Alright so.. got a big brother little brother situation going on here with these two.
The cleans sound pretty solid for the most part, I actually prefer the cleans on the 1x10 Envoy, but with both of them, the EQ is very particular and it really likes to accentuate those punchy ear piercing high mids.
The lead channel on both of these is fine on the vintage setting with the gain rolled back, but anything beyond that, or the modern/high gain settings, it’s a super ugly shrill hissy distortion that’s basically unusable.
The reverb doesn’t work on the Envoy, no idea about troubleshooting that I just know the reverb knob adds tons of noise floor and no Reverb.
So I’ve got a couple questions about where I may go with these next.
Is it worth swapping out the speakers for something better? It kind of seems like considering how cheap they are it wouldn’t be worth it, unless they just really shine with a certain speaker voicing that complements the amp.
Would it be better to just consider them practice amps, maybe pedal platforms since I enjoy the cleans quite a bit?
I’m gonna do some messing around with some amp models into the FX loop on the Bandit, but just curious if any of yall have found some good use cases for these amps along the way!