All user reviews for the Vox NT15H Night Train

This is a 15W tube amp All 7.5W switchable in the basic rglages are Gain, Treble, Middle, Bass and Volume.

UTILIZATION

This amp is a vox you branch your guitar you hack a few knobs and rings. Basically you plug your guitar into the Input on the front panel you mount the volume and gain knobs you but in the middle of EQ and you can play live APRS is just a question of his ears to find the that will appeal. The manual? No need with this amp is for the Rock and Roll!

SOUNDS

So what about the sound ... This is the ultimate vintage sound warm and prcis, the clear, warm harmonic distortion and harmonic bursts. The amp has a switch "Bright / Thick" which is neither more nor less than a clear channel and another distortion when you are on Bright disposz you a pretty his English properly and ds you bring the knobs on "Thick" attention up to the big sound VOX all VOX fan of love is rich is rich, it's big, it's powerful, that's all Like About VOX.
For my part I play with a Epiphone Sheraton II semi-hollow and I'm plugged into a homemade cabinet with an HP which I know nothing except that I have sound! I rock with Psychdlique but also blues and rock and roll he never due, the Fidler bte!

OVERALL OPINION

What I like most about this VOX is the sound, this unique grain espce reminds me so much the sound of Rory Gallagher, the Stones finally account of the great rock and roll era! If I had to do what his choice would not hsit I jump is the best amp I've had in my entire young life to amateur rock musician, I went through Fender Hot Rod, and Marshall Berhinger same (yes I know ...) but no one had ever any amp do it before ...
Finally I remark that is done, but it is only incidental but MRIT to be said: it lacks a reverb!
Good luck on those and the rock be with you! Keep rockin '!

any lamp, 15w cathode in, 7.5 in triode triode, adjustable gain and master afternoon, killing a dj pretty clean mode, as to the crunch, for help. power, saturation, overdrive wish, you have to play with the gain to find the right balance and we ls osn research. a breeze.

UTILIZATION

Yes. Just plug in and turn a little chicken heads!

SOUNDS

I have everything I want from the "channel" clear. a good crunch with the gain knobs flight prciss as above. the sound is a precision unstoppable.

OVERALL OPINION

I last month. the head will stay with me a bunch of time. I used bcp amp by forcment to get that choice. with the exprience? yes definitely. what I like least: nothing. what I love most: everything. is to say, the sound, the power (7.5W, I took the test with an engl 100w ct is the road without a problem. weight, happiness! with the notebook transport in bandoulire is the top. the look toaster, we do not care a bit, what matters is what comes out of this thing: incredible power, sound quality and precision! qualitprix report: less than 500 Roros the bte, hard to beat. APRS days I will give the next concert of the group. but given the rsultat in rpt , I think there will be no problem.'s over 100w big heads or you t'abimes all ears (and those of your neighbors) that back! or you can not put more than 2 or you DGIG windows. that's what I waited for years. thank you Vox.

given day, June 27, 2010.

Well. APRS prs a year the first notice, here is the second: I'll buy a deuxime! not a problem, no sound of buzz or anything else (this, I always ask myself the question when I read of users who have problem of background noise, with the Vox NT or other heads. gnralement was just a problem of poor land development ...).

Just an anecdote: in the first with Slideaway Blois in April, and it dballe the gear is installed. I put the bag with the head in on a high round bar table like 1.50m tall. the bar owner had not seen that I had put l. It moves the table and disaster! I hear a loud noise on the floor is the bag that had fallen! arrrrgghhhh! I open the bag with apprhension, and finds the DGAT: tle the lgrement PForm the right ct quans you look from the front, the two screws on ct the casses.a not show too and I think even when the bag is cushioned the fall.
Good. I plug in, no problem. nothing, nada. the bowl, I think. the sound is the power too. And since then, more than 10 concerts in conditions diffrent trs, no worries. I think I'm going to even buy me a back up, okazou.
short in terms of reliability I can only speak well of the head.
I gave him a gift: a special microphone sennheiser transplanting amp I use for the "big" concerts. she is happy trs) and me too! (See 2 photo)
not December, has c't'histoire really sounds too serious, especially since I built a 1x12 cabinet with an HP Vox replacing my office home made
2x12 Celestion. fun, right?

