All user reviews of 3/5 for the Orange Dual Terror

This is a great little amp but it is made in China which is a big let down. Well this amp is the two channel version of the regular tiny terror. You get the same tone and everything but just an added channel.

For the size of a lunch box this little amp pacts quite a kick to it. This amp looks like something you would walk to school with and be carrying your peanut butter sandwich in. Orange has taken such a small but positive approach to lunch box style amplifiers. There seems to be a trend going on with manufacturers hitting a market that seems like a good entry way into their flagship amplifiers.

The amp has that familiar British grind that you found in the 60's and 70's went they were the leaders in getting high gain sustain from their guitar rigs. This little box does what a full stack can do in a pint size proportion. It sounds fantastic and gets chewier and smoother as you hit it harder with more volume.


Orange Amps Dual Terror 30-watt Guitar Amp Head Features:

Controls: Independent Volume, Tone and Gain for each channel.
Power Switch
Output valve switch.
1.5mm Zintec Chassis with steel vented top case
Padded Gig Bag included
Output: 30, 15, 7 watts (switchable)
Tubes: Preamp: 4 x ECC83. Output: 4 x EL84

UTILIZATION

Details
Type Tube
Number of Channels 2
Power 30W
No Effects
No Reverb
EQ Tone control per channel
No Amp Modeling
Number of Tubes 8
Preamp Tubes 4 x ECC83
Power Tubes 4 x EL84
Inputs 1 x Instrument
Outputs 3 x TS
Footswitch I/O
No Effects Loop
Height 7.5"
Width 14.5"
Depth 6"
Weight 22 lbs.

SOUNDS

Though the Orange amps have a familiar British flavor to them I think that anyone would be surprised at how big and bold the tone is from this small box. Though is is rated at only 15 watts it gets quite loud and will accompany most small clubs or gigging situations quite nicely. Is sounds as huge tonal wise as any of the larger more frequented amps that Orange makes. With the adds second channel you can get a good clean tone and switch over to the distortion channel.

Try this guitar out with a Les Paul and you be pleasantly surprised out how meaty the tone is from simply a Gain, Tone, and Volume knob. This thing can be dropped down to a 7 watt operation for home use or even recording. It sounds great in either setting you have.

OVERALL OPINION

At new these amps come in at around $899. Sort of expensive for a China amp in my opinion. I would recommend getting a Peavey made in the US before spending the money on this amp. If you save a few hundred more you can get a real Orange amp made in the UK.

Head amp 30W (Pramper: 4 x ECC83. Power: 4 x EL84), operating in class A. A switch to the rear the beast means that only two lamps in Pramper 4 ', so to play in 15W. Another switch in the facade can "divide" the power by 2, so the amp can dlivrer 30W, 15W, 7.5W. In practice, my personal opinion is that it plays more the texture of the sound on the volume.
You can find the rear a socket for a footswitch (not included) and 3 outlets to plug in a cab (8ohms twice and one of 16)
No effects loop, no rverbe, taking guitar facade and go.
Ct rglages is very minimalist: Two channels, one channel and a Tiny Terror Fat Channel dlivrant sound fatter, more than his little brother pais. Both channels have their own equalizer: Tone, Volume, Gain. Nothing complicated is connected and ringing.

UTILIZATION

The setup is ultra-simple and the result is right now. No need manual for a.
Dual Terror is not a versatile amp, but if it was knowingly bought, so we can only worship him. It is for me a very good amp for its Brit-rock of the 70's.

SOUNDS

I play in a rock band, pop-rock, and the Dual Terror is like a fish in water. Branch office in Orange ppc212, I use it with very little effect: a CryBaby CGB-595, a Boss TU-2 tuner, a BBE Sonic Stomp, and an Electro-Harmonix LPB1.
I wanted for myself and the band sound very typ English rock of the 70's, a distortion and a bit grainy crunch sharp cutting: To do the Dual Terror is the ideal amp. The sound palette is very clear sounds correct (even if it is not his strong point), fairly round, through the crunch really excellent and very good overdrives a little fuzz. Players of metal, go your way. The absence of the medium rather potentiomtre rglant prevents digging the sound for the metal. Or so we add a pedal for a.
I play on a Total Natural Indie, and this guitar with the dual crunch of Terror gives me really amazing. We immediately want to throw an old riff from Led Zep!

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a year now, and I hesitating buying with an Orange AD30, dearest! The price made me opt for a Dual Terror choices I reconsidrerai today. Not for her, but for the quality workmanship & finish.
What I like most? Subject to technical know what you will, the Dual Terror may be the ideal amp. This is absolutely not a versatile amp, but what he does he does very well. For the Brit-rock of the 70's, is one of the best a fair price for a head lamp. The absence of effects loop does not hinder me too, I'm not a fanatic effects excess, and the amp as a state of mind rather vintage, and the loop rverbe I do not miss.
Even when a large BMOL: a head lamp Orange all below 1000 is necessarly manufactures in Asia. I find that lamps produce a lot of breath when strength really about winning. The welds are not very good quality also. I did it and resolder rewired by hand. This amp is its return deuxime workshop in one year. The first time to weld and therefore dfectueuses deuxime time, two power tubes HS! The Made in China, even with a specification Orange does not work miracles ...
Asian manufacturing makes me so hesitating. If I were to buy today, knowing I will say no and a few hundred dollars more to go a head AD30. Sounds and a state of mind quite similar, with more consquente equalizer, and a manufacturing irreproachable. But this dual Terror, what amp all the same!
Conclusion: Good sound quality but a little lgre, o my distrust No new heads for the Orange as the Thunder 30, which feels the full nose made in china!