Roland Rock Posted July 7, 2013 Posted July 7, 2013 (edited) When buying your bog roll in Tesco, the price tags show price per sheet, so that you can make an informed purchasing decision. What about £ per watt when buying an amp? For no other reason other than being another silly basschat thread, has anyone achieved any notable ratios when buying an amp? I'm hoping someone will have bagged a 10p-per-watt bargain, and someone else will have paid £100 per watt for some boutique beauty. My two amp heads were pretty different: £6.50 pw for the Red Iron amp, and £0.57 pw for the Streamliner Edited July 7, 2013 by Roland Rock Quote
barkin Posted July 7, 2013 Posted July 7, 2013 £0.125/W, going up to £0.175/ W taking into account the £20 that the repair cost me. Quote
Lozz196 Posted July 7, 2013 Posted July 7, 2013 £2.29 if just using the combo, £2.58 if using the combo with ext cab. Quote
Mykesbass Posted July 7, 2013 Posted July 7, 2013 66p for my Carvin. A bit of a trawl of my memory banks and I came up with the Cornford Harlequin (yes, sorry, a guitar amp) which at full price works out at £133.16 per watt!! Quote
Mr. Foxen Posted July 7, 2013 Posted July 7, 2013 10p/Matamp watt, get money's worth per lb too. Quote
Happy Jack Posted July 7, 2013 Posted July 7, 2013 Do we get a special exchange rate for valve watts? Quote
Dad3353 Posted July 7, 2013 Posted July 7, 2013 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1373198721' post='2134552'] Do we get a special exchange rate for valve watts? [/quote] 2p per kilo..? (grammes, not watts..!) Quote
flyfisher Posted July 7, 2013 Posted July 7, 2013 Are we talking RMS watts or peak watts or valve watts or different manufacturer's watts or . . . . (continued forever)? Quote
Prime_BASS Posted July 7, 2013 Posted July 7, 2013 [quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1373196975' post='2134525'] 10p/Matamp watt, get money's worth per lb too. [/quote] My maths maybe very out but does tat mean you paid £20 for a 200 watt head? Quote
Mr. Foxen Posted July 7, 2013 Posted July 7, 2013 [quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1373199632' post='2134565'] My maths maybe very out but does tat mean you paid £20 for a 200 watt head? [/quote] 1000w amp. Quote
molan Posted July 7, 2013 Posted July 7, 2013 Gonna have to go some to beat the Carvin monster head - 2050w for just £625 brand new Quote
umph Posted July 7, 2013 Posted July 7, 2013 [quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1373199293' post='2134559'] Are we talking RMS watts or peak watts or valve watts or different manufacturer's watts or . . . . (continued forever)? [/quote] watts a watts a watt Quote
VTypeV4 Posted July 7, 2013 Posted July 7, 2013 Bass Rigs: Ashton including speakers: £0.60 / w Trace Twin Valve Combo: £2.00 / w Listening & Pro-Audio Carver Pro PT2400: £0.01 / w (currently needing repair) Leak Stereo 20: £37.50 / w Quote
Roland Rock Posted July 7, 2013 Author Posted July 7, 2013 [quote name='barkin' timestamp='1373185611' post='2134369'] £0.125/W, going up to £0.175/ W taking into account the £20 that the repair cost me. [/quote] Wow, those are some cheap ass watts! I'm sure at one point in my life I could have created a formula and calculated what you paid for what amp, but not any more :-( [quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1373196975' post='2134525'] 10p/Matamp watt, get money's worth per lb too. [/quote] I once went into a discount bookshop and they were selling books by the weight! Scales at the front of the shop and then they calculated the price, like pick n mix! Crazy Quote
amnesia Posted July 7, 2013 Posted July 7, 2013 Marshall VBA400 - £0.5 / W GB STM900 - £0.75 / W Quote
flyfisher Posted July 7, 2013 Posted July 7, 2013 [quote name='umph' timestamp='1373211167' post='2134736'] watts a watts a watt [/quote] Not in the context of this thread. Quote
keeponehandloose Posted July 7, 2013 Posted July 7, 2013 £4.33/watt I only use about one third so I reckon I ll go and get a refund now I know what theyre worth Quote
keeponehandloose Posted July 7, 2013 Posted July 7, 2013 [quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1373193101' post='2134476'] £2.29 if just using the combo, £2.58 if using the combo with ext cab. [/quote] thus saving money when buying the extension Quote
flyfisher Posted July 7, 2013 Posted July 7, 2013 Ampeg SVT-70 combo - about £3.57/W Ashdown Mag300 head - about £0.81/W TC Electronic BH250 head - about £0.94/W Quote
Bloodaxe Posted July 8, 2013 Posted July 8, 2013 Ibby Promethean = £1.60/W (but £0.80 with extension cab) Ashdown Superfly = £0.50/W @ 8 Ohms (£0.25 @ 4 Ohms). If I factor in what I paid for the cabs, it works out at £3.00/W Axis NH-100 = £0.40/W if running EL34s, approx £0.50/W with 6L6 equivalents (ex-WD CV1947s) Quote
Happy Jack Posted July 8, 2013 Posted July 8, 2013 [quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1373226459' post='2135088'] I once went into a discount bookshop and they were selling books by the weight! Scales at the front of the shop and then they calculated the price, like pick n mix! Crazy [/quote] That was once a perfectly normal way of selling books ... Foyles in Charing Cross Road used to use that method (a long, [i][b]long [/b][/i]time ago). Quote
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