IIRC that tube is used for the negative feedback / interaction with the load; my Iridium feels awesome under the fingers.
1,000%I don’t think he is targeting the checklist feature set crowd. His passion seems to be about building his own dream gig amp, and the market for this are the people that align with his personal taste and approach. Whether that market is 7 people or 7,000 remains to be seen.
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Those H&K amps sound like ass. So that probably doesn't help. The Amp1 stuff sounds WAY better, IMO.Apologies if this has been explained before as I haven't always followed too closely.
When this is reconfiguring circuits, how exactly is it accounting for the lack of valves in these circuits? Like, it obviously has to approximate the behaviour of each gain stage using solid state tech, but that strikes me as something you can't easily do like for like. And even if you approximate one configuration, a valve with different voltages, resistors, impedances caps etc in another circuit is going to have its own quirks. The nanotube in there isn't involved in this part of the circuit, its doing something else AFAIK.
So a lot of what actually makes sense in the original circuit isn't just going to translate over to a solid state interpretation. Same goes for voltages, obviously this is running at a much lower voltage than most of the amps its approximating, and its something else that would require deviating from the original circuits to accommodate.
So when the gimmick of this is the ability to reconfigure the circuit to match amps, I don't really see how thats possible. It can reconfigure into amps that might sound and behave like those well known amps but I'd be more concerned if the circuits are close to the originals than not.
The other thing that's been on my mind is we've had products like this before which don't ever really take off with the public. Im not sure the reason why has ever been to do with how they sound, or how close the sounds it produces are to particular reference amps. They're absolutely nice things to have, and a good direction to go in, but I dont see that being the thing that turns something like this into a success:
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I mean, for literally 5x the price better do.
Well, I'm referring to the regular Amp1 stuff, which isn't 5x the price. The Amp1 Iridium is $900, the Spirit 200 is $1169.
We can use those as an example and my point is the same really. I don't really see how Amp X is going to bring in a bigger audience. I can imagine most of its appeal would be existing Amp1 users who want other amp sounds and see it as more economical or practical than buying several of them. I sort of struggle to see how AmpX is going to be the thing to bring people into the ecosystem.
Blug's team will figure out how to replicate the behavior of the tube amp with their tech, then test it by ear and measure it in comparison to the real amp. When they feel it's spot on, they release the new amp. This isn't much different process from how digital modeling companies make their models, just instead of DSP it's digital control to tell the analog components what to do.
Even though it's about the size of a FM9, its design makes it look massive. It's a pretty ugly box. I think the feature set is actually pretty cool but the tones just don't impress. I don't know wtf H&K are thinking but so many of their amps have had this kind of muddy fizzy character to them that I just don't like.The other thing that's been on my mind is we've had products like this before which don't ever really take off with the public. Im not sure the reason why has ever been to do with how they sound, or how close the sounds it produces are to particular reference amps. They're absolutely nice things to have, and a good direction to go in, but I dont see that being the thing that turns something like this into a success:
Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 Floor
Compact Amplifier for Electric Guitar The secret behind the sound of the BlackSpirit 200 is a completely newly developed sound generation technology: "Bionic Tone Generating". The complex dynamic processes of a classic tube circuit are reproduced...
Buy the Hughes & Kettner AmpMan Modern Solid State Pedal Amp
The Hughes & Kettner AmpMan Modern Solid State Pedal Amp is an excellent choice for those seeking pristine cleans and heavy gain in a compact unit.
Apologies if this has been explained before as I haven't always followed too closely.
When this is reconfiguring circuits, how exactly is it accounting for the lack of valves in these circuits? Like, it obviously has to approximate the behaviour of each gain stage using solid state tech, but that strikes me as something you can't easily do like for like. And even if you approximate one configuration, a valve with different voltages, resistors, impedances caps etc in another circuit is going to have its own quirks. The nanotube in there isn't involved in this part of the circuit, its doing something else AFAIK.
So a lot of what actually makes sense in the original circuit isn't just going to translate over to a solid state interpretation. Same goes for voltages, obviously this is running at a much lower voltage than most of the amps its approximating, and its something else that would require deviating from the original circuits to accommodate.
So when the gimmick of this is the ability to reconfigure the circuit to match amps, I don't really see how thats possible. It can reconfigure into amps that might sound and behave like those well known amps but I'd be more concerned if the circuits are close to the originals than not.
The other thing that's been on my mind is we've had products like this before which don't ever really take off with the public. Im not sure the reason why has ever been to do with how they sound, or how close the sounds it produces are to particular reference amps. They're absolutely nice things to have, and a good direction to go in, but I dont see that being the thing that turns something like this into a success:
Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 Floor
Compact Amplifier for Electric Guitar The secret behind the sound of the BlackSpirit 200 is a completely newly developed sound generation technology: "Bionic Tone Generating". The complex dynamic processes of a classic tube circuit are reproduced...
Buy the Hughes & Kettner AmpMan Modern Solid State Pedal Amp
The Hughes & Kettner AmpMan Modern Solid State Pedal Amp is an excellent choice for those seeking pristine cleans and heavy gain in a compact unit.
My Nextone Special is still one of my favorite amps. Nothing is for everyone, but it sure does a big range of things that I use. I suspect the Amp X will make some players very happy.
Agreed. I figured this would come in less than the cost of buying both the Iridium and Mercury. I just honestly don't see anything I'd need to have at this price vs just getting an AM4 and a pedal poweramp for almost half the price. Cool tech and I'd love to try one but I really feel like the majority of people who were excited about this initially have moved onto other things and it doesn't really have much appeal vs the current gen of modelers for the majority of other players.
Yeah , it has just taken way too long he is gambling a lot , what if the $600 Wampler pedal head turns out to be a better feeling sounding tube power amp solution
Yes and I really don’t want a “we will add that in a future update “ from Thomas