Product ReviewsVox DA5 5 watt Guitar Amp

Vox DA5-upgrade

Strengths: Incredible amplifier modeling sounds and Huge Panel of great programable effects. Aux- and Mic- line in, and headphone out allow excellent quality mixed input of line, mic, and guitar with headphone monitoring. 5 Watts of power is adequate for loud volume in small room. Very small, light and battery powered.

Weakness: 6.5 inch 15 watt Vox speaker is very tinny and will produce no quality low tones. Distorts rather easily and sounds poor compared to headphone outputs.

Fix: Replace Vox 6.5 inch speaker with an $45 8" eminence 125W speaker. Much, much improved sound with better lows and mid-range. Overal volume a bit lower, but still quite adequate for practice. This modification requires a bit of woodwork and a metal grill replacement/modification for quality u0pdate. Finished product is beautiful and sounds great...blows everyone away for a small battery powered amp. The product is no longer produced by Vox but many units atill available on-line. Get one. At around $110 you won't go wrong.

Summary: Very cool, inexpensive portable battery powered amp which blows all other (i.e. Roland) portable amps away...by far.
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Best portable practice amp ever!

I now own 2 of these.
The options are endless and on 1/2 watt power, the batteries last a long time.
Jam in a park, camping, in a parked car or even at home when the power goes out.

It's perfect as a small PA at parties too.

Just can't say enough good things!Read full review...

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: seattlegoodwill

Battery powered amp

I really enjoy the Vox DA5 and have been researching battery powered amps quite a while. This particular one caught my eye because of the price, which was about half the going price of simply getting it from the local Guitar Center. I am a semi-professional musician with tons of equipment already, but I needed something for busking on the streets where it is unlikely to find electricity.I play several different instruments, guitar, banjo, mandolin and uke thru this unit (one at a time, of course)along with a mic. It's quite portable and loud enough to catch the attention of passersby. Sound quality is good too. I've been doing this for thirty years and play all styles, rock, country,jazz,etc.. It has been a great purchase, I highly recommend it!Read full review...

I'm glad I bought it. It's a fun little amp that sounds great.

This is a great little amp. I usually run it at its lowest 1.5 watt setting which is plenty for small jams. I run it on batteries quite a bit and haven't had to replace them yet. I'm hoping the 20+ hour spec is correct. It has a great sound. A very good clean settings and lots of good distortion and effects settings. The only shortcoming, is that when you program a setting, delay for instance, when you switch to another effect, and then back to the delay, it no longer has your settings. Fortunately, it's easy to adjust the settings.Read full review...

Battery powered bang for the bucks!

OMGosh! This little amp is sooo killer! I was literally laughing out loud as I was "getting to know" it. I wish they had practice amps like this one back in the stone age when I first learned to play. Anyways, I bought mine used on e bay for less than $50. Mine runs exclusively on C size batteries since there was no power supply with it, which is fine for me because I bought it almost exclusively to take with me on a cruise. Read about the features online and watch a demo on you tube or something, then go out and buy it and be prepared to smile. Lots of pretty decent tones from this miniscule kiddy amp. Lots of fun for the bucks!Read full review...

Excellent battery powered amp with a lot of extras to sweeten the deal.

This is a great little amp.
I've used it in blues festival campgrounds on batteries to play Harmonica and even bass through.
Our guitar player's amp smoked a capaciter at a gig recently so we hooked up my Vox and no one could tell the difference, it really saved the gig.
I loaned it to a flautist friend who wanted to experiment with effects and she fell in love with it.
Lots of sound and flexibility in a small package.Read full review...

Vox DA5 - 5 watt Guitar Amp

Simply the best sounding portable battery powered amp ever made. I'm a professional musician and am a little embarrassed to say that I have 10 or 12 of these scattered around my house in different rooms.

11 different amp models and 11 different digital effects, with 5 loud watts into a 6.5" speaker. Also has inputs for a mic and iPod.Read full review...

Versatile little practice amp

Very versatile and portable. Many different sounds can be produced with this very portable amp. To top it all off, it will run on battery power.

Nice Little Amp

The Vox DA5 amp is a fun little practice amp.I say Mrs Smith on You Tube using one so i had to get one Lol. The built in affects are fun to get different tones and it can run on 6 C batteries .Loud enough for practice and I scored a new one still in the box which was sweet.I would recommend picking one up.Read full review...

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: new | Sold by: pdx-efx

Best amp ever

Always have had an overpowered practice amp which kills tone when set at reasonable volume... knock this down to 1-0.5w and crank up the volume and be ready to be impressed. Serious performance in a tiny package, and you can throw some batteries in and busk around if that’s your thing. Had to test it out, Can’t wait to get it for my birthday in a few weeks ;)Read full review...

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: pawnamerica