<span style="font-size: 6.5pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">15w lamps:
- 2 lamps pramp
- 2 power tubes

2 power levels:
- 15 w: pentode
- 7.5 w: Triode, to enjoy the lights low volume crunch. In this mode the "high frquences" are reduced.

3modes:
- Bright, with 3-band classic qualisation Treble, Middle, Bass
This is the sound "clean" of the amp, although it can get quite powerful crunch.
- Thick, when this mode we do not spend more qualisation band 3
This is the mode "mchant" which dcoiffe.
- Bypass: Turn to bypass while heat lamps

1 On / Off
1 HP output 8ohm or 16 ohm
Between a guitar (nonnnn!! Really??)</span>

UTILIZATION

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 6.5pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: FR;">Tallume the amp in bypass mode. While hot, you t'chauffe a little bit.
Once you're a bit hot, you scratch your arm, you pass the amp triode mode (7.5 W).
You make a small thick round mode, sending you a little AC / CD
When you feel really hot, the amp also and also your neighbors, you go in Pentode and it's the end of the world!

It's simple, you expect you scratch your arm as a heater and go! The sound is great whatever the rglages oula scratches.

No need for manual, it's Plug'n Play.

It's a light amplifier, so the more you push the amp, the sound is good!</span>

SOUNDS

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 6.5pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: FR;">It is nickel for my style of music. Pop / rock, hard rock, ...
It is good for blues too. For mtal is nothing I, I do not know.
I use a Gibson Les Paul GT without flames, and a Mexican Fender Start with EMG DG-20
I plug it into a cab Marshall 2 * 12 "1936 lead.
I have a great sound with two guitars.
Bright mode is dynamic and trs Thick mode is really nervous!
It was therefore a sound palette that goes from clean to "slap" to the big rock hard fat.</span>

OVERALL OPINION

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 6.5pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: FR;">I bought it about a month ago.
I have an amen BPS '. It provides wide, even in clean.
It is small, but it is heavy! When I carry, I limpression to walk a cinderblock! But it's even more lightweight than a big head or AC30H Marshall!
It has a nice cover to a front pocket big enough to put the cable of power supply, one or two Cables for the HP 3 mdiators and Pepito.
The cover includes a strap to wear the shoulder.
There is a protective foam on the handle to avoid having to hurt the hand when the door a long time.
I like the look of mchant toaster.
I tried the Orange Tiny Terror of before buying the Night Train.
I prfr grain Vox.
I think it is worth its price, given the pratica and the sound it makes.
I Rasht without a hsiter!</span>

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All lamps 7/15w single channel with two modes. Too bad it does not have a second channel ...

UTILIZATION

configuration very simple, it's plug and play! Few adjustments, a 3-band active EQ on the bright mode only.

SOUNDS

Perfect companion in the apartment that was in the belly: it helped me out to a bar scene and has not flinched in front of a Vox AC30!
Bright mode changes from clean creamy, round and warm with a very bluesy overdrive mode when an overdrive attack Thick round (like a TS-808) to a saturation always vintage.

OVERALL OPINION

Ideal for work in the apartment and used without problem by repeating 'or small stage!

The amp is in two parts: Tete a 15W lamp with two lights and two preamp amp, a mono jack input, two outputs (8 / 16 Ohm) for speaker (do not connect two speakers at the same time ..)
Available settings: Gain, Treble, Middle, Bass, Volume
A two position switch Clear Channel (Bright) and saturated (Thick)
A three position switch with standby in the Central, the top position mode 15W (pentonde) and bottom triode mode (7.5W)
A switch on / off and a red LED (control ignition of the amp)

The cabinet is equipped with a 16 Ohm input, the HP is a 1X12 celestion

UTILIZATION

The use of the amp is very simple, just connect the speaker at the head using the jack provided (do not use a guitar jack but jack HP). Make sure you connect the speaker on the Vox 16 Ohm output of the head.
Once the head connected to the cabinet, connect power to the head and check that the amp is turned off and standby. Put the receiver in position, let it heat for about ten minutes to avoid endomamger lamps (lamps play with a cold can weaken them, I have already experienced, my light turned red fire and slammed into ten seconds ..) then go to one of two modes namely pentode (15W) or triode (7.5W) (triode mode delivers less sharp, the sound is a little more crude than the pentode) .
The grain of the amp go out very easily, it is not necessary to push the amp up the sound for vox English has made the brand's excellent reputation.

