Thanks! I've heard good things about them. Have you tried VHT power amps?Tune will color the sound - that's just what they do.
Matrix amps have a tube like sound & are very light & cheap. Almost every Axe player uses them - check em out
Can anyone recommend a power amp that doesn't color the tone too much? Preferably tube.
... but Matrix is actually better...
As for Matrix amps, it will be better to purchase 2U unit. It is way quiter and doesn't heat that much (I own 1U matrix amp and it sounds like an old Pentium 3 PC).
Good luck!
Hi Yek,Power Station is the best power amp I've used.
Doesn't add much (if any ...) color.
Similar to Matrix but better feel and more natural, especially low mids.
Heavier than Matrix, and a 2U unit.
Plus: for best results High and Low Resonance needs to be neutralized in the Amp block. That doesn't work well if the same Amp block is also used for direct (FRFR) output.
Hi Yek,
i was thinking, if you shoot an IR through the power station and a cab, isn't that high and low resonance captured in the IR because the power station (or any tube power amp for that matter) was used, instead of a flat SS power amp ?
So that would mean you could turn off the low and high resonance for the amp and cab setup, and the IR would have these resonances baked in ?
Maybe @FractalAudio could chime in ?I don't think so, because impedance changes dynamically when using a tube amp.
But TBH: I don't know.
Not for everyone but, I use one or two of these:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Bryston-2B-L...191352?hash=item5d6d636e38:g:sa0AAOSwo4pYjVfd
For quiet-ish jazz gigs where I want to be in stereo I use a single 2B with two cabs (1 X 12" with EVM-12Ls) for 60watts per side.
For louder gigs where I don't need to be in stereo I'll use one of them in bridged mono mode @200watts.
For louder gigs when iIwant to be in stereo I use both of them, bridged.
I also own a Matrix GT1000 and used to own an ART SLA1 as well.
As far as I know, there isn't a power amp that sounds any better than a Bryston.
Bryston's are the state-of-the-art.
But they are VERY pricey, new, and also very heavy.
But the illusion that I'm playing through various tube guitar amps is much stronger when I use the Bryston.
+1 for Bryston. I use a Bryston 3B in stereo - these things are beasts; built like a tanks but heavy!
I use the Bryston to drive a pair of Tannoy passive monitors (C10) when I want to play with cab blocks, or through a variety of 1x12 & 2x12 cabs when I'm feeling like using a standard guitar cabs. Sounds glorious either way.