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«  The tough, beautiful, very good sound »

Published on 05/01/10 at 05:58
Amp 200w rms (Amp Class A / B) + 2x 50w aidus 2x50W medium, with three integrated amplifiers.
30cm woofer first, and each side of the small speakers for treble and midrange.

Operates in stereo at short range, but the effect is not super audible, but it makes far better than the chorus leslie or mono amp, for example.

Front:
Channel 1 = 2 x 2 stereo + eq (bma) + boost pedal operated (gain + distortion) and tube preamplifier (switchable) to warm the sound and it works pretty well.

Then two other channels 2 and 3, including a stereo EQ with XLR, RCA and the other.
And channel 4 independent monitoring, ie it does not come through the mix, ideal for use in back stage.

In the rear.
headphone jack (connected, it cuts the volume of the amp), subwoofer jack mono output jack mix DI XLR type, channel 4 for stereo monitoring.

I guess he had more room in front, so they put the knob on the gain of channel 4 (channel monitoring) behind, it is not practical in concert, but once settled, can not expected to have to touch it.

(... Unless you play with musicians "impetuous" lol, who serve their ego rather than the music and spend their time turning up the volume to exit mix.lol)

All entries are adjustable with Gain knob.

Remember to press the power socket! it is rather hard.

No effect, apart tube preamp for channel 1 and distortion.

23kg.Conception good sturdy look of the 50 amp, good big stuff, though with a hefty sound of Hell ... and not very heavy. But more need for my synhtés mixers and I can plug my voice live.

Lots of power in reserve for small scenes and very sharp and you'll finally have good bass and a piano sound good in return, it does not forgive an amp with a low-end piano. Here, do not worry, I rediscovered the sounds since they come out of this amp.



UTILIZATION

Super simple, but manual useless fact, super sound input.

I thought the sound of the piano NordRack 2 was rotten, but on this amp, it comes out pretty good.
The piano sounds are very demanding in terms of amplification, if the amp sucks, sound sucks, I just realize it.

The sound is top of Rhodes and clavinet sound is much more interesting with this amp.

first attempt in concert on Sunday, I go back to the points.

slap it when you cut even the gain to zero, but nothing serious.

I like limiting the entry level, integrated with the beast, so no burn out an amplification stage.

Sunday, May 9, I'll try it with everyone on it (3 votes, 2synthés, 2 guitars) and I come back here.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 3 weeks.
I have not tried other model, I scoured all the French sites (few) and they in English.

What I like best is the stereo inputs and tube preamplifier stage boost + distortion pedal for solos.
The sound of hell, including Rhodes. I had to buy back and I finally opted for this little gem to get a good return in concert.

I also like that it is resolutely "keyboard" of the amp is very well thought of in terms of connectivity.

What I like less weight, but that's normal when we want tough, and the fact that when I turn off that slap.

It is a bit expensive, a priori, but I do not see anything better on the market in terms of weight / power / sound quality (motion sound, air, not bad, but heavy bulky and hard to find in France)

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