Power Station question

Racerxrated said:
Wrong.

The user of the Wizard was here, and there was a thread on it. Listen, I was intrigued by the TAE and have used Boss stuff for years. Still do. But, the biggest most important part of my 69 Plexi is the OT.
No chance I risk it. The Fryette PS2A works and sounds fantastic.
I'm good.
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All I am saying by butting into these threads is that my 7yr daily experience with this thing has been flawless and game changing. I do understand some believe a guy needed to replace an OT in a Wizard and blamed it on the TAE (not sure what him 'being here' has to do with anything). OK, so one (anonymous) guy had a $300 repair he attempted to get a warrantee check for and I'm supposed to ignore a once in a generation device? What this box allows you to do with your rig is unparalleled, which I guess explains the shade thrown at it. Pete Thorn and Joe Bonamassa use them live for a reason. You guys are missing out
 
tallcoolone said:
All I am saying by butting into these threads is that my 7yr daily experience with this thing has been flawless and game changing. I do understand some believe a guy needed to replace an OT in a Wizard and blamed it on the TAE (not sure what him 'being here' has to do with anything). OK, so one (anonymous) guy had a $300 repair he attempted to get a warrantee check for and I'm supposed to ignore a once in a generation device? What this box allows you to do with your rig is unparalleled, which I guess explains the shade thrown at it. Pete Thorn and Joe Bonamassa use them live for a reason. You guys are missing out
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What am I missing out on?
 
Racerxrated said:
Just to mention; I had a PS100 5 yrs ago or so. Hated the way it 'squished' the tone as an attenuator. Returned it fast.

Recently bought a PS2A, and the difference is night/day in the attenuated tone. Like not even related to the PS100 experience I had. PS2A is MUCH better than the PS100 in that regard.
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I have a PS100. Bought new maybe 5 years ago and it is the most transparent reamper/attenuator. Some amps don't like it like the Wizard. I always use a real cabinet with it.
 
Greazygeo said:
What am I missing out on?
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Mainly 2 integrated compressors, 5 integrated delays, 5 integrated reverbs, 2 EQs/boosts, amp control, 10 IR slots and all MIDI controllable.

thegame said:
A very unhappy Rick :D
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My man I don't push crap I like on anyone. In this case I feel like people dismiss this thing out of hand and for those of us who take our gear out and gig it is incredibly helpful. We are a small community--one isolated unverified issue and you'd think there were amps spontaneously combusting everywhere. They aren't.
 
Greazygeo said:
What am I missing out on?
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A few yrs back, a RTer had a Wizard MC or MTL OT fry on him while using a Boss TAE attenuator. There was a thread on it. He ended up getting Sweetwater to take the unit back and agree that it had failed. Boss wouldn't respond to him. He ended up sending his Wiz back to Rick for a new OT, for around 1500 at his expense. A few others had some issues, if I remember right a HiWatt, another Wizard and a few old Marshalls all lost their OT while using a Boss TAE.
I'm sure by now, Boss has fixed whatever issue the unit had. But, I'll skip it altogether and use the Fryette. I'd like to keep my Plexi OT working as it does now.
 
dead-pan said:
I have a PS100. Bought new maybe 5 years ago and it is the most transparent reamper/attenuator. Some amps don't like it like the Wizard. I always use a real cabinet with it.
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I never used a Wizard with any attenuator. I bought the PS100, and a resistive attenuator when I got my 72 SL. That amp, and my 69 Plexi like attenuators just fine. But, the PS100 I had 6 yrs ago squished the tone in a weird way, didn't care for it so returned it. The PS2A I just got sounds MUCH better to my ears...almost spot on to the resistive attenuator that sounds great but heats up WAY too much for my taste.
 
Racerxrated said:
A few others had some issues, if I remember right a HiWatt, another Wizard and a few old Marshalls all lost their OT while using a Boss TAE.
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Same vague, unfounded line we see every time the TAE is mentioned. If I blow a tranny...wait...you know what I mean...I'll be sure and put my name next to the claim. Like real people do.
 
