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So has Matrix closed up shop? I can't seem to find anything other than used on Revrb. If they are closed, what would be an equivalent unit available to order brand new? Just planning for "future GAS pains."
Ah, glad to know they are still in business. Hoping to get one of those amps later this year, supply chain permitting
That's the thread that got me into the rabbit hole LOL
What's wrong with the Matrix?
You would think that they would do customer service better to keep people interested .
They also run an anodizing business. If I understand correctly, that industry is experiencing a wartime boom at the same time the amplifier business is suffering due to severe shortages. They may be human resource constrained.
Do you think that GT1000FX won't be enough for bass? I'm asking this because I play both guitar and bass and was considering buying it to build a live rig.
. I sold that bad boy for $400 and spent $150 to ship it
Are you hitting it with line level out of the axe? My GT1000fx is insanely loud if I make sure the levels are right throughout the rest of the patch and line level out. I am using F12 X200 speakers in Xitone passive wedges. Its still capable of LOUD gig volume through my Mesa 2x12 and Marshall 4x12 cabs.It's enough, but I'm usually pushing it pretty hard. My band plays (too) loudly, and I'm keeping up with a loud drummer and 2 guitarists. I'm usually pushing it as loud or louder than cranking my real mesa 400+. I'd be more comfortable with more overhead like the 1600 or 2000, but it's not really necessary strictly. I have also a crown 1502 XLS that's a bit louder but I think the matrix sounds better.
I did have an old big iron class AB crown amp macrotech that was pretty incredible but sounded like a jet engine and weight about 50 lbs by itself. Also needed a 20A circuit
Anything above 2kW is going to draw too much power to be safe using at a normal venue outlet. But I'd opt for either a 2000 or a 1600 any day just for headroom. The trick with power amps is to push the input as high as you can without clipping/limiting/altering the tone so you can get the power section working more for you. On quad cortex it means pretty much maxing out every level, whereas on the fractal there's a bit higher output preamps, so it's a little easier to get the room volume.
I see, thank you for the detailed response! I wish I could find the 1600 or 2000 here too, but I don't think they were distributed here where I live.It's enough, but I'm usually pushing it pretty hard. My band plays (too) loudly, and I'm keeping up with a loud drummer and 2 guitarists. I'm usually pushing it as loud or louder than cranking my real mesa 400+. I'd be more comfortable with more overhead like the 1600 or 2000, but it's not really necessary strictly. I have also a crown 1502 XLS that's a bit louder but I think the matrix sounds better.
I did have an old big iron class AB crown amp macrotech that was pretty incredible but sounded like a jet engine and weight about 50 lbs by itself. Also needed a 20A circuit
Anything above 2kW is going to draw too much power to be safe using at a normal venue outlet. But I'd opt for either a 2000 or a 1600 any day just for headroom. The trick with power amps is to push the input as high as you can without clipping/limiting/altering the tone so you can get the power section working more for you. On quad cortex it means pretty much maxing out every level, whereas on the fractal there's a bit higher output preamps, so it's a little easier to get the room volume.
Not sure why this would be wrt a clean hi-headtoom power amp (unlike what would be expected for traditional guitar p. a. section via fx return). My Matrix is, as far as I can tell, all clean headroom throughout its range - as this type of power amp should be afaiu. There is no gain staging necessary to Matrix or similar. For a given target volume, I can either feed it a lower signal and turn the Matrix' knobs up to attenuate less, or feed it a higher signal and turn the Matrix' knobs down to attenuate more. Interestingly, I've often read the latter recommendation for Matrix but never citing associated logic. Either way, aside from extreme cases where the amp is pushed beyond a typical use case (which would suggest it's not powerful enough for the task at hand) or fed an extremely quiet signal, I can't descern any difference and would not expect any given this is what Ss power amps are designed to do afaik, and should not require the user to generate an atypically high signal level to feed it.
