The most slept on tube combo amp of all time

Seriously, this amp is fantastic. Soup to nuts, it's got the sauce! Great speaker, Bogner power amp section, tube preamp. Four selectable channels, line 6 link, MIDI capabilities, stereo XLR Outs, dual buffered effects loops. It's... A lot and I guess can be daunting if you are a beginner just looking to plug in and play. There are weird downsides to this, like the inability to use your own IR's? If you use the XLR out, you are stuck on using the Line 6 HD series cab sims, which aren't bad per say, but they are a little dated in 2025. The high quality speaker thankfully makes up for that. There is also a misnomer that these things have digital preamps, which is just not true, the only thing digital on here is the reverb. It's All tube, loud and proud with the ability to change tube class types and how many power tubes you can use. It models 4 different amps, basically a fender deluxe reverb, a Marshall Plexi, a Vox AC30 and a Mesa Boogie high gain type. I feel if you get to know this amp, it almost becomes a must have, especially if you are in a professional gigging cover band guitarist. It can cover pretty much any genre, takes pedals like a good tube amp should, it's portable but powerful and had a lot of professional features most amps just don't offer in this price range. If you find one, snag them up because they are becoming more and more hard to find.

Seriously handy piece of equipment with some serious gain/cleans

Product Description

The Line 6 DT25 is the first highly portable amp to provide the combination of reconfigurable analog components, a fully analog tube output stage designed by celebrated boutique tube amp guru manufacturer, Reinhold Bogner, and Line 6 HD modeling technology wrapped in a straightforward and visually stunning package. The result is optimum tonal flexibility in a two-channel, four-voice design that has all of the touch sensitivity, tonal depth, and dynamics essential in a gigging amp.

Why should you use a hybrid amp? Because low-wattage amps, when compared with 50- or 100-watt amps, have limited headroom and always "feel" small. DT25 solves that problem that with its powerful HD modeling providing the preamp. You get the headroom and reaction of a high-wattage amp because the preamp's power supply is not limited by what the power tubes need to use, and in return you get a much bigger sound in a small package. This versatility means you can get the tone and feel of a 100W amp, without lugging 100W transformers around.

Four boutique tube amps in one, so you can find your tone. If your tone is your masterpiece, DT25 is your paintbrush. This portable 25W/10W tube amp from Line 6 and tube-amp guru Reinhold Bogner gives you four stunning, lust-worthy amp voicings and unprecedented versatility that lay the foundation for you to build your perfect tone.

The powerful combination of reconfigurable analog components and HD modeling allows DT25 to be four amps in one capable of producing American cleans, British crunch, class A chime and modern high-gain. Selectable operating class, power tube mode and four Voicings (which offer the perfect combinations of negative feedback loop topology, and HD preamp and tone stack modeling) can dial in classic vintage tones or be shaped into highly customized originals - and each one drips with boutique tone and touch-response.

Fine-tune each DT25 voicing by reconfiguring analog components and crafting original tones that transcend the classic templates. DT25 provides a truly wide tonal palette.

Selectable analog components. Rather than being set in stone like those of most great tube amps, the analog components at the heart of DT25 are all totally reconfigurable to match the tones in your head. Select any of the amp's four voicings (which which offer the perfect combinations of negative feedback loop topology, and HD preamp and tone stack modeling), and the DT25 gives you analog settings to match. You can further alter settings such as output tube class (A or AB), power tube mode (pentode/triode) settings and more to take your tone beyond the traditional templates.

Channel switching for instant flexibility. In addition to all of its voicing flexibility, DT25 features two entirely independent channels. A flick of its A/B switch or a tap of a latching footswitch is capable of causing a full analog and digital transformation - go from a tight, crystalline American clean to an open, jangly British crunch. Dial in two clean sounds or set one channel as a Boost. Set them any way you like - you're not forced to choose between just "clean" and "dirty."

A brief history of tone: the HD modeling story. Over the last decade and a half, Line 6 has taken amp modeling from experimental to essential. POD HD Pro contains new HD models, which are a quantum leap forward in modeling quality, giving digital signal processing all the feel, dynamics and playability that makes players passionate about great tube amps.

Players have come to refer to the core sound of any amp as its "voicing", the foundation of its tone. Voicings are usually described like the "classic American clean" (like a tone based on* a Fender Twin Reverb) or the "Class A Chime" (like a tone based on* a Vox AC30). DT25 amplifiers can produce four historic and hugely popular amp voicings: classic American clean, British Crunch, and modern high-gain distortion with all the character, detail and nuance that made them famous.

Each DT25 voicing is the perfect blend of dynamic analog circuitry (which includes tube configuration and negative feedback loop topology) and HD amp modeling technology (which fuels the preamp and tone stack).

Voicing I: Classic American Clean. High amount of negative feedback for a tight sound that's reminiscent of 60s-style American cleans. Voicing II: British Crunch. Medium amount of negative feedback for a looser tone that echoes classic English breakup. Voicing III: Class A Chime. Zero negative feedback for an open, dynamic feel. Voicing IV: Modern High-gain. High amount of negative feedback (and added low-frequency resonance).

Bogner: A legend in tube-amp design. The man who revitalized Eddie Van Halen's famous #1 Marshall plexi, Reinhold Bogner is one of the most respected names in the world of tube amplifiers. Bogner was designing and building amps long before leaving Germany for California in 1989. Once settled in Los Angeles, he quickly earned a maniacally devoted following of discerning guitarists including Jerry Cantrell, Lyle Workman, Wes Borland, Chris DeGarmo, Keith Urban, Richie Sambora, Steve Stevens, Dan Huff, Allan Holdsworth, Mike Landau, Steve Vai and EVH. As Bogner continues to issue one legendary tube amp design after another, the list of devotees keeps growing.

Low Volume mode. Way beyond a traditional master volume, switching to Low Volume mode lets you take the DT25 down to whisper-quiet levels for recording or late-night jamming, without losing an ounce of your crystalline clean or bone-crunching high-gain tones. The tubes distort less in Low Volume mode so the HD modeling technology picks up the slack and fills out the tone with rich power amp modeling so it still sounds like it's cranked up even at low levels.

Celestion speakers for incomparable tone. The world over, Celestion speakers are the first name in tone and original equipment in countless classic tube amps. DT25 combos and extension cabinets include custom-voiced Celestion G12H-90 speakers for optimum tonal depth and clarity.

The best of twoo worlds

I use the emulation preamp of my Pod HD 500 with the Bogner amp end Celestion of this DT25. But the builtin 4 emulation preamps are vera good too!

superb sounding amp

bought a used one of these a week ago, and using with the HD500X... wow!!!!