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08-10-2011, 09:20 AM
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So out of boredom I came across this today while searching for ampeg bass head images. 
Can someone explain this image to me?
This "SVT 8 Pro" is clearly a 4 space rack mount head ala a SVT 4 or SVT 2. And it certainly doesnt look like that image is 23 pounds as it says (Obviously the description is off the Ampeg page)
But every other SVT 8 ive seen was a 2 rack space head that looked like that image but shrunk.
What am I looking at in that picture? A prototype? I mean man that thing looks cool, super expensive but cool.
Any Ideas?
And I did do some limited google research and didnt find any apparent explanation. |
08-10-2011, 09:40 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Arlington Heights, IL | | I think it might have been a prototype picture or something that was screwed up on the site. Ampeg: Pro Series - SVT-8PRO
That is truly what it looks like. I have seen and played two of them. |
08-10-2011, 10:11 AM
|  | 155mm of pure destruction | | Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Atlanta | | | that's odd. usually basscentral.com has pretty up to date pics, info, etc... |
08-10-2011, 06:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Stevens Point Wisconsin | | | Im kind of glad no one has any clue why that picture and that product exsists.
Its like a real mystery! |
08-10-2011, 08:47 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: los angeles | | | The picture just got squished to fit the column of some magazine, and the website used it. Happens all the time. |
08-11-2011, 06:50 AM
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Doesnt seem to make sense as to why this one would be squased... http://www.proaudioland.com/prod_img...RO_insert1.jpg
Last edited by dereksilloway : 08-11-2011 at 06:54 AM.
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08-11-2011, 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted by lokikallas  The picture just got squished to fit the column of some magazine, and the website used it. Happens all the time. | I think this ^ is correct. I just cropped the pic the OP posted and stretched it a bit. Here it is; introducing the 8Pro... 
Also comes in a micro...   
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08-11-2011, 06:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: St Louis | | | There's only one kind of 8PRO that I know about.... and I worked on the design, so......
Anyway, with lots of computer programs you have options when sizing pictures. Just for example, with MS Word, when you "grab" a picture in the text , there are "grips" on the corners, and in the middle of each side of the picture box. The corners shrink/expand it proportionally in both directions, while the ones on the sides just shrink/expand that direction*..... so the proportions get distorted. I bet that's what happened.
* Yes, the editing system can grab those with a proportional scaling tool, but.....
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08-11-2011, 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Jerrold Tiers There's only one kind of 8PRO that I know about.... and I worked on the design, so...... | I have said it before, and I will say it again, that SVT-8Pro is an amazing head, and probably the most impressive implementation of class-D I have seen/measured.  |
08-11-2011, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by tombowlus I have said it before, and I will say it again, that SVT-8Pro is an amazing head, and probably the most impressive implementation of class-D I have seen/measured. | I thought you said "the most expensive implementation..." 
I want one!
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08-11-2011, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Groover I thought you said "the most expensive implementation..."
I want one! | No, that is reserved for the home audiophiles. |
08-11-2011, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Groover
I think this ^ is correct. I just cropped the pic the OP posted and stretched it a bit. Here it is; introducing the 8Pro...
Also comes in a micro... | Introducing the new 8 pro, now with oval knobs! |
08-11-2011, 09:48 AM
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08-11-2011, 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by tombowlus I have said it before, and I will say it again, that SVT-8Pro is an amazing head, and probably the most impressive implementation of class-D I have seen/measured. | Aw, don't say that, Tom! Just when I was getting used to the idea of the 7 Pro being the most impressive implementation of class D I had heard, now you tell me that this $2000 amp is even better? 
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08-11-2011, 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by JimmyM Aw, don't say that, Tom! Just when I was getting used to the idea of the 7 Pro being the most impressive implementation of class D I had heard, now you tell me that this $2000 amp is even better? | Wait a minute Captain Ampeg, are you saying that there is an Ampeg head that I have heard but you have not!!???!   |
08-11-2011, 06:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Stevens Point Wisconsin | | | im kind of sad that photo editing is all it ended up being...I wanted a big ol version of the 8 pro! |
08-12-2011, 02:56 AM
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Originally Posted by tombowlus | Um, yeah? But that's OK...if I showed up to a gig with that and the cabs to run it, I'd be instantly fired, so it's just as well. I'll hold out for the Micro VR Tube.
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08-12-2011, 03:08 AM
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08-22-2011, 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by tombowlus | Tom what's the lowdown on the 8 pro? I like the simulated tube power amp section and power reduction capabilities.
I read on eBay there were only 30 US made 8 pros? | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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