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The inexpensive one cost less than 100 euros, but i was quite hesitant to have wait and spend so much money on my amp head to finally put some cheap gear on it (even it might be good for their prices)
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The 2d very good point is the ability to use it as load box (without a speaker) but warning, you have to set the power soak manually on it.
First, the impedance is fixed: if you want 8 and 16 ohms, you have to buy two version of it. If you plan to do so, a high end power soak witch is able to do both with better sound might be a better option
Secondly, the F.A.N.T.A. -out speaker emulation date from 2004 (!) and feels actually outdated. If your main goal is to use as an audio interface, i suggest you look first at other model
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Finaly, the bite and punch knobs are only functionnal when the power soak is set from full to -14 db. If you use it at -16 db just like me, those knobs won't works.
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A great piece of kit. yes it does alter the sound a little, and the sounds are not QUITE as good as your amp totally unmasked. i have a cornford mk50 ii and it sounds phenominal by itself. however, we don't buy these attenuator chappies to IMPROVE our sound, but rather to give us an acceptable compromise at lower volumes, which this unit does admirably. yes it's expensive, .. yes to me it's worth it. the switch in ' replace what you've lost' idea is great, i would've loved the actual switchable db increments to be a little quieter like it's rival the palmer has. .. but this unit has the added bonus of 'whisper quiet' on it's final dial, and also speaker emulator/simulator for silent recording. .. again the sounds are very different to the natural sound of the amp, .. but i still quite like those emulated sounds, and unlike any digital stuff on the market, this still enables your amp to RESPOND. so all in all it's not perfect, but it's a real asset that won't get you arrested by the noise police at 9.30pm on low, or 1 am on silent lol! i'm extremely pleased hence my star rating. great build quality, a couple of slightly 'sturdier' switches would've been great, ..a final word of caution, my buddy has a EVH head with 8 pre amp (yes 8 !!!) tubes.. i would NOT recommend this for anything sooo rediculous in power. but for anything up to 50w ..maybe 100, then you will not be disappointed. .. if you can't afford this one, then the palmer is the only other worthy contender..and both are available on thomman .. so get the correct ohm rating and enjoy your amp's response at much lower levels . ;-) ian
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I have just unpack my TAD and play with it for ten minutes. I definitely think this would be the answer to all the volume' problems you could have with tube amps.
I have a wonderful handmade 50w tube head, a sort of Pexi/Jcm800, and it sounds amazing, but only when you reach a minimum voulme, which could be too much in some stages and pubs.
So this will really let you set your favourite tube amp to high volumes, without losing or compromise your tone, thanks to the Bite and Punch controls, that help you adjust some frequencies that your ear believes you lost.We all have our favourite valve amps, and we all know that in order to get the best out of them, we need to wind the volume up to the point where we find that beautiful sweet spot, where the tone melts into something magical.
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Our family members, pets and neighbours, however, aren’t so interested in our tonal ambitions. All they know is that our carefully chosen and hard-earned valve amp is crucifyingly loud and they’ve had quite enough of it, thanks.
Buy a smaller amp, but to us, that defeats the entire purpose of striving for that great valve amp in the first place! It’s taken you forever to land on an amp that you love and that works with both your style
Taste in guitars! Buying a smaller amp means using an entirely different set of tones whilst getting used to a different feel: those things change your playing completely!
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Yes, rather than spend money on another amplifier, we suggest investing in a device that will let you get the most out of your prized amp in
Circumstances. Buying a good attenuator allows you to play your amp to its own strengths (i.e. turning it up so that those valves are cooking!) and then adjust the actual volume to much more reasonable levels. Playing at home? Not a problem, that’s what this is all about! Each of the attenuators in today’s article will preserve the characteristic tone of your amp at its peak performance and then deliver that sound at a greatly reduced volume.
They aren’t just for home use though. In rehearsal and gig situations, you’ll no longer have to compromise your sound in order to get a reasonable ‘band mix’ with the other players in your band. You just dial in your tone, get it as you’d like it, and then let the attenuator do its thing: you’ll be able to mix your preferred sound in at the optimum level for your whole band’s performance. You’ll sound more like a pro, and your bandmates won’t talk about you behind your back. Not about being too loud, anyway...
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‘Impulse Response’. It sounds like that scary test they perform on people in Blade Runner, but Impulse Response is actually something really good for guitarists! Impulse Response (IR) is the measurement of a speaker, mic or environment’s reaction to a sound. Sound doesn’t exist in a vacuum, and the physical characteristics of sound waves travelling through the air play a significant part in how it all ‘feels’ when we play through relatively loud amps. In the quest for realism, all of these factors make important contributions to the overall sonic experience. IR captures the mic placement, speaker and room size, puts that all together into a .wav file and simulates it, providing the missing ‘feeling’ in sounds that don’t use cabinets.
You’ll find this a lot with digital modelling systems like the Kemper Profiler and the Line 6 Helix, but IP’s are used in many attenuators these days, too, to ‘put back in’ what’s taken away with the required volume drop. Often, you’ll be able to choose from a wide selection of cabinet types, mic types and relative positions for both. MASSIVE tonal differences can be achieved by changing combinations.
At , since we stock a multitude of top-class valve amps, it makes sense for us to also provide a selection of quality attenuators also. We know how much thought and research you put into your amp choices, so we want you to enjoy using them to their fullest potential! Here then, in no particular order, are three great attenuator devices that we recommend.
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Most of you will be familiar with Suhr’s superlative guitars, amplifiers and pedals, so there’s something of a shorthand in place already for this the Reactive Load IR: we know it’s gonna be good! And indeed it is, with some clever features and all-American manufacturing sweetening the deal.
Suhr want you to use this everywhere, and have made it very connectable and portable in order to do so. At home, you can wind up your favourite amp and then bring the volume to sensible levels, without losing one iota of your tone. You can use the Aux In to jam along or practise with tracks, all the while using your ‘proper’ tone. USB functionality lets you upload open-source third party IR’s to try on your rig, too, so there’s some real future-forward thinking here!
Live, there is no need to mess around with mics at all: you simply plug into the Reactive Load IP, select the Impulse Response you want, and hand a cable to the Front-of-House Engineer. Done! Perfect, consistent tone at every gig.
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That goes for recording too, with the added bonus that you can also record a ‘dry’ signal for re-amping later. They’ve thought of everything!
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