Bugera V22 Infinium

After considering other tube amps combos for home hobby playing, I decided for this one. It has definetly not the sound od Princenton Reverb from Fender, but for 320 Eur, it is a good value.
With the external overdrive box or through the own overdrive chanel it gives the real rock experience and sound.
Playing the clear tones without any effects as in jazz music or similar, I would say, the sound is a bit doubtful. You have to work with setting to get the tone you desire.
My feeling is that the higher tones sounds, as the loudspeaker was made from old aluminium cooking pot. :-(
Of course, all regarding tones is rather about the feeling of your own ear.
The box of the amp seems to be solid, the knobs durable, footswitch made of metal as well, the diods in footswitch produce reasonable light and I am pretty happy with this amp.
If considering any kind of upgrade of this amp, the change of the Turbosound louspeaker seems to be an option.
I can reccomend this amp for those, they wish to have first tube amp experience, and save money at same time.

To be honest I have only just received this amp and turned it on at home I cannot turn up the volume so I cannot give it a proper going over.

The sound seems excellent,it is well constructed with an open back which I like, theres a very good speaker and lots of controls.
Turn it around and theres as much as the front.
It can be used with 1,2 or multiple speakers as its 4,8 and 12 ohms changeable ,theres an effects loop and a fine strong double pedal etc.etc.
The one drawback is the reverb,it is very poor.Very disappointing on such a nice amp but very understandable at the price.
There is plenty of volume it seems like more than 22 Watts.
This amp would be ideal for Home ,Garage ,Small clubs ,Bars and studio,not really suitable for large venues unless miked.

Would I recommend it yes I certainly would ,you would not get a good Valve amp anywhere at this price.

I dont think you can fully appreciate this amp without putting some decent preamp tubes in,for the stock ones make it noisy and the gain channel sharp and introduces abnormal levels of treble.

Its loud enough for gigs and it can do house noise levels too.
Great cleans, takes pedals very well, no issues with the loop, the gain channel has a vintage character (a lot of compression) that some people may not like
(personally I like it with a boost) but you can always use pedals, good speaker,
Pentode-triode mode and the two imputs allow you to get more sounds but I dont use them that much,
The reverb is pretty decent for a natural sound around 4,
and finally a mid boost for some Marshall like sounds.
Add to that its low cost in contrast with what it offers and its worth the investment.

But in the other hand I do get a rattle sometimes,many people complain about the gain channel being unusable which I dont agree with and its vintage character which limits the sounds you can get out of it to some extent.

The Germans do it again - lovely amp fast reliable efficient. 4 Sprung Duck Technique

They put quality over profit. The pedal for this amp came in a separate box and the man on had to go back to the truck twice to get it - rather than sending it all in one package.

The amp

It's beautiful - looks and finish of this German Behringer based amp far superior to to Fender and nearly as good as BRITISH made, Hiwatt, Orange, Vox, Laney or Marshal

The amp has a Presence knob which makes a lot of difference. It sounds a little like a Laney Valve amp such as a Lionheart but doesn't have quite the depth in the bass tones and when you add middle it becomes a little more muddy than adding middle on a Mex Fender

I've bought a lot off the Krauts at Thoman because they are efficient (albeit they take a good week to get something all the way from Saxony to Hertfordshire and I could of course cycle it that distance in less time on a push bike. But there you go - I like doing business with them generally...

I will buy off them again no doubt.

PS Grab yourself one of their Fender stools - much cheaper than anywhere else and a really high quality man toy

Noel