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Introduction
Thank you for purchasing this Blackstar HT-1R MkII amplifier. Like all our products,
this amp is the result of countless hours of painstaking Research and Development
by our world-class design team. Based in Northampton (UK), the Blackstar team
are all experienced musicians themselves and the sole aim of the development
process is to provide guitarists with products which are the ultimate tools for self-
expression.
All Blackstar products are subjected to extensive laboratory and road testing to
ensure that they are truly uncompromising in terms of reliability, quality and above
all TONE.
If you like what you hear and want to find out more about the Blackstar range of
products please visit our website at www.blackstaramps.com.
Thanks!
The Blackstar Team
Features
The HT-1R MkII is the perfect studio and practice amp, packing all the great tone
and innovative features of the award-winning HT Venue MkII range into a 1 Watt
format. The patented ISF (Infinite Shape Feature) circuit gives you infinite adjustment
over the characteristics of the tone control network and takes you from the USA to
the UK and anywhere in between. So you can effectively design your own tone and
tune it to find ‘the sound in your head’.
Following in the footsteps of the original HT-1, the HT-1R MkII is also designed to
be ideally suited to home and studio use. This is a valve amp that sounds full and
tuneful even at the lowest volume level, using the proven valve amplifier topology
used in the original. This is a low powered push-pull design which produces the
crunch and break-up characteristics of a traditional 100W output stage, but at
much lower volume. This is achieved by the use of an ECC82 dual triode in push-
pull configuration producing 1 Watt output, which is rich in valve harmonics and
compression.
Along with the Channel switch, the HT-1R MkII now also includes a Voice switch.
The combination of these allows the user to access two different clean sounds and
two overdrive sounds, therefore making this product amazingly versatile.
The HT-1R MkII also has a fully specified speaker emulated output which further
enhances the studio credentials and allows any guitarist to get amazing valve tone
straight to tape or disk, or through headphones.
A USB connector allows for sending a speaker emulated output into a computer for
recording purposes.
Add to this an MP3 / Line Input, along with a 4-16Ω speaker output which allows
you to run the amp into an external speaker cabinet of your choice, and you have
everything you need for recording or practising.
