Roland CUBE Street

Well, I read a lot of reviews for this thing before I got it, but I'm a skeptic until I get a hands's-on. I expected it to be a bit thin with 6.5" drivers, but was very pleased with the sound coming out of it. I normally use the onboard effects of a SpiderIII or an RP-1000 through a keyboard amp so I am used to synthesized tone. The Street Cube for its obvious limitation, delivers a good variety of sound in a very small and powerful package.

The FX are good. There are three basic flavors - several amp styles, chorus/delays and reverb. These plus the gain control gives you a pretty wide palette to play with. It wasn't too long ago that these FX alone would have cost more than this amp. You can get as clean as you want or crank it to the max. It's just a very versatile box.

With the mic input and the MP3 input, I guess you could say it's 3 channels. FWIW, don't overlook the fact that this is a STEREO amp so the chorus comes out great

I am definitely impressed with the sound this puts out. And even more suprising is the weight. The thing is about the size of a cinder block, but weighs in a just a few pounds. It is truly hard to believe that 6 AAA batteries puts out this volume. I've played it a lot since I got it last week, and have yet to run down the juice. I'm sure the "15 hours" of play time is optomistic, but it easily lasts several hours at loud volume.

It's Roland - you buy it, it works forever it seems. I have 5-6 pieces of Roland gear and nothing has yet to happen to any of them.

Don't know. IF it ever breaks I'll get back to you

I bought this to play some light blues for an outdoor wedding, where A/C was not available. Jack in an MP3 and you're good to play along with tracks. Truly the most fun piece of gear I've gotten in a long time. I don't expect to get rid of it, and with Roland quality, that means it'll be with my gear for a long time. Street Musician? - Don't bother looking anywhere else.

THE RLAND FLOOR MODEL WAS NG when i went to pick it up, so i waited ran thru others at other music shops, then i finally ordered one from musiciands friend. it actually has a little too much for my use however the seperate "vocal" channel is great with reverb and some slap if you need it. wish it had phantom power.. i do some tricone, no sing, also taylor picking and luckily one of my condenser mikes.. think its an akg can also run off a 9 volt slipped inside. i use this amp outside buskin'... got enough power to be heard over the noise where i am.

i amplify with mike a tricone, taylor acoustic.. my electric is a modified turser monterey. i also have the single speaker micro cube, that as well as this has a, well, don't know what to call it, its not unpleasent but soundsa little hard around the edges. its not insufficient headroom... maybe its my ears..... but, i recently purchased a jay turser retro wood face amp. that thing gives me everything for straight ahead sound i want, BUT i tried a little preamp for vocals and believe me having a secong vocal channel is a big deal for street playing.. but the little jay turser is an amp not to over look. thing muddy waters can't be satisfied or robert nighthawks ELI'S. SINCE I DO ONLY VERY EARLY BLUES I WAS TIED TO TUBES BUT CAN SEE THAT I WAS EITHER SNOBBY TOWARDS SOLID STATE OR SOLID STATE HAS COME A LONG WAY.

ITS HAD ITS BUMP BUT NO PROBEM.. I DON'T LIKE THE WEDGE SHAPE BUT SEEMS LIKE MOST OTHERS DO...O' AND THE BATTERY UNLESS YOUR PLAYING FOR YOUR PARENTS IN A TINY ROOM, THE CLAIM OF BATTERY TIME IS WAY OFF AT MODERATE LEVELS. I USE A DIE HARD PORTABLE 12 V WITH AN ADAPY. THE PORTABLE ISN'T SO BIG AND IT HAS AN EASY TO CARRY HANDLE. NEVER RAN OF JUICE YET AND THATS WITH CONSTANT USE PLAYING CRAPPY MUSIC INBETWEEN MY SETS TO MAKE ME SOUND BETTER

I HEAR THEY ARE VERY GOOD

I WOULD HAVE GIVEN IT A HEAVY 9 UNTIL I BOUGHT THE TURSER.

I use this amp with a soundbank and wind controller. I've played cello, oboe, trombone, trumpet, sax, bagpipes, steel drum, french horn, and various orchestra section and synth voices through it - and it's been GREAT!

I played/compared it side-by-side to Mackie and other Roland Cube amps at a music store, but picked this one based on price and sound performance. When jacking into a house system, I typically route the output of my soundbank to a DI box, then split to the house and link to this amp for a local monitor.

I don't use very many of the effects or select them often, but the MP3/audio input has been invaluable for practicing, basically giving you a built-in mixer. The only time I run it off of the AC adapter is for rehearsal at home. The batteries last forever, and it's very light weight. I'm amazed and pleased every time I use it. I don't think I could have possibly picked a better amp for my application without it being much larger or heavier, requiring a power connection, or costing a LOT more.

It has excellent range and frequency response for a wind controller - I don't get any noticeable distortion unless I try to play tuba at high volume. I can use this amp to effectively play as a stand-alone acoustic instrument unless it's a large venue.

