Most clear and buzzless >100w Combos

[CannyBusDriver]

What are your favorite clear and buzzless under 100 watt combo amps. I am looking for an amp for practice mostly, I am not in a band and dont plan on being in one anytime soon, I'm just a closet player and am fine with that. But I am sick of my buzzing, fuzzy behringer thats 400w and completely useless. Whats your favorite combo amp under 100w? Oh and reliability is nice, I dont want an amp that breaks down in 6 months.

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[RickenBoogie]

Virtually ANY amp you buy will be an upgrade from what you have. Look at Ampeg, SWR, GK, Line 6, and so on.

[CannyBusDriver]

hmmm i actually have a GK combo thats about 100w or so, but its been at a friends house for the past 3 years, basically forgot about it. Thinking about it, i should probably go pick that up assuming its still there. Probably sounds better than my Behringer.

[Turock]

Find an Ampeg B100R.

[CannyBusDriver]

does ampeg make a 50w or something in the 300 dollar range?

[delta7fred]

Originally Posted by CannyBusDriver

What are your favorite clear and buzzless under 100 watt combo amps. I am looking for an amp for practice mostly, I am not in a band and dont plan on being in one anytime soon, I'm just a closet player and am fine with that. But I am sick of my buzzing, fuzzy behringer thats 400w and completely useless. Whats your favorite combo amp under 100w? Oh and reliability is nice, I dont want an amp that breaks down in 6 months.

400w you say, is that RMS, peak, peak to peak or advertising rated?

Unless it says 'RMS' after the power figure then completely ignore it (class D amps are an exception as I believe as they haven't decided how to rate them yet. BFM et al will know better than me).

Our guitarist found a lightweight PA that he was all for buying - 600w, 'that's more than our current one, half the size and a quarter the weight' says he. On investigation it was not RMS and had 8" speakers and no tweeters. Not quite a match for our 15s with tweeters.

I just looked on the Bay at car stereo amps. Top of the page was a 6000W module. 6000W in a car, no way. Just doing a spot of basic maths a 6000W amp running at 100% efficiency would consume about 410 amps. Even with the engine revving the battery would be flat in a couple of minutes at full volume, not to mention the total loss of hearing.

I suspect your 400W Behringer is using 'Advertising' watts, not RMS. No wonder it buzzes, it is probably about 17W (RMS).

[Turock]

Originally Posted by CannyBusDriver

does ampeg make a 50w or something in the 300 dollar range?

Check out the Ampeg BA112.