TUBE5 Celestion : It's ok for the price but not that impressive

As far as low wattage tube amps go, there are not many in the market. This is a very decent amp, but I found the 1-watt Marshall DSL1 to be a lot more impressive, with more features and the price is very close.

The lack of eq, means you need a drive or eq pedal in front to really shape the tone.

It is loud, even at 1-watt. There is little change in volume between 1 and 5 watts, but it feels that this amp delivers better at 1 watt. It would have been more useful as a bedroom amp if it was 1-watt with the option to reduce to 0.1 watts.

The overall tone is rather bright - this if you like it or not comes down to preference.

At 5 watts connecting it to an external cabinet makes a big difference!

I played it for two days straight - works well as a pedal platform and it starts getting a crunch with the volume turned to 7 and above.

I think for small live gigs this can be used either on its own or connected to another cabinet.