Ok, here's my short review after 2 hours with headphones last night (the missus was having a catch up marathon on the Tivo, and the kids were in bed). Actually, headphones were probably the ideal introduction to this head - the Streamliner sounds lovely and tubey warm like a top quality studio preamp, such as an Avalon, but with the added ability to dial in as much grit as you like with the gain and preamp controls. And the EQ is dead easy to tinker with, since it's just bass/mid/treble - no bright or presence switches, no parametric bullsh!t, no low boost buttons etc. No bells and whistles, as they are simply not needed to get a good tone out of this baby!
I can make this sound like a B-15 or an overdriven SVT by merely adjusting two or three knobs. I can't wait to open up this 900 watt beast into a big cab at rehearsal or a gig soon.
It has a 1/4" headphone out, a tuner out, and an aux in, so you can practice with decent headphones and your mp3 player, and be able to control the volume independently - use the preamp volume to control the overall bass volume level, and the master volume to set the mp3 player at a suitable volume.
And, the front panel looks very cool when the tubes are warmed up - the three tubes sit right behind the see through part of the panel.
