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Have 2 weeks on mine now, gone through all its paces. I'm 100% happy I did the preorder and got this. It's got characteristics of all the high gain amps out there. It sits right between a mesa rectifier and 5150 in my opinion. Plenty of lowend, plenty of grind. Super balanced sounding gain structure. Every string rings out clear. The presence and depth really help sculpt the last part of your tones. Doesn't get muddy in low tunings, the gain knob is very gradual and usable. The loop noise issue from the mkI archon seems to have been resolved in this iteration. Overall I'm in love with the amp and highly recommend it for people looking for a different flavor than the typical high gain monsters out there that cost an arm and a leg.

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Very rich tones, sounds pleasant at any volume. I thought it was odd that there was no gain knob, but from what i understand that is just characteristic of the unique build and design of the amplifier. I am going through an experimental phase and i currently have it playing through a 2x15 cab loaded with a fullback and a legend 1518 with an eq and rp360 in the loop. No issues running effects and the eq sculpts the archon's sound very nicely. Recently owned a dsl40cr and an rd45h. I rank them as dsl40cr