SOUNDS

This amp is a very good amp so it is quite versatile but I recommend it especially for those who want a vintage sound (50 to 80 years).
I play it with:
- 1968 Fender Telecaster '
- Gibson ES 345 1969 '
- Gibson Songbird Deluxe
- Ibanez RGT6EX-IPT
- Norma Florentine
- Gibson Les Paul Custom Black Beauty HHH 57 'Reissue
- 1976 Ibanez Custom Les Paul "HHH
- Custom Ibanez RG Series
- JS Series by Aria Pro II


I play mostly clean sound with the gain 1 / 5 and the switch / light-saturated mode thick (saturated) to give some teeth to the sound (especially with the telecaster, the sound that comes out is exactly the the Rolling Stones)
My settings are:
Vintage clear sound:
Gain 1 / 5, Thick Mode, Treble 1 / 5, Middle 4 / 5, Bass 4 / 5, volume 2 / 5, Pentode (15W)
Its saturated (Hard Rock): Gain 4 / 5, mode Thick, Trebble 2 / 5, Middle 3 / 5, Bass 2 / 5, Volume between 1 / 5 and 2 / 5
Are clear (acoustic)
Same setting as vintage but clear bright mode

You can experiment yourself your settings, the sound is very versatile but is really his home vox.

OVERALL OPINION

I use this amp for six months, I had the opportunity to try many others but none that manages to give me the same feeling as this one.
It has an exellent biting, he can be sweet without being either marshmallow. It's like I said a lot, a exellent amp.
His biggest strength is to let the grain out without having to turn up the volume on high, you get quick vox sound without turning up the volume to maximum. In addition, its small size allows it to take him by repeating 'or in the rooms or you play without problem on this amp. I use it at home, repeating, and I have only one inconveniant: it is heavy. But compared to other amps, it is not really. I weighed several oranges (including the tiny terror and dual terror), they weigh more and handle the vox is really much better.
If one day I ended up turning pro in the music and the same pattern emerged in large format, I buy it without even trying it.
This is an amp that I recommit to all those who want to invest in a very good amp that does not take much space and can provide so much power that the amplifier triple in size. The report qualitée price is very well respected.

Technical data already written.
Missing is an effects loop, exits 16 and 8 ohms are very convenient.

UTILIZATION

Operation is very simple.
This gives very good sound quickly.

SOUNDS

All lamps are there, the sounds are really hot, that's what I like, that desire to crunch, it responds very well.
A range of very different just obtained with the control gain.
As soon as you saturate it sounds really VOX.

OVERALL OPINION

There is almost a year since I played on this amp. I get more sounds with modulation pedals, he responded very well to them.
The price / quality ratio is good even if I Truva material beacoup too expensive overall.
It lacks a position 1 watt for the home.
I do it again this choice.

All-tube amp head. Several levels of output very useful.
Trimmings on such classic amp vintage characteristics.

UTILIZATION

Super simple, one branch and we play. We test the different options.
Vox sound is still there regardless of the setting and it's just beautiful.

SOUNDS

I particularly like the position that is more gross Thick and disconnects the settings medium severe acute.
You enter straight into the world psyche / rock 60/70 years. That is the best guitar sounds that we have heard. Vox grain is widely present.

OVERALL OPINION

It is largely a Vox AC30 and is much more convenient. It does not weigh a dead donkey.
In addition it is beautiful and seeing the quality of this amp is worth.

See previous review is very comprehensive.

UTILIZATION

You plug, you play!
The manual is still in plastic ...

