Synergy Owners Thread

Thanks for going over all the features @GuitarJon and as always from you it sound great. Mine gets here tomorrow with the Solo II and Savage modules. Looks like my new CrabAmp will get here on the same day... going to be Amp overload.
 
CorrosiveMatter said:
In Ola's video he said you could just turn down the Master to go IR mode only so not sure.
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I can't find a manual for it but I suspect if it is like the IR-X stuff and the Soldano it will be digital backend if you are going IR only so a fixed power amp volume per se but with more flexibility in terms of reactance and structure.
 
CorrosiveMatter said:

I have not gone through it yet, still watching all the fluencers videos.
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thanks for this

13. CAB-LESS OPERATION – To use the amp without a cabinet, completely remove ANY connections from all of the speaker jacks and set the MASTER volume to zero. Warning! Leaving the jack connected without a load will damage the amplifier or the tubes. Warning! Make sure the speaker cable is fully plugged in, to avoid malfunctions and possible damage (2 clicks).

As the master volume is set to zero then I assume the power amp sound is derived digitally but I'll do some more digging.
 
aivoryuk said:
Here is a fairly detailed demo
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That's a great demo.

But also kinda shows the weakness of the system. When the cab or IRs stay the same, a lot of the modules kinda start sounding somewhat similar. Obviously you would get this issue to some degree swapping full amps into the same cabs, or doing that with a modeler.

It's definitely not a "gotta catch them all" system but more like "build your own amp with your favorite channels" system.

The SYN20-IR is not for me simply because I would get annoyed swapping modules compared to the near instant model changes on a modeler, or the less swapping needed on a dual module system.

Hopefully they put out a SYN50-IR sooner than later with the same feature set, just 50W and dual modules.
 
GreatGreen said:
This thread seems like the right place for this question. I’ve had a Fryette 2/90/2 for years and I love the sound I get out of that amp. However I’d love to see a mono version of it.

How close in tone is the Fryette PS-100 to being a mono version, or at least one side, of the 2/90/2?
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The PS100 will be more transparent. I don't think it would be that good of a substitute as a mono version of a 2/90/2

If you're wanting to use it with Synergy, they use the PS100 as one of the power amps when fine tuning a module design/tone. In general the module does the heavy lifting for tone. So in that aspect you may want a more neutral sounding power amp and the PS100 does well for that.
 
MadAsAHatter said:
The PS100 will be more transparent. I don't think it would be that good of a substitute as a mono version of a 2/90/2

If you're wanting to use it with Synergy, they use the PS100 as one of the power amps when fine tuning a module design/tone. In general the module does the heavy lifting for tone. So in that aspect you may want a more neutral sounding power amp and the PS100 does well for that.
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This is the most helpful thing you could have said, thanks so much! :)

However, why do you think a PS-100 would be much different than "half of a 2/90/2" though? They're both dedicated poweramps made by Fryette that can accept KT88's, right?
 
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The clips of this thing are pretty good the lows are not farting out as much as one would expect especially in the John Browne vid with Recto
And Guitar Jon vids w drop tuning
 
MadAsAHatter said:
The PS100 will be more transparent. I don't think it would be that good of a substitute as a mono version of a 2/90/2

If you're wanting to use it with Synergy, they use the PS100 as one of the power amps when fine tuning a module design/tone. In general the module does the heavy lifting for tone. So in that aspect you may want a more neutral sounding power amp and the PS100 does well for that.
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FWIW, I always like to post this when the subject of whether the power station is a decent stand alone power amp or not:



While you can hear differences there, IMHO, the 50W PS2 is absolutely holding its own against the most legendary rack power amps ever.

A lot of folks make claims about the Power station amps somehow being too linear in response, like it's a bad thing; but as you mention, it can be ideal depending what you've got it coupled to; and what you are looking to accomplish.

AFAIK none of Fryettes designs are wildly skewed in terms of frequency response.

If you already have the 100 I'd absolutely try it out with one of the preamps before going with some other solution.
 
laxu said:
That's a great demo.

But also kinda shows the weakness of the system. When the cab or IRs stay the same, a lot of the modules kinda start sounding somewhat similar. Obviously you would get this issue to some degree swapping full amps into the same cabs, or doing that with a modeler.

It's definitely not a "gotta catch them all" system but more like "build your own amp with your favorite channels" system.

The SYN20-IR is not for me simply because I would get annoyed swapping modules compared to the near instant model changes on a modeler, or the less swapping needed on a dual module system.

Hopefully they put out a SYN50-IR sooner than later with the same feature set, just 50W and dual modules.
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There is a lot of overlap in the modules IMO. I sold the Pitbull because it sounded identical to the IICP. I didn’t need two of the same module. The SLO and the DRECT were close too so I kept the DRECT as it’s just a hair better to my ear. It’s not a knock on Synergy either, I think you’d be surprised how close many amps sound to each other.

Check out this video, you’ll hear a lot of overlap but it doesn’t mean the modules are any less accurate:



All in all they’re different colors to paint with and a ton of fun to compare and use to make music.
 
Desertdweller said:
There is a lot of overlap in the modules IMO. I sold the Pitbull because it sounded identical to the IICP. I didn’t need two of the same module. The SLO and the DRECT were close too so I kept the DRECT as it’s just a hair better to my ear. It’s not a knock on Synergy either, I think you’d be surprised how close many amps sound to each other.

Check out this video, you’ll hear a lot of overlap but it doesn’t mean the modules are any less accurate:



All in all they’re different colors to paint with and a ton of fun to compare and use to make music.
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100% especially when we are talking hi gain stuff , the higher the gain the less dynamic range and more compression
if you take same player
Same guitar , same pickups
Same cab , the end result if you had an amp switcher going between 3 or 4 real heads would be more like subtle differences in many cases ,
The difference in feel to the player would likely be more noticeable
 
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