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Indeed Loz did answer my pm, cheers bro

thanks for all the advice guys, i think i'm going hang on to the SVT whilst casting my net wider. I'm not feeling the TC stuff from pure aesthetics I'm afraid, all those LED displays don't work for me and are not going to go across with bandleaders on the more rock-type things I get hired to do. Markbass stuff is for my tastes a bit on the flat sounding side. That Genz streamliner looks worth a check tho as does the Tonehammer 500. Any other suggestions welcome.

buff, do you find the PF500 lacks volume? You seem a bit worried about it. FWIW, The biggest indoor stages I play are about 2000 capacity so that's what I'm looking to push bass across. Outdoors tend to be the usual rented SVTs.

yep, I've found cranking the master and then using the gain to set a level on the SVT3 the way to go. I've now read about the pf500 cutting out on Talkbass which is kinda putting me off, but then many folk seem to be using without any problems, same with the Orange BT. Reliability is a big deal to me, even at the expense of some tone. I want to plug it in and for it to work with no faff or feelings of "will it, won't it??????". The more i'm thinking about this though, the more I'm feeling moving on from the SVT3 might be the way to go. Given the feedback here I'll check out the PF500 cos it certainly sounds like the sort of thing I'd like, but really I'm not looking specifically for a super lightweight class d amp, just "lighter" with a bit of upper mid bark.

hmmm, i may have underestimated the TC and the Genz, they look kinda interesting.

Y'know, I did think the PF500 seemed a bit too good to be true for the price. I had thought about the Orange BT but it's a bit too woofy for me, the Ampeg stuff has the depth but still gives a nice point to the note somehow. I don't know the TC and the Genz at all though they look like super hifi amps to me. I do like a bit of mid range honk rather than scooped mids with sizzling top end. Bartelby, I saw your posts about the PF500 cutting out here and there. Was it a cab issue in the end? Did you find a solution? Any other suggestions or advice are welcome.

Hi Guys I have an Ampeg SVT3 Pro which is nice but not so lovely sounding I'm super attached to it these days, especially given for what it is (it doesn't really deliver full on "barking" tube head) I find it quite heavy. I see these lightweight PF500 heads with the class D power sections and am wondering if this would be a good replacement for my SVT3. I like the Ampeg tone for gigs (my fave amp is my tatty old B100R) but a lighter package would be nice. I also think it would add flexibility in that it accepts 115v for gigs in the states and I could couple it with a 110 cab for radio sessions and little in-stores. For larger stages I would couple it with my Classic series 210 and 115, the cabs I use with my SVT3. As you can see I have a lot of ideas about how I might use it, so I'm wondering if anyone has had the opportunity to compare the PF500 with an SVT3 in terms of volume, low end delivery and mid range slice? Will I still get the horsepower of the SVT3? Also has anyone had any reliability problems with the PF500? Any advice or input would be fantastic.