Favorite TRACE Amp of all time -

[Zbysek]

An amp could easily be designed to make 100W off 48V, but only if enough current is available. Phantom power is only designed to supply about 10mA of current. Not even enough current for 1 watt.

OK, fair enough. I can see that it is rather unrealistic at this stage.

 

[Zbysek]

Dude, phantom power delivers mA levels of power. No way you get to pump the electrons needed to drive an amplifier. You want whole amps not hundredths of amps of current.

OK, I can see that I will have to keep on carrying the "HEAAVVY" power cable....untill the day when the wireless power transfer enters the music industry!

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[Karlson541]

An amp could easily be designed to make 100W off 48V, but only if enough current is available. Phantom power is only designed to supply about 10mA of current. Not even enough current for 1 watt.

Then you need to think bigger, you'd just need to have 100 phantom power sources to make a 100W running, so all you need for it to happen is a really big mixer you can draw it from and make room on the amp for 100 XLR plugs and you are there.

 

[Zbysek]

Then you need to think bigger, you'd just have to have 100 phantom power sources to make a 100W running, so you just have to have a really big mixer you can draw it from and make room on the amp for 100 XLR plugs and you are there.

That's the approach I like!

 

[ale_vanlager]

GP12 SMX

 

[klejst]

I have owned a couple of the older 80's/90's TE combos (one a 4x10 combo the other a 2x10 combo) and they were heavy sure but also very loud and clear sounding. I'm a big fan of that era of TE stuff myself.

 

[Omega Monkey]

The advantage would be that it would be lighter, obviously. Not only because it would be smaller, but because the phantom power would allow you not to carry the power cable which adds some weight. In my case, when I do not travel to my gig by car, I need to walk 10 minutes to catch a train, and than again make some walking in the city to get to the club-all done with bass, amp and cabinet hanging over my shoulders. In the end of the night, I can feel every pound, I can tell you.

So what you are telling us is you want a Trace branded hand cart?

I used a TE Series 6 200w 1215 combo for many years - 1988/9 to 2006. I'd still be using it now (weight notwithstanding) if, thanks to another band member idiot, it hadn't fallen off a trolley and down some stairs on a load in once... Look on the bright side, at least he was helping with the load in...

Tragic. Let's all bow our heads for our fallen friend. And for Trev's former bandmate who sometime later was killed in a "mysterious" boating accident. I hear the body was never recovered.

 

[Zbysek]

So what you are telling us is you want a Trace branded hand cart?

No.

 

[Bob_Ross]

Besides the current models (elf etc) What is your favorite Trace Elliot amp or preamp of all time, and why? Same goes for cabs...
Also what you dislike about them is helpful as well ....

My favorite electronics was their top-of-the-line head circa 1990...I forget what it was called (vaguely remember it had some "SMX" suffix and maybe an "AH" prefix and that it was based on their GP11 or GP12 preamp) but it was the one that had both tube and solid-state input sections with the ability to blend between them, the graphic EQ, a two-band compressor with variable crossover (or maybe that was just a Blend control between the hi and lo bands?), the built in blacklight, and a crap-ton of power, like 600 watts RMS or more. That head was killer. The NYC rehearsal studio I used for several years in the late 80s/early 90s had one of those in their big room and it was always a pleasure to use that head.

I was always indifferent to their cabs though, and generally preferred it when the big Trace head was paired with Hartke or Eden cabs.

What I disliked about them? I seem to recall one piece or another of that big Trace stack was in the shop for repairs a good 30% of the time.

 

[Omega Monkey]

In a rehearsal studio where it got the crap beat out of it for 12+ hours a day? SHOCKING!

 

[midichlorine]

I got a v4 when it first came out ( the tolex version)
It was the first one out in that series, I loved that amp.
the v type pre on it was simple but elegant

 

[Galdal]

I love the sound of the old Trace Elliot amps, best tone I ever got, like it better than what I got ourt of the Ampeg B-15S I once owned even, guess the comparison isn't entirely fair though as they are completely different animals.
I can't say I have experience with a lot of different Trace Elliot models though, but the two I actually played on sounded stunningly great.

I originally bought my GP7SM 130W 15" 130W combo, that is my current main amp, and that I absolutely love the amazing tone of, because I had borrowed a Trace Elliot Serries 6 GP12 4x10" , 200W, I think, combo, from the rehearsal space of a band I played in at that time, and I fell in love with the tone right on the spot.


My vote goes to my GP7SM 130W 15" 130W combo though.

Me too, that TE are awsome!