YBA200 vs. Trace AH1000SMX

I haven't played either of those, but I have an AH600SMX and it's the shizzle. Haven't once been disappointed by the tone or power or anything else, i usually have it fully on the tube pre-amp and it sounds great, really gives it that edge.

Hope that helps...

 

I can tell you that a Trace V4 is definately on par with the YBA-200, with the V4 having more agressive hi-mids and the YBA having more agressive low mids to bass. The V4 has more clean headroom too. However, I would rank any Trace hybrid/ss stuff a bit lower than their tube stuff (if you are going for that tubey sound) although it is still decent to say the least and very nice if you want a cleaner sound.

 

I don't know what kind of sound you're looking for Mike, but I gigged one of these, with the matching YBX1510 cab, and I didn't find it particularly mid heavy, even after swapping preamp tubes. The tone did gain some mids by switching to an Avatar Delta 410 but still, not midrange heavy in my opinion but I like a lot of midrange in my tone. It's hard to compare what people say about these amps to what you want, you really should try to get your hands on one or the other if there's any possible way. If there isn't, try ebay so you don't have to buy new.

 

I solved the lack of mid mroblem by buying a $50 MXR EQ pedal. Just a little boost at 800Hz and 1Khz...problem solved.