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**New SWR headlite™ Mini-Amp**

#101
peterpalmieri said:
It is not but accomplishes the same thing. Two seperate 4 ohm amps running into 2 seperate 4 ohm cabinets. Neither amp is runng at 2 ohms but the cabs are being powered as if they were, be it probably with less distortion.

In any case not my thing just trying to clarify for you.
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Not really. I got the original intent/sentiment but...

it accomplishes it by requiring you to buy two amps:). That's not the same as one amp running a 2 ohm load, which typically is a bit harder on the amp. This load never drops to two ohms.

There are already plenty of two amp "solutions" to the 2 ohm issue... you can buy two MB-500's, two LMII's and in both cases have more wattage for the same or less money and have more control over each cab (two preamps instead of one). Or two Shuttles or three Carvins, etc.
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#102
peterpalmieri said:
There were comments earlier about racking this stuff...

Of Course everyone can do what they want and companies can market things to whoever they want but.......

FOR ME...The idea of buying a microhead and then racking it with a rack tuner, power conditioner and a wireless is something of interest to maybe someone who has rock star aspirations but not as much for the working bassist who's running from a cocktail hour gig, to a wedding and then some late night jam. With that said I am sure some do just that and prove me wrong. Again if you want to rack this stuff I have no problem with it but I don't think there is a big market for that.

I'm grabbing my micro head in a soft bag, stuffing a pedal size tuner in my gig bag with a 15 foot cable, an extra set of strings, my cabinet and that's it. The TC head with a built in tuner and comp is a great solution to give you some additional feature with even less stuff.

For the rack guys stewart world is making a 1U amp as does Power soft and others...
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Agreed. And I see a bunch of working bassists around here, including myself, who do this. Matter of fact, I don't know of any of my friends who are using racks anymore. Walking in with your head in your bass' gigbag is the new cool.
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#104
in regards to the last two posts:

I'm still racked...I like my MB F1; but it ain't no walkabout, and it sure ain't no M6.

I doubt this is either, but I still like it. I like my F1 well enough, and it sure is the easiest thing to carry that I do use and like. But "it just don't have That Mojo that either of the Mesa units have.

IMO, blahblah. I like having micro options. I like having an amp that's powerful enough and small enough that I can stuff it, and all my cables and teensy tuner in one bag I don't notice carrying...heck, all those fit in one of my bass bags-with the bass still in it too;)

I'm still waiting for the micro head that will make me switch all permanently like.
 
#105
I've been using SWR Basic 350 with 1 or 2 Goliath (4x10) cabs for about 10 years. Among other styles, I play frequently in a loud rock band. I love my rig!! Although they still sound great, they are starting to show their age. As am I. When it comes time to replace, I will definitely check out the Headlight and the Golight 4x10. The Golight weighs about 35 lbs less than my Goliath cab.
 
#108
no sir, have not.
ken and i are great friends, but i think we have fairly different sonic goals...

i hope i get to play one sometime; and this swr too.
i've had a couple of the early BBII 2x8's, and they were really nice.
 
#109
Chef said:
IMO, blahblah. I like having micro options. I like having an amp that's powerful enough and small enough that I can stuff it, and all my cables and teensy tuner in one bag I don't notice carrying...heck, all those fit in one of my bass bags-with the bass still in it too;)

I'm still waiting for the micro head that will make me switch all permanently like.
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I'm with you on that Chef.

I like having the option of my lead sled (1400 watts) if I can get away with it.

I'm sure someday technology will catch up, but it hasn't yet...
 
#111
rpsands said:
Doubt you'd find any "swr tone" in the power amp.
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Not true - Amps have their own character and sound. So I think you would find tone - and would be able to capitalize on it with what ever preamp you ran through it.

Case in point - people love the Mesa Walkabout - but run the Walkabout pre through another Amp and it is not the same as the Walkabout with the native power section.
 
#115
synterx said:
The ultimate for me would be to make a 1/2 rack space amp or 1-full space that can slide out of the rack with the release of a button or something. Then you could throw it in a gig bag for practice or small gigs.
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This is a damned good idea. A 1/2 space version of this head that will mount in a "docking station" in a rack. If you could manage that the docking station included any speakon/power connections so that you don't have to unplug the SOB when removing it from the rack, all the better. That way, you could use the head with a quick removal from the rack for small gigs, then pop 'er back in for full blown jobs. Would be especially effective if they can manage to let you bridge the head and the slave power amp when in the docking station.

Some manufacturer ought to jump on that.
 
#116
Honk'n_down-low said:
Not true - Amps have their own character and sound. So I think you would find tone - and would be able to capitalize on it with what ever preamp you ran through it.

Case in point - people love the Mesa Walkabout - but run the Walkabout pre through another Amp and it is not the same as the Walkabout witht he native power section.
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I've been using my SWR350 AND 750 heads purely as power amps since I got my VTBass and BDDI, but more so with the VT. The tone is certainly different than when I did this with a friends Hartke, or through my bands PA for that matter. I agree.
 
#120
Ok, I just got back from NAMM and checked out the headlites and I have to say that they are pretty amazing. I was at the Fender hall and saw this guy plugged into what I thought was some preamp and I couldn't believe that it was a full-powered amp. I can't stress enough how shockingly small this thing was; it's exactly half of the size of the LMII head in my CMD 121P combo and it even has handles! After seeing it, I almost didn't care what it sounded like because it's really an amp you can just throw in your gig bag and not even feel it. The thing is, it sounds great too, but I'm one who likes the SWR sound. The low-mids get really aggressive at higher (live playing) volumes.
 

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