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by richard cranium
Sat Feb 18, 2012 3:40 pm
Forum: HT Venue Series
Topic: Blackstar HT Stage 60 'uncompromising' reliability..hmmmmmm
Replies: 15
Views: 17155

Re: Blackstar HT Stage 60 'uncompromising' reliability..hmmmmmm

I would tend to agree with the OP on the poor choice of connector type on the footswitch, D-SUB? Whats that all about?
Mine hasnt failed or anything, but I have to remind myself to baby it and not stand on it or anything.
I guess it stands out because I cant fault my HT-60 in any other way!!!
by richard cranium
Sun Aug 28, 2011 11:37 am
Forum: HT Venue Series
Topic: New Stage 60 soon, :)
Replies: 9
Views: 9602

Re: New Stage 60 soon, :)

Hey good choice, I have had mine about a month and a bit now and I gotta tell you I wasnt sold on it initially. But like others have said take the time to learn the controls properly, change out the preamp valves (me personally a Tung-sol 12ax7 in v1 and a JJ ECC83S in v2, but there are many combina...
by richard cranium
Mon Aug 22, 2011 1:10 pm
Forum: HT Venue Series
Topic: ...And yet another caster thread
Replies: 7
Views: 9319

Re: ...And yet another caster thread

Thanks for the tip Blackstar, but I have already attempted purchasing through my local USA distribution, which is Korg USA. I called Korg and was referred to a third-party party parts supplier here in the states. When I spoke to this company I was told that they did not have these in stock and it w...
by richard cranium
Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:58 am
Forum: HT Venue Series
Topic: Speaker and tube combinations for HT40
Replies: 40
Views: 47236

Re: Speaker and tube combinations for HT40

i can only remember a handful of HT players using the stock valves on here....i think damn near all of us have changed to something :P What preamp tubes are you using? And changing the power tubes will it give further improvement? I've read around that theses amps are cathode biased, so its a plug ...
by richard cranium
Wed Aug 17, 2011 11:22 am
Forum: HT Venue Series
Topic: Speaker and tube combinations for HT40
Replies: 40
Views: 47236

Re: Speaker and tube combinations for HT40

Tonight I changed out the Sovtek 12ax7wa's that came stock in v1 & v2 in my ht60 for a tungsol 12ax7 and a jj ecc83s respectively. I left v3 as it was. To my ears the stock tubes, whilst ok were just lacking something in the 2 OD channels, a little muddy? Lacking personality in the midrange perhaps?...
by richard cranium
Wed Aug 17, 2011 10:32 am
Forum: Blackstar Amps
Topic: Blackstar HT Stage 60 amp volume drop
Replies: 3
Views: 6875

Re: Blackstar HT Stage 60 amp volume drop

Mine dropped on all 3 channels, but its not done it since. I changed the preamp tubes tonight and put the amp through its paces, no problems so far.
by richard cranium
Mon Aug 08, 2011 2:17 am
Forum: Blackstar Amps
Topic: Blackstar HT Stage 60 amp volume drop
Replies: 3
Views: 6875

Re: Blackstar HT Stage 60 amp volume drop

Hey this happened to me a couple of times too - I thought I was going mad, the tone on the crunch channel went all flubby and I was able to put the master volume on full and the channel volume on half and still hear myself talk over it. Normally I wouldnt get the master past 2 or the windows break, ...
by richard cranium
Mon Aug 08, 2011 2:03 am
Forum: HT Venue Series
Topic: Hello .....and new Amp Day ....Blackstar Stage 60
Replies: 8
Views: 9726

Re: Hello .....and new Amp Day ....Blackstar Stage 60

+1. This amp takes more dialling in than any other I've had for sure!
by richard cranium
Sun Aug 07, 2011 1:18 pm
Forum: Introduce yourself to the Blackstar crew
Topic: new HT 60 owner
Replies: 7
Views: 14142

Re: new HT 60 owner

Hey welcome aboard - yet another HT60 owner. Enjoy!! :D
by richard cranium
Sun Aug 07, 2011 9:00 am
Forum: HT Venue Series
Topic: Hello .....and new Amp Day ....Blackstar Stage 60
Replies: 8
Views: 9726

Re: Hello .....and new Amp Day ....Blackstar Stage 60

Hey, good choice of amp. I've had mine for just over a week now, no gigs yet but have rehearsal on wed. so that will be the early test. Haven't had the back off yet but regardless I think I will replace V1 & V2 with a tung-sol and a JJ ecc83 just as a matter of preference. Another thing I have found...