How LOUD are the Spark Amps? 🔊🔊🔊 Positive Grid Spark 40, Spark Mini and Spark Go
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Experiment time! Testing how loud the Spark 40, Mini, and Go really are.
Spark 40 mods and Updrades:
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Spark mini review: • Positive Grid SPARK MI...
Spark GO review: • LET'S GO! Positive Gri...
Everyone imagines playing at “small get togethers with friends” but I’ve yet to see it happen. It’s a beautiful dream, though!
Yeah I'm just picturing kids running around, parents are chatting and suddenly I jump in the middle with my guitar and the go and start screaming+playing RAINNINNNG BLOOOOODDDD!!!
@@TheDarkmore 😝
@@TheDarkmoreI’d pay good money to be there! 😂
Uhhh… my friends and I do it whenever we can. Just make it happen 🤷♂️🙂
I have and use all three. The Go is great for when I go on work trips. I have a Journey Instruments travel guitar and the Go fits right in the bag. The Mini sits in my desk at home and gets tossed in my weekend bag. The Spark 40 is for when I am seriously practicing at home or for quieter rehearsals with my band. I love that I can us it for my bass, too. It saves my from hauling my heavier tube amps.
All of them sounds the same on headphones?
@@krystianjamroz4126 good question. I haven’t played them through headphones.
As you pointed out in previous videos, you can plug the earphone output from the Spark amps into an amp with a larger speaker to enhance volume and perhaps even frequency range.
Absolutely
+10 db = twice as loud
that is most important thing everybody should know to have some idea how it works :)
.... sooo if I have
10 db = 15$
20 db = 30$
30 db = 60$
40 db = 120$
50 db = 240$
60 db = 480$
70 db = 960$
80 db = 1920$
90 db = 3840$
100 db = 7680$
It's getting crazy very fast if you are in loud DBs
3DB is twice as loud 10DB is perceived twice as loud.
So I have a spark 40 and the mini , was thinking about the Go but couldn’t think of an excuse, so you think my wife will understand the “ it’s my sitting watching TV amp “ 🎸
I told wife it’s for camping, and playing in the gazebo ( she didn’t reply « what about the Mini ?! » ) 😊
That’s what I bought the GO for, but it wasn’t loud enough IMO to have on a coffee table. Had to put on my lap or end table next to me. It was also popping at volumes over 70%. I exchanged it for the Mini.
@@codyschwab6221 Mini also sounds considerably better even at the same volume - much better fidelity. I use it for Zoom video calls etc too with my laptop etc. Just a great little unit.
While grilling cheeseburgers 😂
Dead leaves and the dirty ground
When I know you're not around
Easily the worst sounding amps I own but I have two of the three lol
I have to try the ZZ op tone, I love Billy Gibbons. I think i might throw some old school ZZ Top on right now. 😊
Hello... I'm on the fence between the 40 and the mini... the price difference between those 2 is minnimal so I feel like I'd be wasting money if I buy the mini instead of the 40. What do you think of that? I seen other videos basically saying that people prefer the mini so I'm confused! Thanks for your thoughts.
I prefer the sound of the 40, however the 40 has a wired power supply and the mini is rechargeable. The mini is much more portable but if you are going solely for sound, I would go with the 40
I have both and I agree. The 40 sounds better and can use for jams.
@@boechlerguitarsandrepairhow about the boss katana?
I had the 40, got rid of it and got the mini. I regret it. The mini is an amp in a box and has that “sounds like a box” sound. The 40 can sound like a real amp. You can always turn down the volume, and there are batteries that you can power it with. For the extra $20 - $40, well worth it IMHO.
Spark 40 is 40w, Spark mini is 10w, Spark Go is 5w measured Lebels are 98 dB, 86 dB, 78 dB. difference are 12 dB = 4 times, 8dB = 2 times. so this measurement is correct.
You've had the Talantcell battery last 12 hours? I've run mine for awhile, but I figured it wouldn't last for more than 5 or 6.
I think I did the math at one point and it should last for around 12 hours. I've had mine running for quite a while on a single charge but I would say it's a rough estimate. I haven't really sat down and timed it.
@@boechlerguitarsandrepair I tried to calculate it as well, but I'm neither an electrician or a mathematician. I've never timed mine either, but everyone always asks how long it lasts. All I know is that I've played it for 3 or 4 hours and still had about half left.
Thanks for making this video so I know if they can go really loud or not
I've been watching reviews of these amps all day and this is the best review! Thank you! Very concise and clear.
Crazy how you can hear the clicks from the pick hutting the strings over the amps even though the 40 is putting out so much volume
Thats becasue these amps are not loud...at all. Spend an extra 50 on top of the 249 and youll have seriously better Volume. Been playing for 35+ years. These are ONLY good for the effects. You are paying for that
@@daniellelowe5298Well… I don’t think you’re accounting where he is sitting while playing. I suspect he’s close to the Decibel Reader 🙂
Is there no speaker on the bottom of the mini
The acoustic setting is not very loud....we all know the distortion settings are loud. The idiots at Positive grid screwed up when they made it impossible to hook up a PA or external speaker in an acceptable way....I can add the external jack but not having a line out or XLR is stupid. Especially since the connect their new cabinet via the headphone jack....everyone is complaining about the noise with the headphone jack. Just used it tonight.....so noisey! I'll never buy any more PG stuff.