I have the PS2A. Love it. I don't use it as an attenuator, so much as I use it to add low-end chunk via the power amp's depth circuit and a modern attack to amps that lack that kind of thing. Plus the FX loop being after the amp is amazing for time-based effects. As a pure attenuator, it works great too.
 
tallcoolone said:
Same vague, unfounded line we see every time the TAE is mentioned. If I blow a tranny...wait...you know what I mean...I'll be sure and put my name next to the claim. Like real people do.
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Ok Boss Cheerleader. You do you.
Don't believe me that someone on this very forum fried an OT using the TAE?
Ok.
Happy for you.
 
Here's the very thread....
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Thread 'Help, did I just fry my OT using the Boss Waza TAE or tubes?'

So I just got the Boss Waza TAE today and just a few minutes ago hooked it up with my Wizard MTL and Marshall 2x12. I connected everything first before powering on the TAE, had the speaker cables in the right jacks and the ohm selectors both set to 8ohms (on amp and TAE). I start to play using the attenuation and after about a minute or two I switch on the FX (prob unrelated) and then I start getting some volume drop and crackling. Even after plugging the amp straight to cab I'm now noticing volume dropping then coming back up and crackle and fizz. I noticed a weird burning electronics...
 
And the follow up...

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Thread 'Do I sell my Wizard or take Boss to small claims court?'

So long story short, bought a Waza Tube Amp Expander in the summer. Turns out it was defective, it fried the OT on my Wizard MTL. Been trying to get an answer from Boss for months now (even with a Sweetwater RMA #) and nothing. $1500 minimum to fix, $2200 to bring to MK2 specs.

Do I sell for $1200 (it's with Rick right now, $2200 + $200 shipping) or take Boss Roland to small claims for the minimum fix plus shipping ($1800 total)?

Wondering if anyone has ever done a small claims court case and how it went if so.
 
Racerxrated said:
Ok Boss Cheerleader. You do you.
Don't believe me that someone on this very forum fried an OT using the TAE?
Ok.
Happy for you.
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Zero incentive for me to do that? You posted the same threads you mentioned initially, the guy with the Wizard. I get it, you believe him. I don’t. I have the unit and am well aware how mistakes can be made, you need to pay attention. Same with the PS. If the TAE fried amps there would be minimum hundreds of warranty claims out there—we would all know about it. Not one anonymous rando
 
tallcoolone said:
Mainly 2 integrated compressors, 5 integrated delays, 5 integrated reverbs, 2 EQs/boosts, amp control, 10 IR slots and all MIDI controllable.
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Im sure that is cool and all, but I don’t have a need for any of that. Plus I get option paralysis with too much stuff 😄 When I gig it’s just my Wizard and an old RP1000. Using the PS2 with the old Marshalls, just a small pedalboard, some in front and some in the PS2 loop. I still use a cab live.
 
dead-pan said:
I have a PS100. Bought new maybe 5 years ago and it is the most transparent reamper/attenuator. Some amps don't like it like the Wizard. I always use a real cabinet with it.
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My MC1 works with all my attenuators. Others may be different I suppose.
 
Greazygeo said:
When I gig it’s just my Wizard and an old RP1000. Using the PS2 with the old Marshalls, just a small pedalboard, some in front and some in the PS2 loop. I still use a cab live.
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I’m with you, I’m simple. I don’t want to run 4 x 20’ cables from my rig to my board but I want to be able to use time based fx—even with a channel switcher—after my amp rather than before. I can do that. Plus I don’t want to carry a delay or reverb pedal.
 
Racerxrated said:
I never used a Wizard with any attenuator. I bought the PS100, and a resistive attenuator when I got my 72 SL. That amp, and my 69 Plexi like attenuators just fine. But, the PS100 I had 6 yrs ago squished the tone in a weird way, didn't care for it so returned it. The PS2A I just got sounds MUCH better to my ears...almost spot on to the resistive attenuator that sounds great but heats up WAY too much for my taste.
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I wonder what the difference could be between the PS100 you had and the PS2A?

I would assume the basic function would be the same except for the poweramp design for different tube types.

I have a TAE also and ran it with all my amps and had no problem. Works best with Marshall type amps.

May just be my Wizard as it didn't work well with the TAE either.

My OX failed but didn't blow any amps though it did make them behave very unusual.
 
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Ohm question.
I found the description in the manual a bit confusing.
If I’m running the PS1 with two 16 ohm cabs, my amp should be on 8, PS amp input on 8, and cabinet output set to 8, correct?
 
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