After a long afternoon he finally gave up and, as a last resort, brought in an overspec AD120VT which he only had as a used unit and set it on 5W. Again, all of the available mainstream designs of the day sounded rough as a dead bear's backside in their own right. None of them got to me in any way and I was underwhelmed and about to give up when the guy suggested I just try modelling amps. I bought mine when I went with a friend to audition small valve amps from Fender and other makes. Of course, H&K added their own unique valve/SS mixed circuit configurations to it. In many ways to do with the offered functionality the original Valvetronix looks very like the "GM36 Mk0.1" to me. H&K has always been open to outside influences in their designs, (I, myself, even pointed them at the unique distortion of the Direct Coupled Cathode Follower stage in an online discussion I had with them which they then immediately included in their advertising literature.
#H&K AMPS FULL#
Korg then added a large number of preset amp models as starter patches, a full set of selectable effects based on existing pedals, the ability to power it down in steps to 1W, the ability to use its own dedicated MIDI style footswitch to select individual components or full amp patches from a store, in fact - are you sensing a great similarity to the H&K philosophy? The Valvetronix started out in 2001 and the GM36 I'm sure came in a few years after that. Doing this makes the feedback network (the valve amp) impose its characteristics and responses on the overall amp so in effect, the transistor amp became a very convincing valve amp. The neat trick was that the valve amp from input to load was then put into the feedback loop of the transistor amp. They then added a high power ultra clean transistor amp with a new configuration from the usual. They designed the power amp so there was a full independent miniature MOSFET and valve amp inside, including its own output transformer and dummy load. Vox came up with a great system which was brand new at the time. Now everyone "knows" that modelling amps sound $#!£ don't they? Yeah, we hear it online all the time, usually by people who have never used one but have it on good authority from their uncle's flatmate's barber's milkman's son who is a "bit of a guitar guru". It was basically a no holds barred project to see how well the two companies could add their own areas of expertise, Vox with guitar amplification/valve sound and Korg with digital modelling, to produce a convincing modeller. (It looks much better in blue grille than the original Vox "worn out brown blechhhh".) That's the first model of Valvetronix that Vox came up with when they partnered up with Korg. That's the Vox AC30 lookalike modelling amp in blue grille cloth. (Here we go again with my historical stuff. It is essential to audition an amp like this before making any sweeping statements about "how it will sound". I think that you have hit on the key point Artie. I'd be interested to hear anyone else's thoughts on it if you have heard or even played one. There is the "Spirit of Rock, "Spirit of Metal" or "Spirit of Vintage".
#H&K AMPS SERIES#
It's one of a series of three apparently similar design of amps, voiced differently for different styles. All of the guitar sounds in it are using the Spirit of Vintage model throughout. That link shows the amps in use played properly not just reviewed. At around £185 it seems a steal - if it does what they claim! This really sounds like it could get me back into the H&K fold again. It's pitched at a different price point in the market and the one I like is aimed to plug the Vintage gap in their product line. This is usually used for bass amps as it is super clean, super efficient and tiny, but there is no reason why it shouldn't be applied to guitar too if the tone is generated fully elsewhere. At that size it looks like it has to be a Class-D amp to me.
#H&K AMPS GENERATOR#
This is a sub-miniature 50W SS amp using the same unique H&K Spirit Tone Generator technology as the original Black Spirit 200. You know how we always say that the H&K amps aren't so good at classic vintage tones? Have you seen this? H&K Nano Spirit Of Vintage
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