Where are the pedal amps?

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The way things proliferate, I would have thought we'd see piles and piles of small, light, cheap amps by now. Instead we have a few rebadged amps of dubious origin by carvin, Harley benton and others of low power, and some insanely priced AB amps from duncan and others. I wonder why we don't see more 200 watt or more icepower amps on the market.

Are the TC bass heads still a viable option for powering "FRFR" and things like this
 
mbenigni said:
I think Quilter has some interesting options, though most if not all have integrated preamps.
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That suddenly became idioticially priced after moving production overseas. NTTAWWT as far as production location goes but prices going haywire all of a sudden is ugh.
 
Most of these still seem pretty low power for the price compared to bass amps. We live in a world where a two hundred dollar car audio amp can actually FOLD a windshield with a 40 dollar speaker...I don't think we're asking for too much here
 
JiveTurkey said:
That suddenly became idioticially priced after moving production overseas. NTTAWWT as far as production location goes but prices going haywire all of a sudden is ugh.
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I should have bought a baker's dozen of those M101's when they were $179. :D
 
the synergy 50 50 looks cool. id hit that if i was looking for a new amp.
 
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Here is a pedal that is an amplifier;

And a good review from someone who is paid to do it.
You don’t see this from the charlatan channels do we Darrell?
 
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pipelineaudio said:
The way things proliferate, I would have thought we'd see piles and piles of small, light, cheap amps by now. Instead we have a few rebadged amps of dubious origin by carvin, Harley benton and others of low power, and some insanely priced AB amps from duncan and others. I wonder why we don't see more 200 watt or more icepower amps on the market.

Are the TC bass heads still a viable option for powering "FRFR" and things like this
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Who has a passive "FRFR" that needs powering anymore? Car poweramps don't have to worry about power supplies the way pedal amps do, since they have a huge source of DC power coming directly from the car's electrical system. So with pedal amps, you wind up with stuff that is actually pedalboard "friendly" but has a wimpy power supply and puts out ... not really enough oomph. Or stuff that is a bit bulky for a pedalboard but actually has some.oomph behind it.

I'm all for small/light poweramps, but pretty convinced that the speaker box is the right place for them, not the pedalboard.
 
pipelineaudio said:
Are the TC bass heads still a viable option for powering "FRFR" and things like this
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It is for me. I’m using one alongside a Duncan PS170 to power two 2x12’s. Had I known about them when I bought the 170, I would have just bought 2 TC’s instead and saved money!
 
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