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Vox amPlug AC30

Portable Guitar Amp Simulator from Vox belonging to the amPlug series

Guilll Guilll
Published on 08/28/09 at 09:42
It's a tiny little transistor amp electric guitar. No speaker: it is Designed to connect a headset and play anywhere without Dranger quiet neighbor.

Submitted to the amp as a small plastic Casing colors (very rough) of the Vox AC30, the receiver "star" in the Vox. It is really tiny: 8 cm long and just over 3 in height and thickness of 1.5 and trslger: just a few ounces with batteries! It can slip into a pocket or handbag, which is very practical.

Only default, the Casing DGIG not do a great impression of solidity it will be necessary to do a little attention.

UTILIZATION

As expected, the use of Amplug is very simple: it plugs directly into the jack on the guitar is lighter (there is even an LED to see if on! Too cool!), you plug a headset and go.

Then RULES sound with three small knobs: gain (saturation), volume and tone (from the lowest to highest). To russi beginners I confused the volume and gain, I must be really crtin <img class="smiley" src="https://fr.audiofanzine.com/images/audiofanzine/interface/smileys/icon_mrgreen.gif" alt="mrgreen" />

So there is that essentially communication, but on such an aircraft, who could ask more? Oh yes, even when something is dispensable: a jack for connecting an auxiliary source (MP3 player, walkman, computer ...). I personally do not use it, especially since it goes against the Mental-General for the device: use as little equipment as possible!

SOUND QUALITY

So the sound ... We read a little of everything and anything is available on the Net, and for good reason: it dpend normment headphone used. so I can only speak of what was given to what I ...

With a headphone could, in this case of intra-Headphones oriculaires low-end walkman, chosen for their low prices but trs correct in their usual rle, it's not terrible enough the sound parat artificial, with a lot of breath, a saturation trs "bees" and especially too much treble. ca is correct for work, especially in its clear, but TRS is not rewarding and you get tired quickly.

With headphones medium (Seinnheiser HD457, in 50), your exact is much better! The sound is balanced and natural, even with a dynamic and a lot of thundering bass. A little breath reaches the end of the race of the volume knob with the back Tone (very high), but of all the fawn that level you are deaf dj ... In a garish against the ct compltement disappeared, and the bees.

Although sr, do not expect a "real" sound AC30, if Vox had really Discoveries how to reproduce a standard lamps and trs expensive amp with a transistor contraption probably reproducible in APRS one afternoon by any handyman Sunday, I think they swished viteraient of the info ... However the sound is of the same raliste enough, closer in my AC30 a "disk" as an AC30 "for real". And it is much better, regardless of the headphone, the headphone jack of my ex-Vox AD30VT.

The clean sound is nice (even I get the Jazz have a plutt crdible with good guitar) but fast enough when you crunch up the volume and / or that attack the strings like a savage . It's the thunder inconvnient dynamics of the machine! Against it by trs nice if this research. One can catch the problem by playing with the volume knob on the guitar, but getting a clear sound in a trs trs noisy remain a problem.
The sound saturated on the other hand, is the highlight of the amp! Going up the gain you get a big crunch fairly quickly though powerful and rewarding trs, trs Rock and yes, fairly typical AC30. In the final race, even a little fuzz pushing the Tone. Everything has a ridiculous amount headphone, trs is enjoyable!

on the other hand, no big distortion mtal, but needless to say ...

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for several weeks, not fairech 'my girlfriend when she looks at the tl / listening to music / softphone / a not want to hear in our huge studio 20m3 <img class="smiley" src="https://fr.audiofanzine.com/images/audiofanzine/interface/smileys/icon_mrgreen.gif" alt="mrgreen" />

I must say that the creature is perfect for a: trslgre and it is not at all cumbersome, and the sound is okay with headphones trs midrange, especially saturated. Although sr, it's not an AC30, but everyone had suspected: this is a fun gadget for the guitar in silence. I would not do the Olympia, but did his job. Sr good too, there is only sound, no effect ... So for the versatility it will turn to the numrique. But it's more expensive, more complicated to use, and the sound will be there as dirty, powerful and enjoyable?