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Blackstar HT-5 Combo

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38 user ratings
5 stars
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4 stars
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3 stars
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2 stars
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With the HT-5R, Blackstar has tapped into two universal human truths: everyone loves bargains and everyone loves buttons. Priced £349, the HT-5R comes tearing out of the blocks with a super-specRead more
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Pros

  • elegant and well controlled Shimmer facility
  • the quality of tone is just impressive
  • normal EQ controls are very responsive

Cons

  • of the amps besides the blackstar come with an effects loop or two channels
  • low watt tube amps are a little less expensive
  • low wattage tube amps comes with an effects loop

Key specs

  • Valve (vacuum tube)
  • Straight
  • 2
  • yes
  • no
  • 5 W
  • no

Blackstar HT-5 Combo - Pros & Cons

Blackstar HT-5 Combo

Pros

  • elegant and well controlled Shimmer facility
  • the quality of tone is just impressive
  • normal EQ controls are very responsive
  • Celestion speaker sounds great
  • So reliability is good with me for now
  • this is very versatile
  • both sound great and are quite comparable to the real thing
  • easy
  • direct and honest way
  • it covers a great amount of different tones and can provide you a lot of fun
  • The voice switches are really good as well

Cons

  • of the amps besides the blackstar come with an effects loop or two channels
  • low watt tube amps are a little less expensive
  • low wattage tube amps comes with an effects loop
  • the supplied foot switch comes with a very short cable
  • this amp is not a metal high gain amp
  • its headphones out was really bad
  • The signal is not so strong

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Blackstar HT-5 Combo - Full Specifications

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General
Amplification technology
Valve
Cabinet shapeStraight
Fullrange/bass element quantity1
Fullrange/bass element size12.0 in
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Design
Colour of product
  • Black
  • Brown
  • White
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Features
Able to add as monitor (angled)no
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Audio features
EQ on inputyes
EQ (Rotary controls)yes
EQ controls
  • High
  • ISF
  • Low
  • Mid
  • Tone
Number of Bands3
Graphical EQ (slider)no
Impedance8.0 Ω
Power (RMS)5.0 W
Type of effectsOverdrive
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Connectivity
Analogue 3.5mm input (Aux)0
Analogue RCA stereo inputno
Balanced input (analogue) XLR0
Direct outno
Headphone outputyes
Jack Plug input (not microphone / pedal)2
Microphone inputno
MIDIno
Pedal input (phone connector 6.3mm / 1/4)no
Phone connector output (6,3mm / 1/4)4
Return/Sendyes
Jack Plug Return (6,3 mm/1/4)1
Jack Plug Send (6,3 mm/1/4)1
USBno
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Dimensions
Width17.48 in
Depth9.33 in
Height15.75 in
Weight27.12 lb
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Storage
Memory card readerno
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Power
Battery operatedno

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