No probs, and it's very rugged.

Haven't needed any so far - it's been trouble free.

I'm SO glad I got to compare this with other amps side-by-side. After hearing the distortion and lack of response on a low end Mackie, I would have been sick if I'd bought it instead of the Roland Cube Street. It was more expensive than the Street, too!

The Cube street on the market for about a year now, has 2 channels 1 for mic and 1 for guitar or instrument,however you can switch guitar or mic for either channel. Delay/reverb on mic, with Stereo XLR or standard jack socket, chorus, and delay/reverb on guitar instrument channel. Guitar instrument channel has pretty good quality effects, with brit combo being my favourite, but i use the jc clean and Acoustic sim for some of the stuff i do which is pop/rock from 50's 60's 70's through to present day, eg The fratellis, all with electric/acoustic guitars. Also has headphones socket, and input socket for other devices such as mp3 and so forth, looking to use this socket to experiment with a boss micro br palm recorder with playback...can't wait! This cube street is also battery operated but most importantly, they last ages with heavy use. It uses 6 AA alkaline batteries, I use phillips powerlife AA alkaline batteries,and I'm now on 21 hours use!and I'm still using the same batteries so I've gone beyond the amount of battery time Roland have given, and I've had things pretty cranked up for best part of that time. Just a tip these batteries have proven great, and are only ??7.99 for a pack of 48 from any ARGOS store, probably the best deal at the moment, and they have proven to go well beyond the time given by roland! Probably in my view the most portable, versatile amp around at the moment that delivers!

I use electric/acoustics with the brit combo, jc clean, and acoustic sim, EFX and it sounds great as far as I'm concerned, I'm used to using my Trace acoustic TA 100R, and initially was concerned about aquiring something with 2x2.5 watts but when I pluged in I was amazed by it's power! of loudness and EFX, and general quality of sound. I have been the owner of a VOX AD100VT and between the AC30TB mode on VOX and the BRIT COMBI AC30TB MODE on the street cube was pracrically the same, couldn't tell the difference, For this cube streets purpose, I have to say it suprisingly goes beyond it's expectations.

Been using this cube street for 3-4 hours a day! for a week now, have not had any issues at all. Seems really tough and durable, with protective corner edges,Time will tell, it inspires confidence on it's build quality so therefore would use it on gig without a backup.

Contacted Roland as to availabilty of this item, for delivery ect, and was put through politely, and pretty quick on the phone, and so i think customer supports not bad, and as a result of registering the product, i now receive a POWER ON music mag from Roland which has great product news ect.

I have been playing for about 18 years at the moment I own a Turner TG65CE/2TS and a EPIPHONE PR350S, they are both electro/acoustics,the Turner has a bellcat 500 pre amp. I own at the moment a Trace Acoustic TA100R ACOUSTIC AMP, will be aquiring an Epiphone Casino shortly and will give a review, and will let the forum know how the epiphone casino performs with both of these amps. Generally I would recommend this cube street to anyone! it serves it's purpose brilliantly! and sounds great! so enjoy!

I was really amazed with the sound of this small cube.
Great modeling, grat effects...sound lot better that al this
vst **** for guitar (gutar Rig, etc)....perfect for practice at home,
park, wherever....

no Line Out! i don't ******** understand this...why???
if I connect my cube to a mixer, i can't use it as a monitor...sucks!!!

ok

a little bit expensive, but great for home recording and practice...

I love the features of this amp, it's ideal for my use: practice amp. I can move it from room to room with no worries about plugging it in. And of course a big selling point for me was that I bought the amp in the USA at Manny's, NYC, so I got a great price $299 v ??200 in the UK and I have no power supply worries with it.

The seperate instrument and line channels are goos as I use the 2nd channel with a Korg Pandora for metronome, rhythm etc.there are a pretty comprehensive range of amp models, modulation effects and delay effects

Things I don't like are the lack of any volume control on the line in/mp3 channel and I think a massive missed opportunity would have been to include a battery charger in the unit.

The amp models are great especially JC, Brit Combo, the reverb and echo is great too, though I am less impressed by the modulation effects.

The biggest let down is the sound quality at the bass end which does sound rather muddy to me. Though it has to be said the amp is about a 100 times better than the fender Frontman 15G I replaced with this

Even with the limited power output of 2.5x2.5W per channel it is perfectly loud enough for home use

Seems to be built very solidly, very rigid cabinet and strong corners

No opinion on this

Overall I am pretty pleased with this purchase. While I might not replace it with this particular amp, I would look for features very like this.

I did look at amps from Crate and AER, AER was dismissed on price and Crate on the larger physical size and weight

All the features have been listed

I never use the pre-set amplifier settings (JC Clean, Blackpanel etc.), I think they are not as good as the Microcube's implementation. I think Roland changed these for this amp.

