ah no sorry, i didn't make that clear. I am EITHER getting the engl e530 or an amp head such as blackstar ht-5, valveking 100, 6505,...

[Denim n Leather]

AH.  ENGL/power amp will sound much better than the others you mentioned. For solo practice, the SS amp out will work, but it's not ideal.

[jonathanf]

Tried out the engl and it sounded worse than a roland cube, so much fiiizzz and very harsh. The pod hd500 sounded 10x better and the blackstar I have yet to try.

[jonathanf]

Tomoz I will probably get something. I've narrowed it down to three: pod hd500(most likely), blackstar HT studio 20 and blackstar ht-5.

[Denim n Leather]

Tried out the engl and it sounded worse than a roland cube, so much fiiizzz and very harsh. The pod hd500 sounded 10x better and the blackstar I have yet to try.

I find that hard to believe. Something must have been wrong with the equipment/setup.

[jonathanf]

Tried out the engl and it sounded worse than a roland cube, so much fiiizzz and very harsh. The pod hd500 sounded 10x better and the blackstar I have yet to try.

I find that hard to believe. Something must have been wrong with the equipment/setup.

It was running through an all-tube power amp and a marshall cab¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿¿?¿?¿

[Denim n Leather]

Tried out the engl and it sounded worse than a roland cube, so much fiiizzz and very harsh. The pod hd500 sounded 10x better and the blackstar I have yet to try.

I find that hard to believe. Something must have been wrong with the equipment/setup.

It was running through an all-tube power amp and a marshall cab¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿¿?¿?¿

That doesn't mean anything.