Suggest a Power Amp for me (on a budget)

Started by connor, October 22, 2010, 04:42:21 PM

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jacko

Hi Jim and welcome to the club from Scotland. Why not introduce yourself in the  'introductions' section and show us some pics of your distillate?
 
Graeme

hgregs

hey connor - i see you're selling your pre and sf2 - curious what combination you decided on.

jazzyvee

I found a used QSC in a music shop a few years ago and got it for a good price and it's a great clean amp.
 
Jazzyvee
The sound of Alembic is medicine for the soul!
http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_ktwins.html

sonicus

About almost a year ago we started a similar thread ;
 
 
    Happy power  amp  hunting!

benson_murrensun

Jazzyvee,
 
I have experience with the Electro-Harmonix 22 Calibre amp. I was not happy with it. Yes, it's amazing that a little pedal-sized box can do what it does...it gets fairly loud... but... it goes into distortion very easily, and that distortion was not smooth and creamy. When I hooked it up to a real articulate speaker I was not happy with the sound the amp was sending. Another thing: E-H said the amp was compatible with a 4-ohm speaker, which turned out to be not true. I pinned them on it and they said I was correct. But they did not offer to take it back; they just said to try to return it to the dealer. Not good service.
Now they have a 44-watt version; perhaps it is far superior to the 22 Calibre. But I would need to be sure it was what I need and not trust what their ads say.
I wouldn't even bother to try it for bass guitar applications.
 
Ben