I use this amp as basically a treble, bass and midrange machine - I set the amp setting to the "instrument" setting. I use a touch of reverb, that's it. I have no use for a flanger, chorus etc.

At the instrument setting I am very happy with the tone produced.

I run an amplified archtop guitar, lap steel guitar and amplified ukulele through this amp with excellent results. I play primarily swing, roots and Hawaiian music.

No, the amp will not give you the sound of 60 watts and a 12" speaker but for what it does it's fine.

I've gigged with this amp with a full band - all I had to do was mic it and run it through the sound board.

The lightweight 11 pounds is wonderful.

Very reliable. The plastic "bumpers" on all the corners and metal speaker grill were the biggest selling features for me. I fly with this amp. I throw it in my suitcase. It get's bounced around.

It's built like a tank.

I once owned a Roland Microcube that needed a new carrying strap. It was very easy to contact Roland for a replacement. I'm sure the same service will apply to this amp.

I'd buy another one if it were lost or stolen, sure.

I've been playing and performing for close to 40 years.

The slanted speaker arrangement is great for sound projection but the angle makes adjusting the knobs a bit difficult.

I compared it to the Vox DA-10 and I bought the Roland primarily due to weight. The Vox weighs in at about 18 pounds, the Roland - 11.

I wish there were some sort of auto shutoff after a set number of minutes - to save battery life.

This is a brand new product (10/2007). I play nylon string guitar (Flamenco) with a Pickup-The-World pickup which gives a very natural dry sounds. I had been looking forward to the Cube Street as a solution to an amp to take to rehearsals, that had an attractive form factor for trips overseas in impromptu situations. There are two speakers at 2.5 Watts each, for a total of 5 Watts.

The Cube Street has two active channels (mic and guitar), which can be used in a number of configurations. It also has a line in for playing along with backing tracks. You can use footswitches to turn delay on/off, etc. There is also a headphone jack which cuts off the speakers. There is also a guitar tuner, which works alright (but I would bring along my Korg CA-30 anyway).

It has a number of amp simulations similar to the Microcube (and probably the other cubes; I'm just familiar with the Microcube)

I would have used this in small clubs, rehearsal studios, picnics, and gypsy fiestas in Spain etc. On paper, it has a very attractive form factor indeed, and has just about everything I would want in a portable guitar amp (including reverb and eq on the mic channel).

This amp was extremely disappointing in the sound department. I simply cannot believe that the guys responsible for the COSM effects in the GT-6, GT-8 and the GS-10 had anything to do with this; IMO, it is worse than the Microcube (which suffered from the same limitation, but at least has the excuse of being less expensive and smaller).

Theoretically, there should be a lot of variety: Models include
Instrument, JC Clean, Black Panel, Brit Combo, Classic Stack, R-Fier Stack, Acoustic Sim and Mic. To be honest, I don't think I've heard modeling this bad in any amp - my Pandora PX-4 walks all over it.

First off, the bass is muddy and dull, all the way through the midrange, and the eq seems to have very little effect except cutting off the overall sound. If you try to dial out that "hollow" sound, the treble becomes screechy.

There is not much diffentiation between the models to my ears, except they all seem to amplify that muddy sound, perhaps with a bit of fuzz in the extremes. (It is probably unfair to compare it with the other stuff I have - Guitar Rig 3, Amplitube 2, Revalver MkII in software (and an number of other VST simulations) or my PX4, Zoom G2, or Boss GS-10 - or my previously owned Zoom GT7.1, digitech GNX4 and RP250), but I am really, REALLY disappointed with the sound.

The delay and reverb barely exist (like on the ME-50). I really didn't try the other effects, since I never use them.

(In addition to my Flamenco guitar, I have a Yamaha Silent Guitar, which is "almost" an electric....:-) I have played both guitars through all of the above ampsims....

It is not particularly noisy; it is the sound quality that sucks

It seems to be built OK - it is intended to be light, after all, and it does satisfy that criteria.

I've been trying to amplify nylon string Flamenco in a portable, battery powered convenient amp for 35 years now, and only recently have portable amps with any pretense at quality, as well as trying to use effects to compensate for piezo quack, etc. PUTW soved the latter problem, and the GS-10, GR-3, AT2, and Revalver are the best solutions in hardware/software to date.

I love the form factor, I hate the sound of this amp. I also have a Vox DA5 which sounds great, and the Vox DA10, which sounds even better. I just wish the DA10 had a tuner and reverb/eq on the mic.

I will be really interested in seeing how others weigh in. I reiterate that my application is Nylon string, with PUTW pickup,and am fully aware that electric (and even acoustic-electric) may well have a different experience.

Thanks for American Music Supply return policy... they were very, very, good at getting it to me efficiently, and have always been prompt about refunds (I HATE to return equipment - this cost me $23 UPS)