Guitar Power Amp

[boulty]

My marshall 9005 power amp just blew (well the main transformer anyways) I am waiting on a price to get it repaired but can anyone recommend a good power amp for metal? (I play a range of stuff from Tool/Opeth style through to Black Metal and Grindcore).

I have a marshall jmp1 pre-amp...

 

[5150 Musician]

Funny, I had a marshall that was used and it blew up too. Me nor my father could find anyone who was able to fix this problem without a big price tag - one so big, you might as well call it "totaled" . I bought another one for $200 used - there's a story behind how I got such a great deal on it-. It's in near mint condition but it doesn't seem to go as loud as it should. I was using a Peavey Rockmaster Preamp (GREAT preamp, similar to 5150 sound > bought it $50 used at a music store known as "Daddy's Junky Music"). The 9005 was real brutal, but wasnt loud enough. Here's something that I observed. My 50w Plexi on volume 2 (With bridged inputs) is twice as loud as the 9005 power amp half way open. Lol? I didn't think that was right at all. Come to think of it, the transformers in the 9005 are rather dinky....they compared to the size of an old 60 watt solid state crate transformer that was bought by my uncle for use of the giant housing for another amp chasis.

I just purchased a Peavey Classic 50/50 all tube poweramp. 8 EL84's, 2 12at7's (inverters), and 212ax7's (preamp). They go for around $300 on eBay. It's noticably louder than the 9005, and you get more of that hot tube overdrive once you begin to crank it. If you like that hot power tube gain (similar to EL34's - or E34L's), then a 100 watt power amp loaded with 8 EL84's is, in my opinion, the way to go.
The Peavey Classic 50/50 looks sweet too!

 

[boulty]

cheers for the advice, there is a 50/50 for sale on ebay from my home town... maybe it's my destiny

 

[Protube2004]

Randall makes a pretty cool all tube power amp ,I don't know what it sounds like BUT seems like it would be nice..... http://www.randallamplifiers.com/mts/rt250.asp