Ampeg PF-800: First Impressions

[landau roof]

If anyone is having trouble with fan noise while mic-ing, get a longer speaker cable and put the amp where it doesn't get picked up.

 

[arai]

OK, here's your answer:

Not a lot going on up there^

 

[arai]

If anyone is having trouble with fan noise while mic-ing, get a longer speaker cable and put the amp where it doesn't get picked up.

Or get an amp with a quiet fan instead of making inconvenient sacrifices

 

[landau roof]

Or get an amp with a quiet fan instead of making inconvenient sacrifices

It's the most convenient sacrifice when you already happen to own the amp.

 

[P-oddz]

I don't know what all this talk about loud fan noise regarding the PF is. My PF800 fan is virtually nonexistent. And yes, I've done mic tests at home just finding different settings I liked.

No fan noise. Nada.

 

[Bowe]

My PF is dead silent, so I think the induced noise from my pups would outstrip any sound that the fan would make.
If I was recording with enough output to get the speaker to produce a full tone, the fan on high would be better than 40dB below the speaker output with the microphone 1m from the cab.

 

[f.c.geil]

Just pulled the trigger on one, will add my impressions when it arrives.

 

[Luvie]

I have both a PF-350 and PF-500 and the fans on them are not loud. I can hear them come on when I turn on the switch but just barely.

 

[scottbass]

Fan noise on a PF-800???? Not mine. There is no noticeable noise when playing live. I have had plenty of amps that had noticeable fan noise, which, by the way, is not a concern for me when I'm playing live anyway. When I'm in a real recording studio (not someone's basement "studio"), I'm using the studio's gear, not my PF-800. These days, real studio recording is almost all through a preamp and then direct-to-disk, with a real amp or an amp simulator added during mix-down.

 

[P-oddz]

Just pulled the trigger on one, will add my impressions when it arrives.

Congrats. I'd like to hear what you think.

 

[xbud]

I pulled the trigger on a PF-800 - Not like I need more equipment but when I had a PF-500 I kept getting the feeling that if it had a couple more watts of power it would be much cleaner at a higher level (And Possibly Not Cut Out), and it sounds like this is what your getting with the PF-800.

Thanks,

 

[f.c.geil]

Yes, it is.

You're welcome.

 

[Groovy_Gravy]

Or get an amp with a quiet fan instead of making inconvenient sacrifices

why must every post you make challenge EVERYONE? do you get some sort of satisfaction out of it?

 

[arai]

I don't know if you have noticed but I have actually lessened my warnings regarding the pf series, particularly the problematic 500 as the 10th revision seems to be doing the trick, so far.

 

[Chef]

Moderator Warning:
that's way more than enough out of the two of you.

any more personal spork stabbing here will end badly for the lot of you involved with it.

 

[happyg]

I'm really sitting on the fence with one of these. I've managed to find a great deal on one....almost too good to pass up. Wonder how it compairs to the Streamliner 900?

 

[RockDoc]

If anyone is considering one of these, they're on sale on Amazon for $349.96 presently. There is a thread about this in the Hot Deals section of TB. Apologies if this is old news!

Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Ampeg-PF800-P...ie=UTF8&qid=1385303877&sr=8-1&keywords=pf+800

 

[f.c.geil]

Having had them both, I'd say that they are more comparable than not, the only real difference is in the voicing.

Differences: The STM is much more bottom heavy, louder, and more pristine. The PF is Ampeg through and through. It has more natural grit and darkness, less scoop in the low-mids, and a little less treble.

 

[happyg]

Thanks Tek. That's kind of what I was thinking.

 

[f.c.geil]

You bet