New ATOMIC/FRACTAL AMP.....

[Tremonti]

Why is the new Atomic amp only gonna be mono? I never understood why Tom didn't make a stereo version in his previous designs....I mean I love stereo and for such a full featured processor it's like running a 8 cylinder race car on 4....???? I don't understand.... Tom? Also...is the AXE FX gonna slide right into this new Atomic amp? What are the price points too? Thanks!

 

[Dutch]

It's so you can buy two of them, set them 20 feet apart and enjoy the stereo image in the letterbox-widescreen way. It'll blow you skyhigh!

I think.

Probably there will not be such a huge difference in price between two mono and one stereo. And believe you me, from my experience of lugging a 2x12 Vetta around for a while, two singles, each in one hand is HHHUUUUUUUGELY preferable.

 

[mranonimouse]

It's so you can buy two of them, set them 20 feet apart and enjoy the stereo image in the letterbox-widescreen way. It'll blow you skyhigh!

I think.

Probably there will not be such a huge difference in price between two mono and one stereo. And believe you me, from my experience of lugging a 2x12 Vetta around for a while, two singles, each in one hand is HHHUUUUUUUGELY preferable.

+1

 

[Firstpenguin]

I agree. Stereo cabs really don't do it for me either. When you have 2 speakers with practically no separation set on the same plain, in the same cabinet (vibrations from the one speaker interact with the other speaker) the difference between that and a mono simulation is very little. IMHO of course.

 

[porieux]

I've never understood why they even make stereo cabs. I don't see how it could ever work.
I guess for people who practice sitting really close right in front of their amp?

 

[HailHalford]

I've never understood why they even make stereo cabs. I don't see how it could ever work.
I guess for people who practice sitting really close right in front of their amp?

On a tight stage I can use a stereo cab and not have to worry about weirdness from my stereo presets. But you are right in that the stereo-ness is not aparent until your face is practically touching the mesh. At home, at practice, or on a larger stage, though, it's 2 4x12s. The first time I hooked up my AFx this way I nearly wept from joy.