Vox Review: Cambridge Reverb 30 Twin

History:

Purchase: Mars Music, (in Midwest) purchased 01/06/02. Price: $349.95.

What I Like About This Vox Cambridge Reverb 30 Twin: Reverb and tremelo have that classic Vox sound. Unit is attractive, lightweight, compact, 'retro-looking' with the old style knobs and Vox cloth.

What I Do NOT Like About The Vox Cambridge Reverb 30 Twin: After brief use at 1/2 volume (live), my clean sound went away and I was left with a distorted high-end, lack of power, no headroom and basically an unusable stage volume. Channel 1 seemed to be stronger than the other (tube) channel, like others have said. In short, if this amp sounded (warm) like it did when it was first powered up, I would have been happy. Instead, it was unusable at even a modest stage volume.

Vox Cambridge Reverb 30 Twin Quality Rating: Well constructed overall, nicely finished.

Review Summary: This is a great amp for someone who needs a practice amp, possible studio rig (though I question how long it would maintain it's sweet Vox sound after warming up). Not enough output, decent value otherwise. Not for live performance, certainly.

Rating of this Vox product: 3

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Review Date: 2002-01-25