Well, I played one yesterday for a little bit at a volume lower than what I would've liked. Used a SC-58 thru a PRS deep back 2x12. Here are my 1st impressions.
Clean channel...to die for. I had the settings in the vicinity of where Steve's is in the picture above. I couldn't really get it to break up much at that volume, even turning the volume way up keeping the master real low.
Lead channel...also set up close to Steve's setting(we maybe have similar taste), but with the mids more around 10:00. It's a little bit different than my normal tone(Bad Cat hot cat), I'm still thinking about it today. It sounded really good. My only niggle is the mid knob. I'll admit, I'm very picky about the voicing of mids on high gain channels. It felt a bit too bright for me as I turn it up. Which brings us to the mid shift (pull out mid knob)...
...Maybe it was the limited volume or the amp/cab/guitar combo - but when I pulled the knob out, it definitely darkens the mids but it felt like it got muddy sounding. The same kind of went for the depth active(pulling out presence knob). Maybe it just needed to be a little louder? I may not have messed with the other tone settings when pulling these 2 knobs out.
I loved the reverb defeat on the lead channel side. I didn't plug in the footswitch, so didn't get a taste of the boost or anything.
I may have to go back and try it again, somewhere not on the floor where I can let it rip. Through a 4x12 cab. I think I could make this amp work for me.