ok so i just received my blackstar ht-1 and as i said ill give a review of it
this is a 100% valve amp, with only 1watt, very small, 8´size speaker, very well constructed amp.
the amp is very light and small and obviously made for playing at home. It has a massive distortion so dont think this wouldnt suit to play metal cuz it will perfectly (gus g and silenoz use this amp to practise). It sounds really great, and if you put the volume at half it really a beast of an amp BUT unfortunely even though its 1w its STILL TOO MUCH volume that you will ever need to play at home, but at the same time not enough to do a jam with drums.. but the good thing is that you can connect a cab the size you want to the amp and the amp will sound much better. maybe that way with luck you can jam with drums but still never be able to do a gig with it. so this IS a practise amp for all matters.
it has the possibility to connect phones to play at night and to record which is a good thing. though i never tried it, what i heard recording through that sounds worse so if you have a mic it would be obviously better.
it sounds awsome clean too, and you can play pretty much play any style with this amp cuz it suits everything.
the eq is a bit lame, theres only one knob so you can change the type sound to american to british and thats all. i sugest getting an equalize pedal
i bought the version without the reverb, and now i totally regret that. so give 30bucks more and buy with reverb or use a pedal of reverb if you have it.
the speaker is only 8´ so to play home its good and you wont need more
conclusion: its a small and very simple amp, consider buying it only to play at home or practise. it is maybe the only way to get a metal valve amp at reasonable volumes. its a cheap amp and i recommend it, between this or any digital amp out there definitely get this. for 200e you wont get anything better.