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Published on 04/20/08 at 13:11
Best value: Excellent
This is an all-tube amp 100W of power (6L6) mine is mounted in 6L6GC giving it more power

At the rear there is all you need: jack and Speakon output for the HP slecteur impdance of 4 or 8 ohms (which for me is much better than with the classic SVT offers 2 or 4 Ohms), pr-amp output, between power-amp, balance out (what DI), and slave out (its sending the same thing but in the DI jack so asymtrique)

rglage level is like the SVT Classic between 0dB or-15dB, gain, ultra low and ultra high, bass, mdium with adjustable frquence by slecteur, acute, and the master .
The trick "plug & play" as they say!

UTILIZATION

Level used is quite simple as I said, "plug & play", we must think of the switch 8 / 4 Ohms when you have not used an oversight can happen quickly.

change of level I still have the same so it's not rglage trs complicated for me the only change is the balance of the bass pickups

regarding the manual, it is clear, but no dtail the procedure of "biasage" of the amp should be with this dmerd Schma not provided, but apparently it will be a "fixed bias" is no rglage to do (I personally am against plutt, but I bought this amp secondhand and I is not changed the lamps to the Mesa 6L6GC is the time and sounds!)

SOUNDS

So his level this amp suits me well (that's her that I was taken ...) a big fat well size for the rock, sending its mchamment, and it does well with its mix also I play rock (typ 70) of the "music exprimental" reggae ect ... and all its absolutely gnial, I think it's personal amp is very well suited for rock and reggae.

APRS is Ampeg's pretty typical as his, we like it or not, personal love
versatility is not really his, his Ampeg sound ie the sound that is considered active on normment album in a certain era, but also on normment scne and its a long time!

I served with a deluxe Jazzbass, well it sounds! both in the neck pickup bridge, or should the mdiator, its still sounds!

I think you have the jou on a good speaker that I can not really do at home I have a 4 * 10 I will not mention the brand, I have a BPS 4 * 10 Hartke, and I rve to see what he gives in a real cabinet (not a cabinet or Ampeg 8 * 10 then, but a David Eden plutt or other type of high efficiency baffle trs)

This category I put 10 because I bought this amp for sound, and not pay for the pleasure of an entire X retubing Anne, and me wearing the 20 kg, not to mention prcaution the need to take with this kind of stuff not to pt lamps ...

OVERALL OPINION

My opinion on the power as it is called the weak point of this amp, I play in a band or you play hard, and I is no problem for me to hear my evil grs 2 scratch, I play with the volume to half on the head (and yes a tube amp is pushed: d) and compared with the same speaker in the same room I let out a HA3500 more than half a volume for a prs is similar, but this has the prsence V4BH

the particular feature I like most is the sound of a high-volume love lamps pushed the maser on the head, and do not talk about winning ...

the problem is the lights, it's a cost: retubing ... is to prcaution: Permit allowed to warm to cool, not tap against the wall, carrying, but it also a sound!
and weight ... Worse even, but when 20 Kg

The report price is good quality of OCAS (fawn all it is several product)
I prfre the classic SVT as at least it can be pushed!

I was only a few months, I will update my opinion when I have the pool of port!