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Orange Crush 35RT vs Positive Grid Spark 40: what real owners say

Real owners lean toward the Positive Grid Spark 40: 54% of 52 owners recommend it, vs 42% of 12 for the Orange Crush 35RT.

Verdicts aggregated from Reddit, enthusiast forums, and YouTube owner comments — affiliate reviews excluded. Sample sizes differ; judge accordingly. How we score

Orange Crush 35RT

42%of 12 owners recommend
42% recommend · 25% neutral · 33% don't
Owners praise
  • Rich, valve-like tone
  • Excellent clean channel
  • Great value for the money
Owners complain about
  • Gain channel divisive, fizzy or dark
  • Too loud for bedroom practice
  • Stock speaker limits the tone
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Positive Grid Spark 40

54%of 52 owners recommend
54% recommend · 4% neutral · 42% don't
Owners praise
  • Excellent value practice amp
  • Huge tone variety via app
  • Fun for jamming and learning songs
Owners complain about
  • Reliability issues, hiss or cutout
  • Not loud enough to gig
  • Thin, digital sound versus tube amps
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What Orange Crush 35RT owners say

“Who ever put a tuner inside an amp is a genius”
— @jacobseraphin685 on YouTube
“It's tones are very good. It's not as versatile as other amp in its price range (built in fx etc) but it's focused on quality sound is the best.”
— @toro514 on YouTube
“The Orange is kind of a one trick pony. It’s a good trick, but still. The distortion tones are dark and sludgy. I had one for a hot minute but quickly got tired of it.”
— fatherbowie on Reddit

What Positive Grid Spark 40 owners say

“What I love most about Spark is when I want to learn a song, I search the cloud for the song.”
— @jrigwald on YouTube
“The best practice amp I have ever owned. Full stop.”
— @l-Libertine on YouTube
“The first built-in practise pattern I tried has got wrong chord positions in the grid - pretty much useless for a beginner, who *depends* on the practise material to be _correct._”
— @Noone-of-your-Business on YouTube