New black star ID-x amps?

[timbuck3]

Interesting a little screen on them now with pre/post effects

 

[timbuck3]

400$ 50watt /515$ 100 watt….kinda steep.. expecting 299/399$ cause no stereo ones

 

[laxu]

Sounds pretty good, and front panel design is not bad. I'm not sure I would trust Blackstar though.

 

[timbuck3]

I still have my ID 260 and it’s a fun amp to play around with

 

[ragingplatypi]

I wish Line 6 had thought to lift the HX Stomp encoders in the same way.

 

[ragingplatypi]

Having played an ID:core100 for a couple years, I’d bet this will be a fun amp to play, but I wouldn’t trust it to be any kind of workhorse outside the house.
I still miss having a looper built into the amp and really wish Line 6 would add that to the catalyst.

 

[ragingplatypi]

400$ 50watt /515$ 100 watt….kinda steep.. expecting 299/399$ cause no stereo ones

I think you and I were the only two customers who give/gave a s%#t about a full size stereo amp. The world has moved on.

 

[IAmYourFather]

I think you and I were the only two customers who give/gave a s%#t about a full size stereo amp. The world has moved on.

Nope, there are three. Owner here of a Fender Ultra Chorus 2x12 stereo chorus combo, Crate GX130C 2x12 stereo chorus combo, and a Crate G40CXL 2x8 stereo chorus combo that powers a DIY Jensen equipped 4x10 cabinet wired in stereo. And I use a cheap reverb pedal with stereo in/out in bypass mode to solely split the signal and run to two different amps to run in stereo. I was using a Fender ABY pedal to split but there was significant signal loss with that pedal.

 

[metropolis_4]

I’d give one a try, but I don’t want to get Blackstar on me

 

[Dimiguitar]

Seems to sound acceptable, but my experience with such amps is usually... Lacking inspiration when playing through them... The extra features are usually not enough to tip the scales. But maybe this time it's different, who knows..

 

[ragingplatypi]

Seems to sound acceptable, but my experience with such amps is usually... Lacking inspiration when playing through them... The extra features are usually not enough to tip the scales. But maybe this time it's different, who knows..

The Blackstar I had was inspiring at home, but once I started taking it out to play, pieces of it would just fall off from quaking in fear of the sight of the trunk of the car.

 

[timbuck3]

Nope, there are three. Owner here of a Fender Ultra Chorus 2x12 stereo chorus combo, Crate GX130C 2x12 stereo chorus combo, and a Crate G40CXL 2x8 stereo chorus combo that powers a DIY Jensen equipped 4x10 cabinet wired in stereo. And I use a cheap reverb pedal with stereo in/out in bypass mode to solely split the signal and run to two different amps to run in stereo. I was using a Fender ABY pedal to split but there was significant signal loss with that pedal.

I did buy a id150 and returned as it didn’t sound good to me ( not near my id260) even though stereo it just wasn’t very good . So for those prices I would want a stereo amp

 

[ChordInversion]

I had the old TVP amp. It was pretty good, but this one seems to lack the selectable power tube emulation. I like my Roland/BOSS amps better.

 

[paisleywookiee]

Honestly, no one’s gonna give a shit about these, because first they're Blackstar and second, Boss is way cheaper and a much bigger brand.

 

[timbuck3]

Honestly, no one’s gonna give a shit about these, because first they're Blackstar and second, Boss is way cheaper and a much bigger brand.

I agree… will go the way of the silverline or id100/150 that were epic fails

 

[ragingplatypi]

Honestly, no one’s gonna give a shit about these, because first they're Blackstar and second, Boss is way cheaper and a much bigger brand.

True. But what would make you (or any of us) really give a shit? Is it just a spoils-of-riches where there are so many good sounding cheap amps? Or is there something the market is lacking?

For me personally, I’m still holding out hope for advances in speakers and power amps to bring down the price of those elements in a good tube amp.

 

[paisleywookiee]

True. But what would make you (or any of us) really give a shit? Is it just a spoils-of-riches where there are so many good sounding cheap amps? Or is there something the market is lacking?

For me personally, I’m still holding out hope for advances in speakers and power amps to bring down the price of those elements in a good tube amp.

The problem with Blackstar is they made a lot of garbage amps that broke, and/or sounded like shit. So the reputation is a tough thing to get over for me.

 

[laxu]

The problem with Blackstar is they made a lot of garbage amps that broke, and/or sounded like shit. So the reputation is a tough thing to get over for me.

On top of that, they have a reputation for iffy customer service, difficult repairs etc. These ID:X amps are likely just as hard to repair as a Boss Katana - too expensive to be worth it. It's still unknown how durable they are.

My biggest beef with them is that all of their amps I've tried have sounded at best "alright". It's like they try to appeal to the widest number of people and thus have no real identity that defines "the Blackstar sound." This is less of an issue in a budget modeler like the ID:X but can be a turn off with their pricier models.

 

[Sascha Franck]

I think their small offerings (such as the Blackstar Fly) are fine, but as soon as I wanted anything to really make music with (as in also playing with other folks), I'd rather get a more or less neutral amp and a pedalboard. Operating these amps from the top panel is quite annoying for my taste (especially as you will likely tilt it in many occasions, which makes it even more of a chore).
In fact, even if I was an amp lover, for anything in that kinda league, I'd very likely get a FR monitor and some of the more affordable modeling solutions.

I do get the idea of an amp that needs nothing else but itself and possibly a floor controller (ideally mountable in the back for transport), though, but with all the available options, the UI usually kills it for me.
Having said that, I think the Line 6 Catalyst amps possibly are the easiest to deal with, just that foot controlling them is not good at all.

 

[timbuck3]

On top of that, they have a reputation for iffy customer service, difficult repairs etc. These ID:X amps are likely just as hard to repair as a Boss Katana - too expensive to be worth it. It's still unknown how durable they are.

My biggest beef with them is that all of their amps I've tried have sounded at best "alright". It's like they try to appeal to the widest number of people and thus have no real identity that defines "the Blackstar sound." This is less of an issue in a budget modeler like the ID:X but can be a turn off with their pricier models.

I felt this way about the tone of h&k amps as well…kind of just alright but they have that certain tone that doesn’t appeal to me