Hughes & Kettner

Hughes & Kettner builds in Germany and is recognisable before you hear it, thanks to the blue-lit TriAmp and GrandMeister chassis. Behind the presentation the amps are serious tools, with the Red Box DI — long a live-sound standard in its own right — built in. The company has pushed hard on making valve amplifiers workable at low volume. It appears in our amp coverage and comparisons.