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
“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 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
Real owners lean toward the Positive Grid Spark 40: 54% of 52 owners recommend it, vs 42% of 12 for the Orange Crush 35RT.
Owners point the Orange Crush 35RT at home players wanting big, valve-like tone, and small-gig and practice guitarists on a budget.
Owners point the Positive Grid Spark 40 at bedroom and at-home practice players, and beginners learning songs and dialing in tones.
The most-cited downside of the Orange Crush 35RT is gain channel divisive, fizzy or dark. For the Positive Grid Spark 40, it's reliability issues, hiss or cutout.