PowerStage 170 has arrived.
First impressions:
- Dark grey color is nice.
- No quick start manual, which is weird.
- Quiet fan, much more quiet than my Matrix.
- Very compact. No problem throwing this in a gig bag.
- Tone controls have a large range. At noon they seem pretty flat, but no measurements to refer to (and no manual).
First hands-on experiences are that the sound is comparable to that of a Matrix GT1000FX, with the PowerStage being a little more transparent overall, and less congested in the low mids. Which are good things. Esp. those low mids have always bothered me.
Preliminary conclusion is also that the PowerStage is no match for the Fryette Power Station II, as I expected. The Power Station is really transparant and natural.
I've only been able to compare them at fairly low volume levels at this moment. I'm taking the three power amps to a gig tomorrow, and hope to have some time available to testing them at gig levels.