Blackstar goes lightweight with a switch mode PSU tube amp
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Blackstar goes lightweight with a switch mode PSU tube amp
This is something I’ve been wondering about for ages, why someone hasn’t made this a reality, until now….
https://guitar.com/features/interviews/ ... alve-amps/
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Re: Blackstar goes lightweight with a switch mode PSU tube amp
This is cool
Ins reading about that type of circuitry recently
They're saying the 50w 6l6 combo is about 50% lighter than one with traditional transformer/circuit
Wonder how they sound ?
Ins reading about that type of circuitry recently
They're saying the 50w 6l6 combo is about 50% lighter than one with traditional transformer/circuit
Wonder how they sound ?
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Re: Blackstar goes lightweight with a switch mode PSU tube amp
Very interesting. Love to hear them when they arrive.
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Re: Blackstar goes lightweight with a switch mode PSU tube amp
Will be interesting to see how they fare over time with regards to reliability. But very cool - and about time. Sign me up!
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Re: Blackstar goes lightweight with a switch mode PSU tube amp
I spent about half an hour with the EL34 combo and 6L6 head/cab yesterday, some quick thoughts:jeremyb wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 5:24 pm This is something I’ve been wondering about for ages, why someone hasn’t made this a reality, until now….
https://guitar.com/features/interviews/ ... alve-amps/
- EL34 one imo was quite underwhelming. Second channel needs gain cranked + boost engaged to get into any real kind of useful crunch. Clean channel was a bit meh as well. I think I heard from one of the vids that the clean channel uses an American tone stack so it's kind of stuck in this in between neither here nor there place to my ears
- 6L6 one was really nice clean! Pretty much what you'd expect from an American clean style platform
- For me the SAG power mode is essential, you get more of the feel of normal tube dynamics. I do think that perhaps the switch mode transformer means that the power section doesn't interact with the rest of the system in quite the usual way, but they've tried to design that feel back in with the SAG. Don't know why this isn't always on no matter what power mode!
- I wonder whether it's due to the lightweight candlenut cab material, but at LOUD volumes it started to get a bit shaky/woofy on the head and cab
- They look great! Lol but there was a Morgan head right behind them and it was a pretty clear line as to the design inspiration
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Re: Blackstar goes lightweight with a switch mode PSU tube amp
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Re: Blackstar goes lightweight with a switch mode PSU tube amp
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Re: Blackstar goes lightweight with a switch mode PSU tube amp
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Thankfully my back is good, let’s not mention shoulders though
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Re: Blackstar goes lightweight with a switch mode PSU tube amp
Any more recent reports on these?
This video impressed me but I get a sense this guy could make a Digitech RP200 sound good
Considering the 6L6 head as a lightweight band practice machine and for direct recording.
This video impressed me but I get a sense this guy could make a Digitech RP200 sound good
Considering the 6L6 head as a lightweight band practice machine and for direct recording.