Blackstar HT-1RH MkII Tube Top

Disappointed

I had ht1r mk1 combo, It was sounding boxy but was doing its job. As expected. Also used with the 70 80 loaded Blackstar cab, sounding much bigger there. So I wanted to give ht1r a shot again 6 years after selling that combo.

This one in the other hand sounded really bad through 2x v30 front loaded cab. It has lots of bass with any volume/isf levels. It shakes everything inside the room. Changing voicing helped a bit but the it's still too much! Boosting with the od pedal couldn't tame the bass either. In general the tone is muddy and dark. Maybe Blackstar voiced this amp for smaller speaker/cabs who knows. But definitely not for me, I asked for a return already.

Headphone out, aux in and reverb work fine, anyways if you want an amp for these features you can buy a headphone amp instead and save around 200 euros.