Log in
Log in

or
Create an account

or
< All Sound City L.120 reviews
Add this product to
  • My former gear
  • My current gear
  • My wishlist
Sound City L.120
Images
1/78
Price engine
Classified Ads
Forums
blaez_minkoff blaez_minkoff
Published on 02/08/10 at 01:20
It's at Sound City Dave Reeves has its debut before Hiwatt cr. This explains the many similarities between the two marks as well cosmtique qu'lectronique.

120 Watt all-tube amplifier except correct (solid state).
In Pramper: four 12AX7 (3 of the triode ddies qualisation active)
For the Tagus power: a 12AT7 phase inverter followed dun push-pull EL34 six.
For rglages: normal volume and shine. Then lqualisation active bass, mid and treble controls, monitoring presence. There is no master original volume. I saw an amendment to add one but I can not find a place to put a knob on supplmentaire facade.

The connectors are the same as the old Hiwatt:
Six inputs: 2 Slavonic, 2 normal and 2 Clean (attnues or not)
A slecteur voltages (105, 115, 225 and 245)
Deffet loop.
Output: 4, 8 and 16 ohm line output 100V + I do not see lutil here (100V cest quon uses this when lon long lengths of cable for example to connect the speakers at a station).
One of slecteur sensititvity. It's kind of attnuateur power that works by varying the bias of the 3rd 12AX7.

Ours is a B120 yet I havent found that 2 or 3 condos diffrence between Lead and Bass models (L120 and B120). APRs of large internet search it seems that no one ever found other nai no diffrence in schmas or even in their amps.

UTILIZATION

Tone Stack is unique and has nothing to do with the Tone Stack classic marshall, fender, vox and Baxandall. It is an active qualisation, a triode is affecting every rglage, which means that there some sort of gain for each range frequency drives (low, medium and treble. Unlike classic tone stack it is not attnuer of frquences but to amplify Self-Employed.
It's been a somewhat rglage spcial o interact all the buttons, difficult to take control, but beginners with some test found his happiness.
This is the main diffrence between Sound City and Hiwatt.

SOUNDS

The result is excellent that has either a bass or guitar. Cot's EST dhiwatt close. Many dynamic and too much power to do so without saturating lhpital finish.
Personally I the User for the low where I can really tap into its reserve of power.
Only problem, a lot of noise. I did some mods To reduce this noise. It worked well, To reduce the high frequencies but there is still hum in the stack 100Hz. Perhaps there should be change of the condos filtering of power supply is a bit expensive but not in the program.
That said, it is a common problem many old amps.

OVERALL OPINION

Purchased in August 2009 for 530 with the baffle sound city 4x12 original.
C'tait a good deal. Since we have changed the city for a speaker sound more suited to use Ampeg bass that is made.
It is overkill, I particulirement the active EQ is very effective even if difficult to take in hand.
It is a fairly rare amp and I have absolutely no intention of me spare.
It seems immortal.