Transistor amplifier, the ashdown is first an electro acoustic amp to sound very "clean", but not too ...
This is not a sound, or the Hi-Fi, it colors to magnify the sound of your guitar. power of 100W announced seems a bit exaggerated but 6OW are sufficient to use "normal "!... (No heavy metal)
Comprehensive connectivity, input jack and XLR line out (XLR and jack) and effect ext.
Easy adjustment (no medium). One branch, and it sounds. You can adjust the pre-amp the guitar if you want but it's not a headache ...
Digital reverb is very good too. Note the presence of phase inverter, anti feedback and "boost" good bass at low volume. Input selector active / passive. In short, nothing is missing.

UTILIZATION

Very simple configuration, one branch and it sounds good, not too acute, as is often the case with electronic amplifiers and guitars suitable. If we want we can treble ajouiter on the amp and the guitar. You do not have to cut the pre-amp and the guitar amp and more ... The manual is in English but not very useful as the use is easy.

SOUNDS

I play improvised music, jazz, bossa, etc. .. I do not like the sound but the shrill sound good acoustic guitar, steel strings or nylon. Takamine TAN 46 with a preamp CTP1 gets an excellent report. Alhambra with a classic pre-amp Fishman prefix +. I get the sound of my docks simply amplified instruments.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for two months and I'm not disappointed. Better than the EAR can be 60? but best value for money, for sure.
The Schertler is too crystalline, the fishman has a channel (here, there are two) and it is the cheapest. (I'll come back ...)
Two defects to be corrected for the manufacturer:
-The handle is too small for four fingers rather thin and it is not at equilibrium (the mass of the beast, as light as it is poorly distributed because the amp is right and the HP of the other side ..). So it looks when worn on three fingers.
He saw a lack of walking off the front (the light this is a very useful clip saturation preamp input). I have left on all night ... Still, it's a great amp, compact, and that sounds ... icing on the cake: in any case he had 10/10, recently assembled in China (like most recent objects in my house ... ) it does not cost more than € 500. So the competition is in the cabbage, because even the EAR 60, reference on the subject, with its more metallic sound is more than € 300 there. Moreover, the "grain" of Ashdown Radiator allows it to connect an electric guitar with a result very honest ...
The finish is good, but I recognize that the EAR really inspires confidence for intensive use. I'll make a cover for Ashdown, although it seems more "fragile" a look "British" that I find cool ...