![]() The fan - it is not loud, I would say compared to other fanned equipment I have this amps fan is relatively quiet. It is housed in a plastic shell with the internal amp mounted on a metal chassis. This amp head is a high quality solid state D Class amp. I feel over the recent years Behringer are now also producing more very high quality equipment and very low prices. I know 'Behringer' make a lot of low price gear and making it at an ultra low price you sometimes have to compromise - which often means 'you get what you pay for'. Behringer make the power stage module themselves and then the overall manufacturing of the amp is at a lower cost. How do Behringer make this amp at such a low price? Most guitar and PA amplifier manufacturers buy the power stage module from a supplier and then build the pre-amp section and other components around the module. D class amps are now increasingly used by bass guitarists as the light weight, clean sound, instant power and simple reliable power supply all add up to a low price to quality sound ratio. No noise noticed at all, no hum or any unwanted distortions. The amp is very loud and clean, shakes my house when up to 50% power, I play it at home mostly around 30%. Ultrabass effect is a sort of octave effect, it works on my set up around the mid freq range, and is a worthwhile effect to use when you need it. The 7 band EQ works well, together with the other controls I am able to shape and get a very good tone.Ĭompression works well, it functions as far as I can tell as a 'limiter' to reduce peaks and does not squash the overall sound. I keep the amp on channel 2 as I like using a clean sound just near to over-driven and using the Shape control. The amp has 2 channels, switchable on the amp and with the included footswitch.Ĭhannel 2 is with an overdrive emulation as Gain, and a Shape control that scoops out a frequency area depending on the setting you use. My bass guitar is an HB with active pickups. I have connected the amp to a Warwick WCA 410-4 = 4 X 10 4 Ohm 300 Watt. You really can?t go wrong, especially not with Thomann?s best in class guarantee. Thomann replaced it quickly.Ĭonclusion: A bit of a curate?s egg, with the good significantly outweighing the not so good. No ground lift on the DI out ? not uncommon with lower priced amplifiers.īuild quality could be an issue ? the first one of these I had was dead on arrival. The ultrabass effect, if used sparingly, gives a subtle but undeniable sub octave chorus like grumble to the tone ? however the effect seems to be rather hit and miss, with the overall volume rising and falling unpredictably. That said I have no problem using this head ? all amps sound different after all. My Trace Elliot has a very tight, punchy and focused sound. Sounds slightly woolly compared to the Trace Elliot I have been using, but has stronger lows. The sound is a little uncontrolled ? difficult to describe this precisely. There is a noticeable click from the speakers when changing channel or switching in the utlrabass effect. It just reports low frequencies, who?d have thought that could happen with a bass guitar? The FBQ metering is a gimmick that is of no value whatsoever. The quality of the pots is minimal ? they are quite insubstantial but nevertheless work smoothly. I barely reaches the floor from the amplifier on top of my two 1x15 cabs. The not so good/bad (in no particular order): The case looks like high density PVC so should be very tough, if rather unattractive. The footswitch supplied with my amplifier is labeled Bugera rather than Behringer, and is black rather than anodised gold as shown on the box. ![]() Rack mountable, if you so choose ? brackets are in the box. The graphic EQ works and is illuminated, which is a nice touch. The distortion channel also has a shape control which works well and not to extremes. Couple this set slightly louder than the clean channel (using the level control) and there is a noticeable lift, ideal for a 3 piece bass player. Two channels ? and one with distortion which again used sparingly is a real boon. I bought this head as a backup, but I like it enough to use it as my main live amp.ĭefinitely a good strong 300w, no lack of power here. My basses are active, have maple bodies, and are therefore bright and also very deep. I have an ancient but good Digitech BP200 between my 4 and 5 string basses and the amplifier input. I am running through 2 8ohm 1x15 300w cabinets.
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