Roland M-Cube-RX

This is basically the same amp as the regular cube but with a few missing and added features. Extremely familiar tone wise but just different ways of achieving that tone.


Roland MICRO CUBE RX Compact Guitar Amplifier Features

Stereo power amplifiers and four newly developed 4" speakers
Eight COSM amps, six digital effects, and chromatic tuner built in
Rhythm Guide function for practical rhythm training
Stereo aux input for CD/MP3 players, Phones/Recording out
Battery driven (6 x AA, maximum 13-hour continuous use)
AC adaptor included
Compact enclosure with carrying strap

UTILIZATION

Details
Type Solid State
Number of Channels 1
Power 5W
Speakers 4 x 4"
Effects
Reverb
EQ Tone
Amp Modeling
Number of Models 8
Preamp Tubes No Tubes
Power Tubes No Tubes
Inputs 1 x Instrument 1 x Aux (1/4"), 1 x Aux (1/8")
Outputs 1 x Rec Out/Headphones (1/4")
Footswitch I/O
No Effects Loop
Height 11.97"
Width 11.65"
Depth 8.15"
Weight 14.11 lbs.

SOUNDS

What I really love about this amplifier is the ability to plug in your ipod, Mp3 player, or cd player to jam along with your favorite songs. This makes practicing at home so much more fun because it then teaches you to play in time with your favorite bands.

I like playing this amp with a Fender Strat or a Charvel guitar. Since the majority of this amp is based off of high gain channels I like to get a lower to medium bodied wood like ash or alder to gt that sizzling grind that is so familiar with 80's metal rock.

Another cool thing is how good the effects processor is in this amp. The flanger and delays sound superb. They mix quite well with the metal distortions and extreme distortion.

OVERALL OPINION

One thing that I absolutely love about this this amp is the recording output. This enables you to go direct with headphones or run straight into a sound mixer. At new these units come in at around $260 which is a steal of a price.

I would recommend this amp to anyone who needs a solid practice amp and doesn't want to break the budget. The ability to have a tuber and all the effects you want to go along wit a clean and dirty channel makes it an all in one amp.

Small amp modulation, nomad.
Much has been said d & ja.

UTILIZATION

Very easy to use, nothing to say.

SOUNDS

This is an amplifier used to work, the drum machine is really a great tool. Powered to work without waking the little family. As for the effects is modeling .... So little interest .... but hey, marketers have decided that for a given price, you have to give the illusion of having a max.
I do not use only clean, the saturations are crappy, the delay happening again, the boost unusable .... as if we could have a flanger, a distortion, tremolo, delay ect ... for less than € 200!
I would have preferred a rechargeable battery rather than a BAR and a little more efficient because this amp is very good at what he does, nomadic, small, light, powerful enough, the correct quality and integrated BAR is really good idea.

OVERALL OPINION

I've had two weeks, I play every night and sometimes during the day, when I spend 10 minutes on my shovel from 2 ... no time to heat lamps.
It's a great second amp. The value for money is average, but it is not given that choice I would do again because it has no credible alternative.

Output power: 2.5 W + 2.5 W
STEREO or MONO AUX IN AUX IN
Amp modeling
Speakers: 10cm x 4
Controls: POWER Switch, TUNER Switch, [cosm AMPLIFIER] BOOST Switch, TYPE Switch (ACOUSTIC SIM / JC CLEAN / BLACK PANEL / BRIT COMBO / CLASSIC / METAL / R-FIER / MIC), GAIN Knob, VOLUME, BASS, Order MIDDLE, TREBLE Control, Control EFX (CHORUS / FLANGER / PHASER / TREMOLO), Order DELAY / REVERB, [rhythm GUIDE] Switch START / STOP, TAP TEMPO Switch, PATTERN Command, METRONOME/ROCK1/ROCK2/BLUES/COUNTRY /
R & B / BALLAD / JAZZ / FUNK / LATIN / DANCE)
VARIATION Switch, VOLUME Knob
Tmoins: POWER, TUNER, [rhythm GUIDE] RHYTHM GUIDE, VARIATION
Connectors: Input jack (6.35 mm), Foot Switch: 6.35 mm (TRS) STEREO AUX IN (Stereo mini-jack), MONO AUX IN jack (6.35 mm), REC OUT / PHONES ( Stereo jack 6.35 mm).
Power supply: DC 9V: AC adapter or batteries Deutsche alkaline (LR5 (AA)) as an option x6
Dimensions: 296 (L) x 207 (D) x 294 (H) mm
Weight: 6.4 kg (including batteries)
Accessories: Strap, Power Cord, Adapter, User Manual
Options: Foot Switch (BOSS FS-5U, FS-6), cable connection (PCS-31)

BMD ( https://www.rolandus.com/flash/player/?path=http://media.rolandus.com/flv/micro_cube_rx_demo_hd.flv )

UTILIZATION

Manual provided and in all languages ​​(in French please, for those who had the first micro cube). Very easy to use, it is very simple, a ring right away.

