I tried a crate blue voodoo and it sucked majorly, but i didn't get to crank it. (it was the 300watter, so that probably had something to do with it!)
My engl sounds awesome at bedroom levels, and even better as you turn it up, but that's because it's really high gain, so you can let the preamp do all the work at lower volume levels.
Just to let everyone else know, heavier than hell is only after the head version not the combo- that kind of fooled me when he said he'd be interested in the 100watt version, because as far as I know, the 100 watter only comes in combo form. No worries, though, HTH, you got back to me super quick! Cheers!
Oh yeah, the avt50 head goes for around £185 new, according to
www.gak.co.uk, so if you were willing to give what you said in the PM you sent, you could pretty much get it new- or aim to get it second hand for around £100 or less, I'd have thought (second hand stuff is normally around half price, right?)