My Amp Finally Went

spiltcoil · #1 01-13-2011, 09:31 PM

So should I just get a power amp? It would be cheaper for me than buying a good quality dedicated bass head and I already use a VTBass as my front end. Also, anyone else driving a power amp with a VTBass? What are your thoughts?

Lets say I have about $350 to spend...

mowburger · #2 01-13-2011, 09:47 PM

You could pick up a Crown Drivecore XLS 1500 for about $369 right now, I just picked up an XLS2000 cause my amp also just died, here's my thread Just pulled the trigger on a Crown XLS 2000!

it'll be a few days before I try it out with my BDDI, but I've read everything I could find, and think they're as good a match as any, altho the XLS need to see 1.4mv at input to see full potential.

Just a thought.

mowburger · #3 01-13-2011, 09:51 PM

I think if you don't need the certain sound of say a SVT at full tilt, or say a tube bassman at juuuusssst the right level of tubey mojo, if you like the sound of your VT/pre/digi whathavyou than a poweramp is a very smart way to go dude! good luck!

Jim Campbell · #4 01-13-2011, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by spiltcoil

So should I just get a power amp? It would be cheaper for me than buying a good quality dedicated bass head and I already use a VTBass as my front end. Also, anyone else driving a power amp with a VTBass? What are your thoughts?

Lets say I have about $350 to spend...

do you know for sure that it's not a fairly easy problem to repair....

spiltcoil · #5 01-13-2011, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim Campbell

do you know for sure that it's not a fairly easy problem to repair....

No. But I don't have three months to wait for it to come back either, unfortunately. FMIC will likely charge me more than a quarter of what a brand new power amp would cost.