300 watt Power amp

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I am wanting a 200-300 watt power amp. Anyone know of good ones? I haven't even googled yet. I am about to, but wanted to see if some gem popped up here.
 
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boltzthrower said:
Tube amp? Mesa Strategy 500 is 200 per side. Or there’s a ton of 300 watt bass amps. Rivera Hammer 320 is 160 per side.
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Aren’t Strategy extinct from market? Havent seen one in ages. Would love myself a 400.
 
I had a Strategy 500 for many years and miss it immensely.
 
RaceU4her said:
of course im serious. listen to this sinister fucker, just what smashed needs.

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Okay, I need to know what circuit tweeks were done and do that to one of mine. Sounds more angry in a good way. I've looked into what mods could be done on them but there's almost nothing out there. No one wants to give the 300 & 150 the time of day. They always equate it to the crappy sounding 60 & 120.
 
spguitar said:
I had a Strategy 500 for many years and miss it immensely.
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i always wondered why you sold it. Your JMP-1 Tone was great. i could never get the JMP to sound good for what i do.
 
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Detroit1973 said:
i always wondered why you sold it. You're JMP-1 Tone was great. i could never get the JMP to sound good for what i do.
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It was popping fuses and i couldn't afford to get it serviced at the time. I should've kept it because it was just a master volume issue.
 
boltzthrower said:
Tube amp? Mesa Strategy 500 is 200 per side. Or there’s a ton of 300 watt bass amps. Rivera Hammer 320 is 160 per side.
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The Rivera is available as NOS through them....I had a TBR 1SL that I used to slave with; it had a killer power section.
 
One that hasn't been mentioned yet is the HH V800.....solid state but is a monster and will reproduce your tone to a T vs the coloration of the tube amps. They are vintage at this point but I have an M900 and it's a killer amp. With SS, the wattage depends on the ohm rating of your cab...so at 4 ohms, it puts out 400 per side...8 ohms about 260, and 16 around 120w per.
 
Ok. Great suggestions. Now all of you send me yours. We will call it the big bad wolf challenge. Whichever blows my house down wins
 
CrystalSky said:
Aren’t Strategy extinct from market? Havent seen one in ages. Would love myself a 400.
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Yes, Mesa Boogie doesn't produce the Strategy stereo tube power amps. You'll have to find one used. I used to own a Strategy 400 power amp, sold it, and bought 50/50 power amp that I'm happy with. The 400 sounds awesome, but I found it to be heavy to move around, and always sounded good when it was set to a loud volume.
 
Hamer95USA said:
Yes, Mesa Boogie doesn't produce the Strategy stereo tube power amps. You'll have to find one used. I used to own a Strategy 400 power amp, sold it, and bought 50/50 power amp that I'm happy with. The 400 sounds awesome, but I found it to be heavy to move around, and always sounded good when it was set to a loud volume.
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I mean they are very hard to come by even in the used market. I haven’t seen any in a long time.
 
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