Hey, everyone -- what should I get as a backup amp?

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Spaced Out Ace wrote: Fri May 24, 2024 6:36 pm
ninjaraf wrote: Fri May 24, 2024 6:32 pm Yeah, if you're doing the Synergy stuff, I would probably look at the SYN-30.
Is that a combo or 1 module head? I forget which off the top of my head.

How are the lows these days?
It's the 1 module head.

haha they're doing great!
I like 5150s. The rest of you bullshit amps can get fucked.

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ninjaraf wrote: Fri May 24, 2024 7:00 pm It's the 1 module head.

haha they're doing great!
Gotcha.

So still rocking the ninja lows?

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Spaced Out Ace wrote: Fri May 24, 2024 7:33 pm
ninjaraf wrote: Fri May 24, 2024 7:00 pm It's the 1 module head.

haha they're doing great!
Gotcha.

So still rocking the ninja lows?
Always!
I like 5150s. The rest of you bullshit amps can get fucked.

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GC has a Generator 100R for 1500. I'd get that or a 100CL personally.

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Maddnotez wrote: Fri May 24, 2024 10:07 pm GC has a Generator 100R for 1500. I'd get that or a 100CL personally.
Isn't that the clean channel (blue?), green channel and (R)ed channel?

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If you run across a used egnater seminar head, they have an awesome series fx loop that makes a killer mono power amp.

Plus, bruce invented the modules. It sounds great with his power amp design.
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Has anyone here used the KSR power amps (PA25, PA50)? If so, are they any good?

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Spaced Out Ace wrote: Sun May 26, 2024 6:57 pm Has anyone here used the KSR power amps (PA25, PA50)? If so, are they any good?
Raf had the PA50 and liked it. I wish they had a rackmount kit for it but it should be easy to mount it to a rack tray.

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Guitarbilly wrote: Sun May 26, 2024 9:00 pm
Spaced Out Ace wrote: Sun May 26, 2024 6:57 pm Has anyone here used the KSR power amps (PA25, PA50)? If so, are they any good?
Raf had the PA50 and liked it. I wish they had a rackmount kit for it but it should be easy to mount it to a rack tray.
It would definitely be more easily implemented into an existing setup versus the odd form factor it has. Quite a few reviews on the site for the PA50 seem to have used it with the Synergy stuff with good results. I'm curious about the Syn-5050, but some have had issues with tubes being too big, as well as the PA50, Engl E840, and Fryette 2/50/2, though the last two are pretty pricey at $1600+. I'm not particularly interested in buying 20+ year old power amps that will likely need to get recapped.

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I had the Syn 50-50 for 3 hours and returned it :lol: That's how much I disliked it. It sounds muddy, but also thin.

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