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iAmp Micro 300
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tony moore said:
Actually I might have to start velcro'ing my amps so I can use my tilt back feature with a little more confidence. I'm always worried that my head is going to slide off the top due to the angle and the slicker coating that EA's uses on their cabs.
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Kael said:
If you have rubber feet on your head, you might want to try and hang the front feet over the front top edge of your cab when tilting back. The feet normally is enough to stop the head from sliding back. It doesn't look that awkward either.
Cheers,
My thoughts exactly. I already have the lightweight speaker. The only thing I wonder... what will the street price be relative to the MSRP?ElMon said:
Kael said:
A little tip: There is a thin rubber mesh sheeting that's sold in most home improvement stores. It's intended to put between rugs and polished wood floors to keep the rug from sliding around. A small piece of that stuff, cut to the size of your amp head, works great. I put it between my iAmp 800 and my Wizzy, tilted backward. Stays put even at loud volumes.
fdeck said:
Darned good question. Especially given the relatively low retail price. I look forward to that pricing as well.
Also specs. I would be happy with 150 W into 8 Ohms if those 150 W were spec'd at a fairly low distortion level like 1%. More power would be fine too.Steve Clark said:
tony moore said:
+1 but the spec sheet says 4 ohms, EA is pretty straight up about that kind of thing: if it could do 2 ohms, they would say it. They actually told me that the wizzy is like 3.9 ohms, so no latitude there.
Actually, in another thread, EA said it "may" be possible but they couldn't say yet. So there is some dim hope. I completely agree about EA being true to their specs! 
KJung said:
Ken,
The power supply is a totally new, cutting-edge-design. I do not know what Eden is using but it is not identical. Ours is a proprietary design currently not being used in the MI industry. This is not an off-the-shelf power supply. I understand that the Eden's power output changes depending upon the incoming voltage (260 to 300 watts), the Micro 300 does not do that.
Mike
KJung said:
Ken,
as others have mentioned, it is a real DI. We substituted the stereo 1/4 for the XLR for space - this is a VERY small amp. If you check out the ad in BP, please not that it is the actual size.
This amp was, in part, designed for doublers - hence the 2 channel design
Mike
Groovin said:
This has been and continues to be a concern. I pulled my little 8 channel Behringer mixer off my amp just yesterday (not the first time ... and definitely not the last) The force to remove a plug is greater than the weight of the Micro 300. I have been coming up with some ideas and I would love to hear some ideas from you. We will post some of these ideas on the website. At first I started thinking about ways to secure the amp to the cab, but now I am leaning more towards some sort of clamp for the cable before it reaches the amp .... any ideas?
Mike
How about 2 simple velcro loops that could attach on the front and back of any cab via removable adhesive tape? You could then loop any input plugs thru it on the front and the power and speaker cables thru the back. They make some very durable velcro. My Pierre Josephs String Charger magnetic pickup is attached to the fingerboard of my DB with this stuff and it takes ALOT of force to remove and reattach it. You could simply include them with the iAMPmicro and then folks could use them on whatever cab they're using...
That's what I was planning to do since you mentioned your (valid) concern Mike
Not that it's going to affect my purchase, but is EA going to see if the iAMPmicro can drive 2ohms?
Thanks,
Tony
PS - Who was that guy that used to come on Letterman and throw himself at walls and stick to it with velcro? Now there's an endorser!
That's what I was planning to do since you mentioned your (valid) concern Mike
Not that it's going to affect my purchase, but is EA going to see if the iAMPmicro can drive 2ohms?
Thanks,
Tony
PS - Who was that guy that used to come on Letterman and throw himself at walls and stick to it with velcro? Now there's an endorser!
tony moore said:PS - Who was that guy that used to come on Letterman and throw himself at walls and stick to it with velcro? Now there's an endorser!
That was Letterman back when he was young.
I use this 3M Dual Lock on the top of my iAMP 500 to attach my tuner. I have been thinking of adding two small strips to the bottom to attach it to my Wizzy so I can use the kickstand without worrying about the head sliding off the back of it.
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I use the clear. I don't like velcro since it gets fuzzy. The dual lock has a satisfying snap when the pieces go together, too.
I'll post pictures this evening.
Mike Dimin said:
Hmmm. The clamp for the cable is intriguing. I think that securing the amp would be more widely used option but to cover all possibilities you could explore this.
Obviously you cant just secure the cable to the amp b/c you dont fix anything and just pull the amp off anyway. But that leaves you with no other reference point with which to anchor the cable due to different cab designs. I'm stumped on how you would secure the cable.
It would seem much easier to just velcro the (extremely) light amp to the cab or provide a discrete strap that could hold the amp down without any permanant alteration to amp/cab.
How about something like this?
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Hooks would go handle to handle on the cabinet.
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Hooks would go handle to handle on the cabinet.
Mike Dimin said:
Perhaps the simplest method would be to loop the cable through the carrying handle on the side of the cabinet and then to the amp.
