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Possibly the best practice amp there is
I got it for home practice and quiet band rehearsal, not expecting much since online it got some hate for having bad sound quality and meh presets. While that might have been true when the amp was first launched, I saw that Mooer made a software update for it and from what I've seen botn with my model and online they really fixed everything that was to fix.
The sound quality was its main issue from what I read online, but in recent reviews and also when I play on it irl it sounds amazing, somewhere around positive grid spark level or even better, not to mention it has IR loading which makes it sound amazing compared to anything else I tested at local shops(which were amps under my 400 euro budget, but still). It also keeps sound quality really well at both very low and very high volumes and from what I tested with mine it can reach ~105db with no issue and possibly even higher if you tweak it from the app.
The other thing it got bad rep for was the presets it came with, which to be honest is not that big of a deal considering how much tweaking it allows you to do to get amazing tone, but honestly even those presets that come with it are pretty pleasant to play on and I don't really see why this amp whould get any more hate on that.
Now for things that aren't really spoken about online but i think should be mentioned:
The amount of customizability you get for your tone is insane. It has way more effects than spark and from a larger variety. It also lets you configure the order the effect chain which seems like another way to make sure you get your tone right. The naming of the effects in the app was a bit difficult to understand for me, but once you get used to it its no biggie, and for the 80 presets slots you can save and edit it lets you experiment enough to figure them out fast.
Some effects i really like on it are the octaver that lets you add a lower or higher octave to your tone and you can make it sound like you have a pad doubling your guitar. You also get some fun effects like a "glitchy" distorsion for retro video game sfx.
The only issue i have with the effects is that i thought the octaver would let me transpose the notes i play on guitar so it would sound like a bass, and it sort of does that but it also has some latency which is hard to get used with and even after you get used to it, it gets annoying to play with.
Now to the Mooer AI function, which is one of the things that really gets it competitive with spark:
It doesn't assist you that much with tweaking since unlike spark, it doesn't tell you what effects it can add to you tone and how each impacts it, but it still gives you three options to try for each propmt you give it so you usually find the tone you like. When asking for an exact tone to make from scratch the Mooer AI is, in my opinion, slightly better than spark since it gets much closer to the tone of certain songs when you ask for it, but this is still somthing of personal preference so my opinion might not be the same as other buyers.
Another fact i find really nice about it is the battery. It is listed at a runtime of 4-5h, but using it it seems to last more than that. While playing guitar on it at moderate volume(so about 30% since I live in a flat and more than that is loud enough to get to neighbours) it got to about 6h and if i use it as a bluetooth speaker(since it has that option too) i barely drained 10% of its bettery for a over 2h long movie(Matrix), so maybe the 4-5h listed runtime is estimated for more intense usage- higher volume and not just bluetooth playback which drains the battery much slower than playing on guitar.
In conclusion I'm very sattisfied with my purchase and reccomend this amp to anyone who wants a lot of features for an accessible price. Really, for sub 400 euro, i dont think there's anything that beats it as a whole.
The sound quality was its main issue from what I read online, but in recent reviews and also when I play on it irl it sounds amazing, somewhere around positive grid spark level or even better, not to mention it has IR loading which makes it sound amazing compared to anything else I tested at local shops(which were amps under my 400 euro budget, but still). It also keeps sound quality really well at both very low and very high volumes and from what I tested with mine it can reach ~105db with no issue and possibly even higher if you tweak it from the app.
The other thing it got bad rep for was the presets it came with, which to be honest is not that big of a deal considering how much tweaking it allows you to do to get amazing tone, but honestly even those presets that come with it are pretty pleasant to play on and I don't really see why this amp whould get any more hate on that.
Now for things that aren't really spoken about online but i think should be mentioned:
The amount of customizability you get for your tone is insane. It has way more effects than spark and from a larger variety. It also lets you configure the order the effect chain which seems like another way to make sure you get your tone right. The naming of the effects in the app was a bit difficult to understand for me, but once you get used to it its no biggie, and for the 80 presets slots you can save and edit it lets you experiment enough to figure them out fast.
Some effects i really like on it are the octaver that lets you add a lower or higher octave to your tone and you can make it sound like you have a pad doubling your guitar. You also get some fun effects like a "glitchy" distorsion for retro video game sfx.
The only issue i have with the effects is that i thought the octaver would let me transpose the notes i play on guitar so it would sound like a bass, and it sort of does that but it also has some latency which is hard to get used with and even after you get used to it, it gets annoying to play with.
Now to the Mooer AI function, which is one of the things that really gets it competitive with spark:
It doesn't assist you that much with tweaking since unlike spark, it doesn't tell you what effects it can add to you tone and how each impacts it, but it still gives you three options to try for each propmt you give it so you usually find the tone you like. When asking for an exact tone to make from scratch the Mooer AI is, in my opinion, slightly better than spark since it gets much closer to the tone of certain songs when you ask for it, but this is still somthing of personal preference so my opinion might not be the same as other buyers.
Another fact i find really nice about it is the battery. It is listed at a runtime of 4-5h, but using it it seems to last more than that. While playing guitar on it at moderate volume(so about 30% since I live in a flat and more than that is loud enough to get to neighbours) it got to about 6h and if i use it as a bluetooth speaker(since it has that option too) i barely drained 10% of its bettery for a over 2h long movie(Matrix), so maybe the 4-5h listed runtime is estimated for more intense usage- higher volume and not just bluetooth playback which drains the battery much slower than playing on guitar.
In conclusion I'm very sattisfied with my purchase and reccomend this amp to anyone who wants a lot of features for an accessible price. Really, for sub 400 euro, i dont think there's anything that beats it as a whole.
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