First impressions:
Only had about 30 min to play with it, so it is just a quicky.
Clean sounds better than expected! better than my 6100LM's clean. Quite sparkly, full... I'm curious to hear what it does combined with a DS1 or Satchurator.
Crunch is really nice! More than enough gain in there as well. In the past I always skipped crunch channels om my amps, this amp will change that Very dynamic sounding
Lead channels are a step into heavier metal for sure, again more than enough gain, wouldn't know what to do with even more gain. Mid shift is a nice addition for the more heavier stuff again.
Master volumes and volume in the loop enables you to have a really nice sound at low bedroom levels which is what I hoped for.
I come from years of headphone and axe fx playing so I need a little adaption time. Playing trough a live tube amp is great, more sensitive, also more dynamic, breaths more for sure. I'm used to more tighter sounding gain types, this amp sounds quite loose to me now.
Before doing any real statements, I'm gonna play with this amp for a while and adapt to it
Without a reverb it is a bit on the dry side I'm looking into a reverb and delay atm. Hard time choosing. Multifx or not (only in the loop)...
The Nova System doesnt suck tone at all. I play JVM into a Nova Sys. It doesnt have 4 cable hook-up wither. Just stick it in the loop and use the Line (not the Drive) input. Sounds very very nice. Killer Verb's and Delays in this unit.