I am running a Orange crush 20 RT and this thing is LOUD! I can get away with putting it at 4 or 5 but anything past that leads to way too loud or breakup. The drive channel is decent for a solid state practice amp. Gets you that black sabbath or cream or hendrix sound. My taste in gain and distortion is more of a tighter feel (think 5150 or Dual Rec or Randall RG100) I have looked into the mini 6505MH and I found a great deal, 400 bucks I think used. The MT15 amp from PRS is a great amp, I just think asking my parents "Hey can you drop 1 grand on me for an amplifier I can't even turn up past two without getting noise complaints?" The thing is ridiculously loud! I was watching a video that was showing the PRS amp department from Philip Mcknight and he was talking with one of the amp builders at PRS and the guy said "The MT15 is much more than 15 watts, I could make that thing into a 50 watt amp in 30 minutes" I have considered a Sonzera but haven't been able to try one. I have heard them and that they are great pedal platforms. And me, being a pedal addict would love that. I would like to shoot out both the MT15 and the Sonzera with my rig (all my pedals and my SE Custom 24) to see what would sound best and what works with my rig and my sound and what I want. I'm just apprehensive because I don't want to buy an amp that is known for one sound like a JCM 800 or a Fender Twin reverb or an Orange terror. I know tube amps aren't all versatile when it comes to tone due to what it's built and manufactured for. But if I could find that amp that could suit my needs that would be awesome. Because there are days where I want to noodle some Chet Atkins or chug to some Pantera or Slayer (which I have been doing recently!) I get my chug tone from a pedal which isn't the way I should be making my tone, but my amp just can't do that sound that I want, that tight high gain insanity. I am using a Boss MD2 which is an amazing pedal (I got it used at a guitar center) and it's a very good sounding pedal. But my music taste just ranges so heavily, I love Joe Satriani and Steve Vai and John Petrucci and Guthrie Govan and Dimebag and SRV and Hendrix and Clapton, Mac Demarco is one of my favorite's and so many more musicians. Heck there are days when I'm feeling the blues and plug away at some SRV or when I want to feel articulate and play some John Mayer. I've attempted Neon but that is ridiculous! But I am looking for that gem, that one amp that could do it all, from screeching gain to soft and warm clean.