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Published on 03/08/12 at 15:16
I would seriously dampen the previous rave reviews.

For specifications, see the website builder and prior reviews.

Some details, however, accessible to every-one-each having devoted himself to reading the doc in English downloaded from the manufacturer's website:

- This amp is not 200W as stated in its marketing brochure, but 130W RMS (Watts RMS being the only "real" Watts to be considered as corresponding to the only international units). Moreover, it is also engraved on the backplate of the beast: 130 W RMS, 200W peak. The number of peak (peak in French, is the max possible over very short periods) is the same for all power stages, about 2 times the RMS wattage.
- This amp is NOT transistor, it is completely digital, including the power stage (apparently an innovation ZT). Besides, I think there is a difference between the wicked W digital and the rest as there is a transistor between W and W lamp, which explains the low volume of this thing.
- Made in China, but this time no complaints about build quality.
- It is actually lightweight.

In short, on paper, a real revolution for the guitarist ...
For the theoretical characteristics therefore, I note Good (7).

UTILIZATION

Use could not be more simple: 1 win, 1 volume, 1 knob to simulate an open or closed cab (not felt a big difference) that resembles a sort of a chorus reverb crossbred rather difficult to describe.

Again, not much to complain about using the reach of everyone: Good (7).

SOUNDS

The clean sound is OK but not transcendent. It starts cruncher (with a double ES 335) with the gain around noon to get in a real mush after three quarters of the race. Of course, it crunche speed with a Strat or a Tele.
I did not at all adhered to the crunch: synthetic, without harmonics, cold as possible, digital in the worst sense of the term.
I have not even dared to connect the pedals.

Little speech on the following: the sound projection of an amplifier depends not only on the wattage of the power stage, far from it even. The other fundamental factors are the power and performance of HP and above the volume of air displaced by HP. In summary and simplifying, on a 5W 4x12 will sound as loud as a 50W or more on a 6-inch bowl.

That said, the projection of sound this amp is just zero. It was just starting to hear me in the mix with the gain AND the volume turned up and I was even more noticeable with a Vox AC4TV (4W HP 8 inches) with this thing (AC4TV still clearly insufficient to play a drummer anyway). Of course, with two knobs at the bottom, bye bye clean sounds, and indeed bye bye also sounds short because there is no further definition of two notes with the settings to the cleat.
In comparison with the same group, I play with a master to 6 and 2 50W transistor with a 60W lamp. Lunchbox with playskool, we can not hear me!

So yes, maybe a 4x12? In this case will explain the value of this amp if it's lighter to carry around a dead donkey next door, I'm still looking ...

In short, at his home, bah great way, as a group, zero points. So is 0.

OVERALL OPINION

I kept two weeks: one week before and a week requisitioned for resale.

The 130 W announced are perhaps (I doubt it seriously anyway - 130W, it must be VERY strong), but then they are digital and W anyway they can not decently be used in the HP 6 " integrated.
And if you put it next to a "small" transistor amplifier 30W, it does not even argue the comparison in terms of sound projection!

The sound is clear and the crunch means bad.

This amp has no interest, it's a toy. If it is to stick it in a external speaker, take a head as that sounds, to lamps.

In short, not the revolution announced by the marketing anyway.