Axe-Fx Power Amp Suggestions

[jlbaxe]

I ran a Art SLA2 for a while and thought it was great till I A/B them the other night and I prefer the RT2/50 w/ a quad of JJ E34Ls. Really tried not to like the RT just because of weight.

Seems more alive and warm. Has more control with the Pres and Density.

The cons: Tube warm up, weight and 2 spaces.

I could use the Art SLA2 for a back up if I needed to.

I put a 6 space rack together with a Monster2500, Axe-Ultra and RT2/50

 

[glpg80]

for a darker tonality, less power amp bite type of tone, the mesa 2:90:2.

for marshall-esque presence and bite/cut with a little more natural edge, VHT 2:90:2

for higher headroom of either? Mesa 500, strategy 400, or VHT 2150

my personal favorite? none of the above.

peavey classic 120/120, H&H V800, mosvalve 80:80, mosvalve stereo 500, and a few other miscellaneous power amplifiers that have no real titles or are not well known.

Wow "peavey classic 120/120, H&H V800, mosvalve 80:80, mosvalve stereo 500" hats a way different selection than most... How do they compare?

120/120 can do stereo 120W or mono bridged 240W - can bias any type of tube you would like, and if you upgrade them with chokes and better OT's you come out spending much less than major other leaders and still get resonance/presence controls and other features not found in high end headroom amplifiers anywhere near its price bracket. downside is size and weight - it will break your back.

the H&HV800 adds a smooth kind of character to your tone - sweet but powerful. they are a mosfet design intended for musical reproduction without colouration using class A/B or class 2H designs.

mosvalve tubeworks emulate the tube character and tonestacks of analog amplifiers but do it with mosfet's as well - giving an all solidstate reproduction with no distortion. for what they do they do it really well. they were intended for this purpose.

power amplifiers like QSC do deliver the goods but are biased in classes that are less concerned with dynamics, and more concerned with transparency and clean-ness of the original signal reproduction. depending on which amplifier you get, it would be the same thing as running your guitar modeling unit into a car stereo amplifier.

the amplifiers i listed wont break the bank and deliver plenty of guitar-mojo goods with or without sacrifices and sound great doing it - in my opinion

 

[mortega76]

for a darker tonality, less power amp bite type of tone, the mesa 2:90:2.

for marshall-esque presence and bite/cut with a little more natural edge, VHT 2:90:2

for higher headroom of either? Mesa 500, strategy 400, or VHT 2150

my personal favorite? none of the above.

peavey classic 120/120, H&H V800, mosvalve 80:80, mosvalve stereo 500, and a few other miscellaneous power amplifiers that have no real titles or are not well known.

Wow "peavey classic 120/120, H&H V800, mosvalve 80:80, mosvalve stereo 500" hats a way different selection than most... How do they compare?

Damn it Mo! Why you gotta start bitchin over here...

hahahaha no kidding...

 

[mortega76]

for a darker tonality, less power amp bite type of tone, the mesa 2:90:2.

for marshall-esque presence and bite/cut with a little more natural edge, VHT 2:90:2

for higher headroom of either? Mesa 500, strategy 400, or VHT 2150

my personal favorite? none of the above.

peavey classic 120/120, H&H V800, mosvalve 80:80, mosvalve stereo 500, and a few other miscellaneous power amplifiers that have no real titles or are not well known.

Wow "peavey classic 120/120, H&H V800, mosvalve 80:80, mosvalve stereo 500" hats a way different selection than most... How do they compare?

120/120 can do stereo 120W or mono bridged 240W - can bias any type of tube you would like, and if you upgrade them with chokes and better OT's you come out spending much less than major other leaders and still get resonance/presence controls and other features not found in high end headroom amplifiers anywhere near its price bracket. downside is size and weight - it will break your back.

the H&HV800 adds a smooth kind of character to your tone - sweet but powerful. they are a mosfet design intended for musical reproduction without colouration using class A/B or class 2H designs.

mosvalve tubeworks emulate the tube character and tonestacks of analog amplifiers but do it with mosfet's as well - giving an all solidstate reproduction with no distortion. for what they do they do it really well. they were intended for this purpose.

power amplifiers like QSC do deliver the goods but are biased in classes that are less concerned with dynamics, and more concerned with transparency and clean-ness of the original signal reproduction. depending on which amplifier you get, it would be the same thing as running your guitar modeling unit into a car stereo amplifier.

the amplifiers i listed wont break the bank and deliver plenty of guitar-mojo goods with or without sacrifices and sound great doing it - in my opinion

Wow... Great info... What power amp do you run with your Axe-fx?

 

[CaseyCor]

RT2/50

This!

 

[rsm]

Peavey IPR 6000? 2000 W per channel @ 4ohms

For modelers, I found solid state power to work best for me, YMMV.

FWIW, I used my old ADA power amp (100 W per side, SS) and cabs before switching to a Bose L1 Model II system with my Ultra; sold the Ultra, but continue to use the L1 as my FRFR for my preamps and modelers.

surely, someone makes a two channel amp with 5000 W or more per side @ 4 ohms, with bridging capability?!

 

[CaseyCor]

Peavey IPR 6000? 2000 W per channel @ 4ohms

For modelers, I found solid state power to work best for me, YMMV.

FWIW, I used my old ADA power amp (100 W per side, SS) and cabs before switching to a Bose L1 Model II system with my Ultra; sold the Ultra, but continue to use the L1 as my FRFR for my preamps and modelers.

surely, someone makes a two channel amp with 5000 W or more per side @ 4 ohms, with bridging capability?!

I was just going to post a thread about running the Axe-FX into a Bose L1 system. We use 2 of them in my band, run acoustic/electric guitar and vocals through one, and bass and vocals through the second. I really love these systems. Sound great, super easy and quick to set up/tear down. I would think an Axe-FX and one of the towers with 2 bass bins would be a great rig