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Published on 06/25/08 at 14:01
Value For Money : Excellent
This is an amp head with Pramp lamp and power section transistors. It DLivre 400W into 8 ohms and 500 into 4 ohms. The connection is ultra complte and all the details are available on the website SWR (I would not be complete if I lanais me in the description), and likewise the dtails of rglages. Note all the same the presence of a semi-paramtrique equalizer and a knob of "contour" call Aural Enhancer.

The DI is excellent, no ing its never made me any complaints about it.

USE

Configuration, due to the presence of a semi-paramtrique equalizer, can not be considr as "simple" if compared an amp that possde a 3-band equalizer classics. Similarly, the search for the ideal ncessite to become familiar with this type of equalizer. I bought it because I really wanted this type of equalizer so I'm not sure.
The manual is ultra clear, no worries the top.

SONORITS

I play Hardcore roughly metal skin tone and also in a band rumba mix / dub / reggae. I plug in a low Moscato Funkbass 4 strings and 4 strings Tune Advanced Member.

The equalizer provides anything you want as long as it is known to use it. It can act exactly on the frquence wishes. The aural enhancer is also an interesting and very subtle tool for awesome sound. its use is very well résumé on the manual of the amp that can easily be found on the manufacturer's website.

This is an amp that is relatively transparent but with a lightweight penchant ct treble and upper midrange (the exact opposite for Ampeg rsumer). It will broadcast perfectly the sound of your bass. it is but can also be less: in short, if you connect a shovel in, you will have the sound of a shovel! While an Ampeg amp could fix things up a bit by bringing a bit of roundness and warmth.

Nevertheless, we arrive without problem have a nice mellow sound round but still very accurate and dfini, including boosting to 80 Hz. When I play rather the nag, it is very s easy to get super aggressive sounds by playing on the midrange area between 400 and 800 Hz. I accuracy of all I changed the original lamp for Electro-Harmonix which gives a lot more grain to harmonic than the original which is a bit bland.

In short, a very versatile amp with normment of possibilti if only one is correct owner low. I highly dconseille the beginner who wants to have fun with a big amp while he still plays with a low "between end". Nothing pjoratif in the remark but I prefer to say it because you might be the.

NOTICE GLOBAL

I use it for about 1 year. I normment appreciates the possibilities available standards to modulate the sound (equalizer paramtriques, aural enhancer ...) and its transparent character (I'm not very forcment 100% fan of amp lamps). I like his hard-hitting and aggressive ct where necessary. For round sound, I play with almost flat equalizer with my Moscato in passive mode, the sound is already super soft.

I blame him one little thing though: the fan that turns on when the temperature is too lifted. Until the no problem, that of rgulation system is a good idea (the chassis of the amplifier is also involved aluminum dissipation of heat to the outside, that is why the chassis is relatively warm in amp other report other brands). on the other hand, when the fan comes on, I find it a bit noisy (that n'tait not the case on other amp on which I played. It's really a Dtail because it does means not absolutely when playing but maybe in some studio recording conditions, this can create some noise. has not affected the quality of the signal coming out of the DI.

This is my dj 3ime amp brand after a workingman's 160 and 750x. I'm a big fan of the philosophy of the brand SWR. I also played on EBS Fafner head and a Marshall 7200, 2 amps also good. I also play regularly on Ampeg.

I find good qualitprix report for a high end amp. Nevertheless, for that price, a quiet fan is essential.

I think I have found the ideal amp (a sound perspective and design, I find the equalizer semi-paramtrique remarkably PARAMTR frquence the choice of beaches is perfect) and I do it again this choice without a doubt, less qu'SWR ensure even better.