So I am trying hard to make a decision on a solid state power amp so I can stop using my 5150 head. There is a Carvin FET 450 on ebay for $275 & free shipping the auction ends in like 6 hours. I see Mosvalve often so there is no urgency and then there's the ISP Stealth, I had one before and it was great until I got to gig volume then it started to saturate a bit much (but in a musical way).
I own 3 4x12 cabs, all are 16 ohms which is one of my concerns since it seems most solid-state poweramp seem to like 8ohms and below. I could use 2 of the cabs together to drop the load to 8 but...no thanks, my back nor my equipment trailer would appreciate that. None of the cabs are stereo either. There's not much info out there about the Carvin FET 450 other than Queensryche used the FET 1000 on the Empire tour. I want to say also that I read somewhere that FET amps are the Next best thing to a tube power amp. The Mosvalves look to be under powered but I seem to remember hearing good things about them. Then there's the stealth, its so portable.
I just dont know what to do... any help is appreciated.
I own 3 4x12 cabs, all are 16 ohms which is one of my concerns since it seems most solid-state poweramp seem to like 8ohms and below. I could use 2 of the cabs together to drop the load to 8 but...no thanks, my back nor my equipment trailer would appreciate that. None of the cabs are stereo either. There's not much info out there about the Carvin FET 450 other than Queensryche used the FET 1000 on the Empire tour. I want to say also that I read somewhere that FET amps are the Next best thing to a tube power amp. The Mosvalves look to be under powered but I seem to remember hearing good things about them. Then there's the stealth, its so portable.
I just dont know what to do... any help is appreciated.