Speculum Speculorum
Power User
Hey guys from gear land!
I came across a Fryette Power Station in mint condition at a price so good I couldn't really pass it up. I've been running a Matrix gt1000fx but I was always curious about the PS because of it's low weight, fewer power tubes than other options (less expensive), reportedly flat response, and many positive reviews from the fractal and other modeler users.
I used a Mesa 290 prior to my purchasing the Matrix, and I enjoyed the Mesa experience as much as I enjoy the Matrix now. But I'm very curious to see how the Matrix and the Fryette compare. I know one guy said he needed to have the low pass filter removed from the unit to make it "right" for him, but I'm curious how other people find it too. There don't seem to be many complaints, that much is sure.
The cool thing is this could be a pretty sweet studio tool if I end up keeping it. If I have friends over who really want to use their tube heads we can still record silently using it as an attenuator.
Everybody's experience is subjective, mind you. But what kind of did the convincing for me (to give this thing a shot) was the comparison videos on this page. You'll have to scroll down because there was an error loading the video the first time.
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/70398/matrix-gt1000fx-v-fryette-power-station-with-an-afx
I came across a Fryette Power Station in mint condition at a price so good I couldn't really pass it up. I've been running a Matrix gt1000fx but I was always curious about the PS because of it's low weight, fewer power tubes than other options (less expensive), reportedly flat response, and many positive reviews from the fractal and other modeler users.
I used a Mesa 290 prior to my purchasing the Matrix, and I enjoyed the Mesa experience as much as I enjoy the Matrix now. But I'm very curious to see how the Matrix and the Fryette compare. I know one guy said he needed to have the low pass filter removed from the unit to make it "right" for him, but I'm curious how other people find it too. There don't seem to be many complaints, that much is sure.
The cool thing is this could be a pretty sweet studio tool if I end up keeping it. If I have friends over who really want to use their tube heads we can still record silently using it as an attenuator.
Everybody's experience is subjective, mind you. But what kind of did the convincing for me (to give this thing a shot) was the comparison videos on this page. You'll have to scroll down because there was an error loading the video the first time.
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/70398/matrix-gt1000fx-v-fryette-power-station-with-an-afx