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It's all about scale though innit. 5 cranked watts of 6v6 through an efficient 8" speaker is pretty flipping loud in the average victortain terraced living room, but almost totally inaudible in a club next to your average drummer.
I do love mine as a living room friendly clean amp with a coupld of pedals. I know some folks are cable into amp purists and (as you say) cite a champ as all you need for great tone... that's only true if you can turn it up of course.
It's frustrating when you read online that Champs are perfect for home practice because they're so small... Mine would piss off neighbours two or three doors down if I turned it right up.