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alois
Published on 01/04/06 at 02:25
Solid-state amp head that delivers 300 Watts into 4ohms and 150W into 8 ohms.
It has one passive and one active input, plus a footswitch connector.
One xlr line output, an effects loop and a headphone out.
It has a 4-preset EQ switch, like the combo series:
normal/slap/rock/fretless
USE
Very easy to dial in, with one gain pot for the preamp and 1 volume pot for the amp.
3-band EQ + 1 band to fine-tune the mids. A blinking overload indicator to protect the amp (dynaclip).
Very good and PRECISE sound, pretty modern with the 4x10" huges&kettner. I only miss some tube-like warmth, but it's very clean and transparent to play soft.
The manual couldn't be clearer because it's very simple.
SOUND
You can play anything with it, but it was surely conceived to attack the 4x10" + a 15" !!!
It seriously lacks some power below 80Hz. I'd say 100 W with the 4 speakers! It's excellent for rock blues jazz funk with my active cort nb4 because it's very clean and doesn't seem to "color" sound like, an swr....I think it deserves a preamp-type effect without amp. The slap sound is also very precise and faithful. In short, it's a quite transparent amp head and you are forced to use the 4 presets mentioned above to really make the best of it.
OVERALL OPINION
I've been using it for two years with a bass/drums/guitar pop rock combo and it does its job.
It's nevertheless a pain to have to lug around the 4 speakers when certain 150w combos do the same job with the same output power. To summarize: Obvious lack of power (it's more like 150w, not 300w); the 4 presets are a bit stunning; simplicity; very clear and precise sound; very versatile for not too heavy styles; price: It's not manufactured anymore, but if you found one secondhand for 300 euros, it's a good deal (the bassbase have taken its place). I bought the 300w head + 10" speakers new for 750 euros (at my local store). I admit that, given the price, I hesitated pretty long between this one and the hartke 3500 + 4 speakers (no aluminum cone), so I don't think I'd buy it again because it was on sale at the store, which doesn't happen much.
It has one passive and one active input, plus a footswitch connector.
One xlr line output, an effects loop and a headphone out.
It has a 4-preset EQ switch, like the combo series:
normal/slap/rock/fretless
USE
Very easy to dial in, with one gain pot for the preamp and 1 volume pot for the amp.
3-band EQ + 1 band to fine-tune the mids. A blinking overload indicator to protect the amp (dynaclip).
Very good and PRECISE sound, pretty modern with the 4x10" huges&kettner. I only miss some tube-like warmth, but it's very clean and transparent to play soft.
The manual couldn't be clearer because it's very simple.
SOUND
You can play anything with it, but it was surely conceived to attack the 4x10" + a 15" !!!
It seriously lacks some power below 80Hz. I'd say 100 W with the 4 speakers! It's excellent for rock blues jazz funk with my active cort nb4 because it's very clean and doesn't seem to "color" sound like, an swr....I think it deserves a preamp-type effect without amp. The slap sound is also very precise and faithful. In short, it's a quite transparent amp head and you are forced to use the 4 presets mentioned above to really make the best of it.
OVERALL OPINION
I've been using it for two years with a bass/drums/guitar pop rock combo and it does its job.
It's nevertheless a pain to have to lug around the 4 speakers when certain 150w combos do the same job with the same output power. To summarize: Obvious lack of power (it's more like 150w, not 300w); the 4 presets are a bit stunning; simplicity; very clear and precise sound; very versatile for not too heavy styles; price: It's not manufactured anymore, but if you found one secondhand for 300 euros, it's a good deal (the bassbase have taken its place). I bought the 300w head + 10" speakers new for 750 euros (at my local store). I admit that, given the price, I hesitated pretty long between this one and the hartke 3500 + 4 speakers (no aluminum cone), so I don't think I'd buy it again because it was on sale at the store, which doesn't happen much.