This box doesn't blow you away with its sound, but it's quite enough for home strumming... at a volume higher than 75%, the speaker can't handle it and the bass tones break up into an exaggerated hum, but I kind of expected that... the tuner built directly into the combo is quite nice. Two magical 🙂 preset buttons for changing the sound are also ok. Overall, it's fine for home playing where you don't need high volume and you don't want to ruin your monitors. Personally, I think that this combo is really not suitable for direct recording from the combo via a microphone.