World's smallest hi-fi amp?

[Arnold]

"expected due date is June, but i'm working on it feverishly. it's 1 w/channel, sounds amazing... full range (well, below 40Hz to 20K with about -1dB from 1kHz), runs off a 12VAC power supply (unlike the nano which uses 12VDC), has excellent noise specs, is class AB, weighs about 2 lbs.

it's a hi-fi amp. not a guitar amp. 8^) i figure musicians have to listen to their computers with those awful monitors... why not get some high-quality bookshelf speakers and set up a listening station at your desk? that way you don't need a full stereo setup, just your iPod and/or laptop and the iMP and some speakers. and you get the pleasure of tube amplification."


http://zvex.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1371

[schild]

That. Is. Awesome.

[Arnold]

That. Is. Awesome.

I might have to get one to go with my Nanohead:

[stray]

That. Is. Awesome.

I might have to get one to go with my Nanohead:

I have one of those mini Marshalls for traveling and such, but it sounds like shit. The sound samples on the nano are nice, but it was running through a 4x12. What are you driving yours through?

[Arnold]

That. Is. Awesome.

I might have to get one to go with my Nanohead:

I have one of those mini Marshalls for traveling and such, but it sounds like shit. The sound samples on the nano are nice, but it was running through a 4x12. What are you driving yours through?

The Mini-Marshall and the Nanohead are not comparable because the Nano is a 100% tube amp, squeezed into a stompbox case.  I run it through a THD 2x12 or a Pacific Woodworks 2x12(Which is pretty much a MESA 2x12).

However, the BEST it has sounded to me(and this kind of thing will kill Zachary Vex, who HATES Line6) was through a Line6 extension cabinet.

[stray]

The Mini-Marshall and the Nanohead are not comparable because the Nano is a 100% tube amp, squeezed into a stompbox case.  I run it through a THD 2x12 or a Pacific Woodworks 2x12(Which is pretty much a MESA 2x12).

However, the BEST it has sounded to me(and this kind of thing will kill Zachary Vex, who HATES Line6) was through a Line6 extension cabinet.

Yeah, I know it's tube, but I was just wondering how it'd sound through smaller (read tiny) speakers. If I have to lug around anything larger than a 5 inch speaker for it to make a difference, I may as well just keep the little Marshall around. Lugging around a cabinet with that little amp is pointless, since I can always use attenuators with bigger, better amps that would take up the same amount of space.

Pretty cool for getting a tube sound at practice volumes (but my Vox already does that), but I was just wondering how much better it is than the Marshall if I was playing through portable speakers or headphones.

[Arnold]

Yeah, I know it's tube, but I was just wondering how it'd sound through smaller (read tiny) speakers. If I have to lug around anything larger than a 5 inch speaker for it to make a difference, I may as well just keep the little Marshall around. Lugging around a cabinet with that little amp is pointless, since I can always use attenuators with bigger, better amps that would take up the same amount of space.

People have bugged ZVex for a lunchbox-sized speaker cab ever since the Nano came out.  He was experimenting at one time, but apparently never found any speakers to his liking.  For a while he was talking about releasing a lunchbox, with speakers and a battery, for portable playing.

I just had to buy a Nano for the coolness factor.  Mine is #24 and I got it the first month the amp was released.

[stray]

Hmm, I'll pass on the Nano, but that Octane pedal is the shit. I've been looking for an octave pedal that could handle simultaneous notes for a long time. I gave up because I figured they didn't exist. The Machine is pretty damn cool too.

I've seen those at my local shop too, and passed on them before because they looked homemade. Heh. I won't think that way again, because that's probably a good thing.

[Sky]

Pretty cool for getting a tube sound at practice volumes

Practice volumes? Whazzat?

Have I mentioned I have a pretty forgiving landlord? :)

I've mentioned what shit gear I have in the past, for tone generation I'm using the Boss GT-6. It's nice and versatile, and I really needed something on the cheap(ish) to get a good tone, or I wouldn't be playing as much as I do now. I had quit when my band split (after trying to form a couple new ones...forced pickup groups!! aagggg!! Missed my "guild"), and I picked the guitar up again around 2000 but didn't get to playing regularly until two years ago when I got the Boss, now at least I have a decent rehearsal tone.

But I have yet to dial in a sound I like for performance volume (which for me is EFFING LOUD...artifact from the metal days) with my setup, though. The tone from the boss gets real thin when under heavy amplification (well, "heavy", it's a shitty amp, a Peavey Mark III or summat, running through a nice cab and speaker, Dean Markley 1x15 enclosure with a EV 15" 400W'er loaded..my Ampeg 8x10 is in storage 'cause she be huge).

I'm considering ditching the tone pedal altogether and just getting my old standby, a Proco Rat pedal, for metal riffs and just getting a better amp and using straight amp tone for blues/jazz/classical/etc stuff, non-crunchy stuff. I'd like to be like the cool kids and get a decent Marshal tube amp, but I also work at a library, so I'd have it paid off by sometime next decade (see also: guitar thread, heh). I just need to spend some time at a /decent/ music shop, plugging into everything they have..which is tough because I can't bring my axe (see also: guitar thread, groan) since it's pickups are garbagio. Ah well, I have some time blocked out to go next week (it's a long haul to anything from here), so maybe I'll have some good news by then.

[stray]

I'm considering ditching the tone pedal altogether and just getting my old standby, a Proco Rat pedal, for metal riffs and just getting a better amp and using straight amp tone for blues/jazz/classical/etc stuff, non-crunchy stuff. I'd like to be like the cool kids and get a decent Marshal tube amp, but I also work at a library, so I'd have it paid off by sometime next decade (see also: guitar thread, heh).

I'll suggest my amp here: Vox Valvetronix. Heads are pretty affordable. You'll get a versatile pallette of amp tones, plus it models some famous stomp boxes as well (the Proco Rat being one of them). It's not as good as an expensive tube setup, but it's the next best thing imo, and much more convenient. It's a digital/tube hybrid, and the models are done really well -- so it isn't going to sound like those shitty Line 6's (not to my ears anyway).