Vox MVX150H 150W Valve Amp Head

Full Description

What is Nutube?

Vox’s MVX150H Amp Head is the first large tube amp to feature the popular Nutube in both its preamp and power amp sections, delivering the warm, fat sounds of traditional vacuum tubes but without the high maintenance. The Nutubes are designed to be as compact as possible, consuming little power and delivering an incredibly long lifespan. They are designed in the same fashion as conventional vacuum tubes, featuring an anode grid filament structure and operating the same as triode vacuums for an authentic tube amp tone. This setup ensures the MVX150 Amp Head offers the same rich overtones and response as traditional vacuum tubes.

NuPower Technology

The newly designed power amp section of this Vox amp features NuPower technology, which is built to take full advantage of the Nutube and deliver a sound quality and power output which surpasses conventional tube amps. Combining the Nutube with a solid-state amp, the power amp section offers the stunning dynamics of a tube with the stability, wide range, and high output of a solid state. The Nutubes are set in a push-pull configuration to generate the sag, distortion, and dynamic frequency commonly found on tube amps, along with a true vacuum tube sound and lively dynamic response. This setup ensures the Vox Amp Head delivers a stable operation in any environment, and offers a wide frequency response to ensure players can create everything from clean tones with pristine highs, to high-gain sounds with an unbeatable low-end.

Extensive Tonal Possibilities

Equipped with two channels and a wide selection of controls, the 150W Valve Amp Head provides players with an incredibly wide range of tonal possibilities, offering everything from clean tones to high-gain saturation. Its first channel features clean and crunchy tonal characters, with controls for gain, tone, and volume to dial in your desired sound. Bright and fat switches offer further tone shaping, allowing players to enhance the highs or lows to expand its sonic capabilities. Channel 2 also features bright and fat controls, but is equipped with a 3-band EQ and mid-shift switch to provide excellent control over its rhythm and lead soundscapes. Universal presence and resonance controls are also added, offering adjustments to the amp’s ultra-high and ultra-low frequencies.

Nutube BIAS Control

Along with its extensive controls, this amp also features Nutube BIAS controls for both channels, allowing you to set the tubes voltage to adjust the response and character of each channel's sound. Experiment with these dials to create a dramatically expanded expressive scoop, and take the amp's tonal character from vintage to modern.

Incredible Performance in Any Setting

Along with its impressive selection of controllable parameters, the Vox MVX150H is equipped with a range of connections to offer the ultimate performance. Coupled with its two speaker outputs is a Wet Only output, allowing players to set up a wet/dry rig for the on-board reverb and effects loop with ease. An emulated output is also added, offering realistic amp sounds for direct recording. The amp also features a selectable impedance to accommodate a wide variety of speaker cabs, and a power level control to ensure the amp head retains its loudness and distortion at any power level.

Footswitch Capabilities

To top it off, the Vox MVX150 Valve Amp Head features footswitch capabilities, allowing players to connect two footswitches for external control over the amp's functions (footswitches not included). Switch between channels, or switch on/off the reverb and FX loop with your foot, or simply change between the two master volumes and instantly change the master volume of the amp. This makes the MVX150H Amp Head ideal for live situations, allowing you to seamlessly transition from rhythm parts to solos and lead sections.

Features

• 150W amp head featuring a next-generation Nutube vacuum tube in both the pre-amp and power amp sections
• Newly developed NuPower power amp technology distills the advantages of conventional power amps
• Two-channel design covers a wide range of tones, from pure clean sounds to modern hi-gain
• Each channel provides EQ as well as various modes that deliver a wide array of tones
• The pre-amp of each channel is equipped with a bias adjustment knob
• High-quality, on-board digital reverb
• Wet Only output lets you easily set up a wet/dry rig
• Emulated Line Out allows realistic amp sounds for direct-line recording
• A smooth, flat design represents a new era of large tube amps
• Lightest weight in its class; Superb portability

Specifications

General

• Power Output: 150W
• Power Consumption: Max. 300W
• Impedance: 4 Ohms (150W), 8 Ohms (75W), 16 Ohms (37.5W)
• Tubes: Nutube
• Inputs: 1 x Instrument Jack, 1 x FX Loop Return, 2 x Footswitch Jack
• Outputs: 2 x Speaker Output, 1 x Wet Only Output, 1 x Emulated Line Out, 1 x FX Loop Send

Controls

• Channel 1:
  Knobs: Gain, Tone, Volume
  • Switches: Mode (Clean/Crunch), Bright, Fat
• Channel 2:
  • Knobs: Gain, Treble, Middle, Bass, Volume
  • Switches: Mode (Rhythm/Lead), Bright, Fat, Mid-Shift
• Front Panel: Channel Select Switch (1/2/FSW), Reverb, Presence, Resonance, Master 1, Master 2
• Back Panel: Eco Switch, Impedance, Power Level, 2 x Nutube BIAS (CH1/CH2)

Dimensions

• Width: 20.47'' (520mm)
• Depth: 8.62'' (219mm)
• Height: 7.64'' (194mm)
• Weight: 7.1kg (15.65lbs)