I'm in no hurry, I own an IP which is the best amp I've heard so far.
I'm still impatient to see and hear how this little guy works.
I'm still impatient to see and hear how this little guy works.
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Bergantino B/Amp at NAMM
- Thread starter Munjibunga
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Most of the major bass shops have had the B|Amp listed on their websites as a pre order since NAMM. I still haven't seen an official announcement from Bergantino yet, so I'm guessing it's not available quite yet.
No one has them yet. They're still in the process of getting agency approvals. There have been a couple prototypes out and about, but I don't know when the production models will hit the street. Jim's FB page keeps saying "soon."
This is very coooool!!! Got to play with it for a bit. Didn't expect to see it in my local music store.....but i had milk and eggs baking in the car....so i couldn't mess with it for too long. Apparently Jim left it for the locals to try out and demo 
I heard Jim is also gonna do something special at the store too when it finally launches.... I'm following the store now on FB so I can know exactly when since a date was not specified.....told perhaps in September but they would announce on their page. Shout out to @davidjbass for luring me to the store today
I heard Jim is also gonna do something special at the store too when it finally launches.... I'm following the store now on FB so I can know exactly when since a date was not specified.....told perhaps in September but they would announce on their page. Shout out to @davidjbass for luring me to the store today
Hey glad someone else discovered this great store. I didn't have chance to check the b amp out but if it's anything like Berg cabs it must be awesome.
i didn't get a chance to fully give it a whirl to give a proper review - i spent most of my time chatting with the folks there about gear and the event they were going to have in September (i wasn't expecting to hang out there for almost an hour - while groceries i picked up after work was baking in the car). i did plug in for a bit using a custom build bass guitar (name escapes me now) that's based in Hingham, MA. first reaction to the amp was wow! it was very articulate and transparent. i would definitely have to agree that it's a clean loud amp! the program button which was used to chose the profile of what Berg cab is hooked up was very interesting. Being a digital amp, the controls were very different to what i'm used to. having it displayed on screen and being able to have different options by the knobs to select/change it felt reminiscent of changing the tonal setting in a high end car audio system. they (southshore music) were not sure when Jim was doing to drop by to take back the amp, so i'm hoping to stop by during my lunch break to try it out some more. if anyone is near Weymouth, MA and wanted to check it out - its there!!!!
just got back awhile ago during my lunch break. I brought one of my basses to the store too. again not much time to give a proper assessment (I let Pete and Ryan from the store try out my bass), but i got to play with the controls and menu and i stand corrected with my earlier statement.... "it felt reminiscent of changing the tonal setting in a high end car audio system", when actually its like going through controls to a Hifi home amplifier like a mcintosh or the like. One of the things they mentioned that i thought was cool about the amp, was that the amp has a regulated power supply , so no matter what impedance cabinet is connected (4, 8, or even 2.67), it'll always output the same power. When Ryan was playing with my bass, he cranked it a bit and it was plenty loud with some good punchy tones! anyhu, here's some pics...since we all love pics 
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That's not correct. A regulated power supply means it will basically output the same power regardless of the line voltage. Many amps will put out higher power on a 230v line in Europe than they will in the US...sometimes significantly so.
forgive me i'm only paraphasing what i was told...but when we were talking it reminded me of a car audio amp i used to own and i used that wording to explain.......
@Ryan MacLeod this is what i thought of =)
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"technology to maintain consistent power over a wide range of load impedances and supply voltages, as well as Advanced Rollback Thermal protection to keep your music playing under the most demanding conditions"
- Mar 4, 2015
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Hey guys, I will clarify the exact terminology from Jim. I personally ran this amp with 2 CN212 Cabinets and it worked wonderfully.
- Mar 4, 2015
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- Manager of a mom and pop music store South Shore Music Since 1968
Thanks so much for coming in. We are excited about the B-Amp and being a Bergantino Platinum Dealer. Now we just need the NV610 to come in and crank it with the B-Amp. Hopefully our ceiling tiles can handle it. -Rjust got back awhile ago during my lunch break. I brought one of my basses to the store too. again not much time to give a proper assessment (I let Pete and Ryan from the store try out my bass), but i got to play with the controls and menu and i stand corrected with my earlier statement.... "it felt reminiscent of changing the tonal setting in a high end car audio system", when actually its like going through controls to a Hifi home amplifier like a mcintosh or the like. One of the things they mentioned that i thought was cool about the amp, was that the amp has a regulated power supply , so no matter what impedance cabinet is connected (4, 8, or even 2.67), it'll always output the same power. When Ryan was playing with my bass, he cranked it a bit and it was plenty loud with some good punchy tones! anyhu, here's some pics...since we all love pics