I have the Big Spark (40)...I bought it from new. It's not very loud....my Marshall MG10 is much much louder. I can't work out if its faulty. The Spark was a massive dissapointment.
Yeah they are not very loud compared to some others. I think the value lies in the software and the preset/tone shaping options. They have a powered cabinet they are releasing soon to get band setting loud that works with the spark amps I'm hoping to review soon
It’s easily the worst sounding amp I own but I have the 40 & GO. I bought the Go for my private lessons but any amp is going to drown it out where you can’t hear it unless you line out. So it’s basically useless except for playing while I grill cheeseburgers or while watching tv. The 40 just sounds dull & bass heavy (even with eq). I actually use it for my bass more than guitar.
FYI. dBA must be measured at 1 meter distance with nothing (like a wall) next to / around it to be valid and comparable.
Not sure why you're getting 98dB on the Spark. I've measured mine from around 5ft away with a decibel meter and it went well over 100dB.
As a bass player, Spark go was a disappointment. It's not even good for practicing over a song on bluetooth. Only with headphones. The main reason for buy it it´s the main con!
It would be cool if they put out a bass specific version. Ive heard from many they just don't cut it for bass
Why would anyone think they would b for bass. Even if they lied and said it would b ok
@@AlexSmith-oq6ju "Modelling combo for electric guitar, acoustic guitar and electric bass" (Thomann)
How long did you have these bad boys?
I heard that the durability of these are terrible. I ask because I'm getting the Spark 40 next week. Thanks.
I haven't had the mini or the go very long, but I've had the 40 for well over a year. I bring it lots of places and used it lots, it seems quite rugged and I haven't had any issues.
@@boechlerguitarsandrepaircan I hook my death metal guitar to a JBL charge 5 instead of those? Cuz it's got good bass n prob lighter than all of those.
Is the mini good for busking
Not sure it's quite loud enough. Check out my mod video on how you can add a portable power supply to a 40! ua-cam.com/video/Kmn8G_6uvEA/v-deo.htmlsi=adfdFHRy4vu871q-
I like how you showed us by the color which one is the best ._.
Just for reference, a PA speaker is 99db at 1m distance for 1 watt of input.
To say the spark 40 is underdelivering is an understatement
I've just received a Spark and tested it with a decibel meter, it peaked at 110dB from around 5ft away.
They all sound terrible
I'm testing out a friend's Spark40 before I potentially buy, and have a quick question: I have a fender frontman 25R amp that seems to be SIGNIFICANTLY louder than the Spark40. Do you know why the spark is so much quieter despite the higher wattage?
The number of watts in an amplifier determines power, which isn't the same as volume. Especially in digital amps, watts don't mean much for volume. Speaker size, electronics etc all play a part
@@boechlerguitarsandrepair ah interesting, thanks for the reply! I think I might go with the Boss Katana, the Spark40 was a tad on the quiet end for me.
Thanks for the vid, I will get my spark go next week, strange nobody compares it to the marshall ms-2 the most well known micro amp.
Never tried the ms-2! I'll have to keep my eye out for one
@@boechlerguitarsandrepair Got the GO finally, it is not as loud as the ms2, but that small marshall was more of a fuzzbox when overdrive was turned on and I remember I just throw a small pillow on it to reduce vol and well compress the fuzz XD
Anyway the Spark Go sound real nice, it has a lot of features, I do not need my effects, I do not need my clipon tuner, I do not need to take 9V battery out to charge, but it has also a lot of compromises. I wish they would just throw in another speaker and made it 3" wider, but they probably do not want to compete with the mini. Also if this has tons of effect features, it would be nice to have more audio outs not just the 3.5mm jack (and the USB), I know I can use any adapter I want, but those always create loose connections and crackling sometimes.
I will also look into how to make a preset switch for it with a raspberry pi or something (the switch board is just to expensive and huge compared to the Go).
I think it is a very mediocre bluetooth speaker, but I think because it is dialed more in for a guitar, has lot of mids with some highs (before the firmware update it was actually harsh) and missing some bass. I will try to adjust some EQ on my phone for playback, I think that will help.
I'm happy with my purchase, cannot wait to hook it up to a PA or a huge cab.
I have the MS-2 and it's really a novelty amp, it sounds like something Burzum used lol
I can see it in your eyes
I can see it in your smile
I have the 40 and the GO The spark is the absolute worst sounding Amps I’ve ever heard. Convenience over tone. My Boss Katana sounds 10,000 times better. Then my ‘76 100W Marshall only gets played when I want to piss off my neighbors
Yes my Lamborghini is better than my Ford focus. Nice comparison, doink. 😂
@@hitmancontractsa Boss Katana is a pretty comparable product. That’s like Kia to Honda as a comparison.
Don't you know there is a volume knob on your guitar ?
That is more like a gain knob
The mini and go have a line out. You can go direct into front of house pa. Sounds amazing.
The 50 has headphone out same difference
Amazing is pushing it.
So , how much clean headroom before breakup for each ?
They don't really behave like a tube amp, basically you set your gain and it sounds the same at any volume (like most solid state amps)
Lol you are asking a lot