So my THR10 arrived today... and all I can say is its BRILLIANT!! The build quality is terrific, nice sturdy metal frame about the size of a 4 slice toaster (or smaller even!).
The controls are extremely straight forward but full of feature, so even I could find combinations I like (a lot) without much trouble. I'm not the greatest at finessing the knobs but I do know what I like and the THR's sounds fit my ticket straight up... firing up the computer based THR editor then opens up a huge world of variation all of which can then be saved to the amp as presets but the editor too is as simple as point and click and can all be 'tested' on the fly. Suffice to say, I feel like I'm learning more about different amp/speaker combinations even as I'm using it without having the physical amps on hand to try out.
It took me about 5mins to get the THR working with my preinstalled copy of Cubase 5 (the THR comes with Cubase AI) and after another 20mins I had recorded an eight bar, 4 part instrumental piece with lead, rhythm, bass and drums - provided from ToonTrack.
If there was any doubt in my mind about this unit before, it was all gone after recording those 8 bars... As a practise amp it rocks beyond its small size, as a recording/idea capturing device it eclipses everything I was hoping for... AND IT RUNS ON 8 AA batteries for HOURS if I wanted to (read portable to the max).
In short, I can't compare it to the myriad of stage amps that it emulates but it does work for my ears... and I will be interested to hear how Ralph and others think it compares to gear they already use but for me as a former Mesa Boogie user (twins, singles and quads), it works for me really really well
Mick