SOUNDS

Ben, the sound is crude foundry.
You play on the knobs and you send the blues, rock, heavy rock (AC / DC, Guns ...)
The clean is excellent.
I play with Gibson Les Paul, Epi Zakk Wylde EMG ZW +, Fender Lite Ash Fender Dave Murray, this little gadget with all the beautiful sounds!
I will buy a small pedal to the St. Michel and this will be perfect.

OVERALL OPINION

I tested the Tiny Terror is very good too (not worse, not better, different is all) and I found my account with more than the NT, which is a notice that m is clean.
Tastes and colors ....
It is a superb amp, with a small seal these vintage lamps seen blushing through the grid, it throws.
Try it.

The VOX NT15 is one of the earliest additions to the "lunch box" family of amps that has been a popular fad. It begun with the Orange Tiny Terror and progressed to further amps like the Egnater Tweaker, the Traynor DarkHorse, the Mesa Transatlantic, and of course this VOX.

The characteristics are very simple and straightforward for a small head. It delivers 15 watts of all tube power and is switchable via a half power mode to 7.5 watts. The amp is powered by a pair of EL84 tubes and really sings. The control set on this amp is very simple. It has a very basic interface that comprises a gain control, bass, middle, and treble for your equalization, and a master volume. There is also a small switch that is labeled "Bright" and "Thick." Bright mode is very much like your typical VOX jangly clean tone (AC15/30) at lower gain settings, and takes on an almost Brian May esque character as you turn the gain up. Flipping it over to the "Thick" setting actually disables the EQ controls and bumps up the gain for a more focused, heavy rock sort of sound.

One thing to note is that there's no effects loop or reverb on this amp, so you're dealing with a totally dry signal unless you own a good delay or reverb unit. That was a big caveat for me and part of the reason I ultimately sold it.

UTILIZATION

Setting up this amp is very simple. It can be plugged into an 8ohm or 16ohm cabinet, so I tried it through my personal Haggerty Enclosures G212 with Eminence V12 speakers, an Ibanez 4x12 with stock speakers, and a Marshall 4x12 with Celestions. It was very easy to set up and I had good tones happening within minutes. I found it to sound best and most focused through my 2x12 with the more British voiced speakers.

The Bright Mode is your typical sixties VOX clean tone. If I needed more versatility, I would use the Bright mode, turn the gain up on the amp and use my guitar volume to control cleans. I occasionally experimented with a boost pedal, but usually I found the setup of using the Bright mode and my guitar volume to be the best bet. If I was playing in more of a rock setting, I would use the Thick mode with the gain at about 1 oclock.

Make no mistake, this amp has tonnes of gain and a surprising amount of headroom on tap... I was using it in a modern rock project with a hard hitting drummer and it kept up without issue at all times.

SOUNDS

When I was using this amp, my primary guitars were a Gibson Les Paul Traditional Plus and a Charvel San Dimas with Duncans. I was really impressed with the wide range of tones that were available by turning the knobs or using the guitar volume and tone controls. The fact that it technically is not a channel switcher was a bit of a drag in certain situations (A footswitchable mode for the Bright and Thick modes would be excellent.

Overall I was significantly impressed with the tones that it covered. It went very easily from that classic chiming VOX clean tone to a very viscous and searing modern rock tone with the flick of the switch. Switching into half power acted as a bit of a Variac type thing where it made the feel of the amp a little bit spongier and the tone a bit more juicy. The Thick mode was a shocker for sure... it stood toe to toe with a 100w Peavey ValveKing and 4x12 cabinet in a band setting... in half power no less! I had no problems cutting over drums, bass, and the aforementioned half stack, so if you're concerned about volume levels... try one out and see for yourself. It has a considerable amount of headroom for an amp its size and power.


OVERALL OPINION

All in all I feel that VOX is onto a real winner with the Night Train. I compared it to the Orange Tiny Terror, the Traynor Dark Horse and Mesa Boogie Transatlantic, and found it to be the winner easily. What it lacks in some of those extra features (channel switching, various tonal modes, etc) it makes up for in spades with its clear, powerful tone. Definitely a serious contender in the "lunch box" amp market IMO. I sold it to pay for other purchases (and because of the lack of reverb/effects loop) but I definitely would consider another one down the road. For $500 or so brand new, VOX has an amp that sounds just as good as the Dr. Z Maz and the hot rod Marshall amps. Certainly a wise buy, and I'd recommend it in spades over any of the other small amps that I listed above.

see previous users.
Have reached a good 8 / 10 reverb if there was ...

