Ingenius amp enclosure features

[ImTheOnlyOne]

There's nothing that delights like a great design feature.

Excluding the electronics, which amp head or combo enclosures include truly thoughtful, satisfying to use features?

I'll start with the Ampeg flip-top's... flip top, the Genz Benz Shuttle's bracket/handle, and whatever your favorite rotary knob.

 

[Marko 1]

...and whatever your favorite rotary knob.

Chicken-head knobs for me... amps and basses.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Bass with built in amp.

Case with built in amp.

Rack.

Case with built in dog.

 

[Al Kraft]

I always liked the slanted face and simple controls on my old Hartke 1400. IMO that was the first small, lightweight head that while not class D and/or SMPS (as far as I know) was a super portable and fairly capable design.

 

[ImTheOnlyOne]

I always liked the slanted face and simple controls on my old Hartke 1400. IMO that was the first small, lightweight head that while not class D and/or SMPS (as far as I know) was a super portable and fairly capable design.

The slanted face is a nice design gesture. Funny though the control labels are in shadow under those interesting knobs.

 

[Killing Floor]

I like when they label the controls weird just to make you earn it.

Or use cryptic symbols.

Or just don’t label them at all.

 

[Marko 1]

Funny though the control labels are in shadow under those interesting knobs.

My heads (See post #2, I have two same units) had that problem, but add to that, ten round shiny chrome knobs in a row, each with just a tiny little dot as a pointer that weren't even visible! Worst design evah!

The color-coded chicken heads solved that issue, now I can see where everything is at-a-glance.

 

[ImTheOnlyOne]

I like when they label the controls weird just to make you earn it.
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Or use cryptic symbols.
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Or just don’t label them at all.
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Biting my tongue on a couple of those, but hey, nice beaver
sketch on the corner.

Cryptic, but sensible, Orange made me do a double-take first time I saw one.

 

[Killing Floor]

nice beaver

Thanks, I just had it stuffed.

 

[fourstr00]

AK’s up-firing mid port. I can stand next to the cab and hear everything fine at a reasonable volume.
Why doesn’t everyone do this? Genius.

 

[ImTheOnlyOne]

Thanks, I just had it stuffed.

Here's another nice touch... ambient LEDs.

 

[ImTheOnlyOne]

View attachment 5094709 AK’s up-firing mid port. I can stand next to the cab and hear everything fine at a reasonable volume.
Why doesn’t everyone do this? Genius.

Up firing mids-only sounds useful for monitoring.

PJB just points a third of these drivers straight up.
Don't want to get caught in the rain with either though.

 

[Marko 1]

Not sure how functional this is, but one of my 410s has two upward-slanting speakers.

I don't recall any others with that design... but I suppose it can't hurt.

 

[ImTheOnlyOne]

Genzler's been doing the SLT slant, and an array. Both terrific, distinguishing features.

 

[fourstr00]

Up firing mids-only sounds useful for monitoring.

It’s great. On tight stages where I’m stuck right next to my rig, I don’t have to make the room a boomy mess for clear monitoring.

On big stages where the amp really is just a monitor, the wedges don’t have to carry as much bass because the mids carry across the stage.

 

[ImTheOnlyOne]

Maybe we can ratchet "Ingenius" back a notch or two to "Inspired" design.

Perhaps motorized knobs were less genius, more gimmick? Impressive feature none the less.