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Yamaha mixed up the guitar amplifier space in 2013 when it released three portable modeling amps to the US market, which sat somewhere between performance and practice models. These desktop amps went wireless last year thanks to a built-in Line 6 recei… Continue reading Yamaha makes a desktop amp specifically for acoustic pickers
Reckoned to be the most powerful integrated amplifier to come out of McIntosh Labs, the MA12000 pushes out 350 watts per channel, that’s 50 W more than the company’s previous contender for power champion, 2017’s solid-state MA9000.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading McIntosh lets monstrous MA12000 hybrid integrated amp off the leash
After three years in development, Marantz has dipped into its history for inspiration for a new line of high-end audio gear that starts with an integrated amplifier and a network audio streamer/SA-CD player.Continue ReadingCategory: Home Entertainment,… Continue reading Marantz looks to the past for future audio gear design
Though digital is very much the preferred format of modern music lovers, vinyl record sales have been steadily increasing. But some hi-fi amplifiers no longer have their own dedicated phono stage, meaning that the output from a turntable will need a bo… Continue reading iFi Audio launches its first entry-level phono stage
When Panasonic rebooted its Technics brand after a six year hiatus in 2014, its focus was very much on the audiophile listener. After releasing a bunch of turntables, amps, all-in-one systems and more, the luxury hi-fi company has now revealed its firs… Continue reading Technics launches first Reference Class integrated amp
Rather than haul around lots of amp heads and cabinets on tour, the Kemper Profiler Amp allowed guitarists to take thousands of accurately modeled amp sounds in one unit. Players were then offered tone switching control at their feet with the Remote, a… Continue reading Kemper releases a cabinet specifically designed for its Profiler Amp
There’s no denying that vintage guitar amps sound great, but they can be huge, expensive and prone to frequent breakdowns. Digital modeling has been getting better and better over the years, but there are folks who swear that the tones just don’t sound… Continue reading Neural networks create authentic digital models of analog amps
Back in 2011, Christoph Kemper introduced guitarists to a powerful digital amplifier that could accurately recreate the sounds of any other amp and store loads of them in one place. Four years later, players were offered the ability to switch… Continue reading Kemper takes the Stage with combined Profiler amp and Remote