UTILIZATION

Very easy to use. One branch, it sets the amp, and the rest, we Sort this out with the guitar volume.

SOUNDS

The triode mode is very satisfactory for the low volume, but the lights do not issue all their subtlety in pentode mode where it gets really fine grain Vox. Sound is generally well defined even when the user pushes thick. I play it with a Gretsch Corvette and a Telecaster with a homemade set of microphones BKP "The Boss". I also had the opportunity to try it with a PRS "entry level" and I still saliva ... The amp is able to really respect the sound of each instrument. I use it with the small speaker designed to go with Vox, which has a 12 inch greenback. I would invest in the future probably in a 2x12 alnico blue hp equipped to take even better advantage. The clean sounds are good but it's really the crunch I'm thrilled. Thick mode allows serious distortion and quite readable but I think many might prefer to add a guitar distortion to have more control over the whole in terms of tones. It can provide much more substantial distortion than necessary in my case.

OVERALL OPINION

My goal was to dig up my amp that produces beautiful sounds crunch playing with the volume of the guitar, and I can use in an apartment without causing civil war. In addition to the night train, I also tried a Vox AC-15 (very disappointing), an AC-30CC2X (excellent but too powerful), a Fender Blues Junior (tweed version is excellent but no longer available, it would have been add the budget for the amp mod), a Peavey Classic 30 (very good but too powerful), and a Delta Blues from the same manufacturer (even better but same problem).
I hesitated a long time between Delta Blues Vox and head for very different reasons. Both models responded to my query and I can not forget the incredible heat from the sound of Peavey (an HP 15-inch and more lights). But I think the Vox is a bit more versatile, does not weigh a dead donkey, and many users of the Delta blues that despite the excellent sound of the amp complain of the problem of lamps that vibrate because of the media questionable quality. So I tried that in the immediate, assuming it was better to push a 15 watt that a bridle 30, the Vox would suit me best and I'm not disappointed! I keep still too little known the Delta Blues in a corner of your head if one day I would invest in something more powerful.

Everyone agrees that it lacks a reverb built or at least a FX loop on this little monster? "

I thought I could do without reverb and I found myself more frustrated than anything else for a few weeks, especially at low volume where the sound seems really dry without a hint of reverb ...
I hesitated to buy a reverb and put it directly between the guitar and amp.
I finally opted for Stereo Reverb RV-7, Hardwire (Digitech) that I highly recommend. It is more expensive than others but the quality is incomparable. Even live in the amp it does not distort the sound and is very quiet. Honestly I did not get a good result!
Of course, as soon as we saturate the amp in "thick", the result is not optimal ... But for all the clean and crunch, it's really good.
I compared it to a Boss Reverb (RV-5 I think) and it has nothing to do.

UTILIZATION

Everything is said in other reviews!

SOUNDS

Great clean tones and crunch. I am using less of how "thick" (for the biggest distortion).
The volume is suitable for playing apart in 7.5 Watts, while the amplifier reveals its mode features 15 Watts and pushing the volume a bit ...
But it's playable in the apartment by measuring the well volume. I use the Vox speaker V112NT. It sends fine, even a group!

I love the 3-band EQ mode "bright". She is very influential and really allows a wide range of sounds. The 3 knobs are not there to design ... Crystalline clean tones, hendrix funky, slightly jazzy, crunch, blues, texas blues, country, rock ... Try it!
In "thick", the equalizer is not active. The sound is raw, rich, warm and incisive at the same time.

OVERALL OPINION

Very good little head! Great sound and responsiveness pure lights!

Oh yes, the weak point: the buzz / noise electrical ground.
I tried several different outlets in several places and he will not leave! :-(
If anyone has a solution for that, thank you for contacting me!
This is not my guitar I play on a Music Man Luke 2 with active EMG pickups, so they eliminate many parasites already!
This is not unbearable noise either ... But high volume, it will go well!