2203 vs 2204 with master on 6 to 10

[sectado]

there are any difference between marshall jcm 800 2204 and marshall jcm 800 2203 (´81-´83) with the master on 6 to 10??

has more mids 2204?? sounds better?

[Mats A]

Not that much. The 2204 may sound a bit more compressed. If you stand in the same room as these amps it will be pretty loud so it will be quite hard to hear any differencies. If you do a recording you´ll be much more able to hear any differencies.

[Blues_N_Cues]

huh? I can't hear you,my ears are bleeding......

yeah,you would probably only ear a difference w/ headroom in a recording.

[sectado]

hahah yeah im going to buy one of these amps for my studio

[ClassicRock88]

In my opinion (as a 2204 owner) I would say go with the 50 watter. I know you don't get the low miss and thump from them as you do with a 100 watt, but the few 100 watt tube amps I have played have been almost unusable in the loudness department. Not that a 50 watt is that much quieter, but I feel that the volume is more usable. In my friends studio he has two 100 watt Peaveys (a VK100 and an old Deuce Classic). When I have jammed with him he has never gotten his volume off of two unless he just wanted to watch the windows flex. I couldn't dime the 2204 but I can open it up and let it breath a bit. I can still get nice-ish clean tones (as clean as a JCM 800 gets) that would be fine for a mic'd situation like a studio or mic'd gig and if I want a beefier lead tone I have an OD pedal I use as a booster that has a 100hz boost control to fatten the bottom end. Smoother, less raunchy tone as well. Cheaper to feed at retube time. For someone not playing arenas our outdoor concerts routinely I would say get the 50. Just a much more usable amp.