Vox VT20X

This is a bit of a long review, forgive my seemingly rambling text. My general review and personal experience with the product comes first.
At the end I'll include how to find the VOX Tone Room program for those who need help with its installation.

Great amplifier at a great price. It really can't be beaten. It comes with a huge variety of onboard tones, but not too many as to seem overwhelming, as any good modelling amp should. 2x's 4 channel programming, and the VOX Tone Room program only makes programming and sound tuning even easier.I do strongly recommend this amp to any beginner guitarist, or a player who needs a good practice amp, or someone who wants to play, but keep things nice and quiet. I want to give it a full 5 star review, but it's not without it's faults. Namely, it was not obvious by any means to find the VOX Tone Room program. I had gone through the manual, looking for clear instructions as to where I can find the Tone Room program to install. I went to the VOX website, couldn't find any easy-to-spot download links, and those which I did find, only redirected me to VOX's homepage. Only after I had to contact VOX's customer support, was I able to find it on the VT20X's own product page, install MIDI drivers and THEN Tone Room. So it was a little hard to find. Once I got it all figured out, this small 8inch speaker was really working some magic.
I got it tucked into a corner on my desk, a bit out of reach, but I can manipulate all the controls and the soundbank from my computer with a 5 meter long USB cable I purchased from Amazon. I ordered the 4 channel VOX footswitch as well, and I can easily play from my computer desk, using the Tone Room program to change and program my amp, while using the footswitch to change channels, all without ever having to actually reach behind my cluttered desk to touch the amplifier at all!

It's really quite a gem. At this price, it's unbeatable. There really isn't anything else on the market for a bedroom player like myself, such as this. Not to mention, it has a separate volume and 'power' knob. Meaning I can get it to just the right loudness by manipulating the 'power' knob and the 'volume' knob together. Most amplifiers I've used really go from 0 to 100 really fast when you try to get low volumes, this is not the case with this amp!
I really love this amplifier. Just be aware, that you will have to be careful about the Tone Room program, since it was not an easy find for me!

In case you have purchased this amplifier, simply find the VT20x product at VOX's website, and under 'SPECIFICATIONS' you will find a link that says 'PRODUCT DOWNLOADS'. Click on the link, and you will be presented with a list of downloads for Mac and Windows users. Install the 'VOX Driver', 'VOX USB MIDI Driver', and the 'Tone Room Installer'. Run and install all three programs, and you should be all set to use Tone Room with your VOX amp!

It's a good amp with a ton of features, don't get me wrong. I haven't done much with it yet since it just arrived today, but a few things are annoying. The first is the mini USB port for the PC connection. Not micro USB, but mini USB—the fat, ugly one from the early 2000s. And it doesn't even come with a cable. The other downside I noticed is that when using headphones, the sound is extremely low. Even at the highest volume and power levels, I can barely hear anything, and I have pretty good headphones. I don't know, maybe I'm doing something wrong, but as far as I can tell, I'm not the only one with this problem. Otherwise, it seems like a good combo amp. It's my first one, so I don't know much. :)

I have gone through a lot of budget amps in order to have a second practice amp next to my blues junior. I wanted the natural tube amp tones without disturbing anyone. I have tested it next to a lot of solid states but all of the solid state ones sounded sterile compared to Vox. So, in terms of tone, do not expect a real tube amp but it is pretty decent. I think the main reason is the speaker which lacks the bottom end. But for this price, it is really a very good amp. Since i am a plug and play guy, using it with the computer software is exhausting for me and i did not spend too much time with that. I would wish that all of the amps and sounds were available without hooking it up to a computer but it is not a great loss. Generally, if you are looking for a decent practice amp with nice tones, i don't think you would be disappointed with this one.

I got this a few months ago and I am really happy I made this choice. Clean sounds and delays are awesome, it's really easy to use, has good modulation effects, it's really loud enough (even way to loud) for home use. I like the bass response a lot, does not sound thin at all.

The only (small) problem I have is the buzz I hear when not playing but this is nothing compared to single coil hum which btw, this amplifier cancels it.

Using the software makes it really easy to make your custom sounds and save them in presets.

All I wish it had more is a USB record function but you cannot use USB for anything else than the software. You can still record with the headphones output.