SOUNDS

You know the micro cube? Trs it sounds good! The RX is over! Dja power is the appointment! Good bass though consistent, beautiful highs not screaming. Bass, middle, treble trs effective. The four speakers project sound wonderful! Clear sound, overdrive, saturation is the trs good (as with microphones single or double).
I do not play mtal, but you can easily get the sound correct with the way that dmnage. Mtal mode, not too essay at the moment (I will continue testing, and I will modify this review). All methods are good! The clean sounds great! Effects, not too tried the reverb is good, good Dlay. The sound of rhythmic patterns is good trs.

OVERALL OPINION

I just buy it! Have a good sound throughout the collection's outdoor or traveling, no lugging pedals. Tuner (trs prcis), rhythm box (what a good ide!), Several amps, what foot to play on the beach! 13 hours of autonomy and continuous background is plutt well, because really, the guy is powerful. For me, this RX is in the squad of the best head amp modlisation! Unbeatable when compared to micro spider! It is a micro cube trs trs amlior! Trs a good evolution of the micro cube. The only default uncorrected by Roland, it must be: No footswitch jack for changing the amp. There is indeed a footswitch jack, but it controls the start / stop function and tap tempo pace of the box. For that, I put that 7 of the opinion that the overall story a little bit of this amp.

APRs have made many express, I find that when you plug an mp3 player and that we push this one, when playing, the amp hard Exceeds one-half of volume knob. It has its limits! Gnant but nothing if we do not push! on the other hand, we can push the pace and play hard mode without the disruption!

This is known as a stereo amplifier modeling, delivering qques watts of power (but sounds louder compared to what one might think!), With a guitar input, a microphone, a headphone / recording and with classical effects qques very good bills (delay, chorus, reverb, ...). As for the trimmings, no-brainer: it's simple!

Parcontre something less conventional: this amp has a small drum offers a good range of styles (jazz, blues, rock, R & B, ...), configurable in tempo. This is very useful, and it changes the metronome, and ticking.

Just one small problem: no XLR output, but hey, you can use the output record.

UTILIZATION

As mentioned above, no-brainer to set this little beast.

SOUNDS

I do not use that clear sound (simulation Roland Jazz Chorus) just to play with me without me tickle the ears and ears of others, with a Fender Start, a Gibson Les Paul and Ibanez RG100 (semi-hollow 70's ). Without wanting to advertise for excessive Roland, I can tell you that this little joker is stunning: the sound quality is definitely there. And reverb, that say, very beautiful and not invasive. In addition, it gives her little watts without complex 4 despite its small speakers. Well, it will not cover National Forest (for Belgium) or the Stade de France (France), it is not his goal, but to play at home, or with other soft version musicos, c ' is not bad at all.

As for the integrated drum machine, it sounds pretty good battery and non-tic-tic-boom-boom, so convenient to play in rhythm.

I play in the registry: blues - jazz, with a reverb set mid-term, a guitar tone was set mid-term and amp tone setting mid-term as well: nothing wrong, the Simut jazz chorus brings a very high quality sound. I do not know if it's true 100% with the original that I've never tried, but no matter: the sound is good, so it's ok for me. The distorted sounds, I do not use them.

The little creature accepts without flinching my 3 guitars by taking their signature sound properly clean.

OVERALL OPINION

To compare, I tried the little Line 6: I do not know why, it seemed colder, but hey, it's a matter of sensitivity with my own ears. This is certainly also a good product, like all Line 6 products (I have a small bass amp LowDown 110: it sounds this guy, and he also unabashedly, and, more importantly, when plugged into a sound via its XLR output, that mind-blowing). So I tried the little fender lamp, he completely naked view settings: the parcontre, I did not quite captured what he could bring. Know!

Expect to pay about 200 euros for it all. For me, it's worth its price.