I had to buy. My head for my rig that I've been limping along with for over a year waiting on the minimega died. I was holding off specifically for the minimega and now I'm not
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Peavey MiniMega 1000
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Part of it is our own impatience when we we're motivated or stimulated to try something new. What was new two years ago doesn't seem quite so new in the present. There is new coming out all the time although it may have been in the planning and development phase just as long or longer than the old new. It's like foreplay that never goes anywhere.
There is a world population net gain of one person every 15 seconds. I'd like to compare those numbers with the this thread's readership's to help determine how many people will really not be buying a minimega 1000 based on their feelings of frustration after waiting so long for the amp to be available to them. I honestly don't see any reason to be upset now. As far as I know, the amps are coming out, so when they do come out, I'll look into whether or not i should grab one, but for heaven's sake... i'm not going to hold my breath until a company run by strangers do what I want, when I want it?
I wonder if Peavey over-innovated themselves in to a hole on this one. Probably can't deliver the Mini-Mega wattage and features at the intended price point. Could be engineering issues or production but either way it's not the end of the world. Yeah I find it a little annoying that Peavey seems to do this more and more these days but we will all live another day if the Mini-mega doesn't show up.
There are obviously a fair amount of us players that have been pleased with past Peavey offerings and some are even loyal users. And that's what keeps a few of us to hang and wait. But I have to admit two more weeks and I'm going Ashdown.
Wouldn't be a bad choice in my opinion. I recently just scored my first Ashdown head, a MiBass 2.0. It doesn't have all of the features that the Peavey is possibly going to have but Man, does this little amp sound good! Being easy on my pocket was an added bonus....
I'm wanting to go Rootmaster 800 if the Mini doesn't start shipping. Heard great things about both their tone and the onboard compressor. probably time for me to drink somebody else's Kool Aid.
I've got two pieces of Ashdown gear The MiBass 2.0 that I mentioned and also an RPM-1 EVO II preamp. Clean, dirty, in between.... very versatile products. Neither of mine has a compressor so I can't comment there but as far as tone goes, each of the pieces that I named above have it in spades. I may still check out the Peavey heads if they ever hit the market but Ashdown makes good kool-aid...
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I wish the Mini Mega was my only responsibility so that I could have gotten it out there sooner. The biggest holdup has been my power section (PV1000 module). As of now, it is used in 10 new products, is slated to be used in at least 5 more, and is on the table to be sold as an OEM power module to select companies. The design went through many revisions, more than I've ever had to do on any single design in the past. The biggest challenge when it comes to designing a high power class D amp is EMC, or electro-magnetic compatibility...in the USA, that means FCC testing. On top of that, the PV1000 module has to pass EMC testing with no shielding at all because the packaging of some of the products don't allow for it. I'm here to tell you that's damn hard. I am happy to say that I figured out how to make it happen, and we have been releasing a lot of products.
The module is rated at 1000W because that's what it puts out continuously into a resistive dummy load. Not many power amps are rated that way anymore. When playing music, it puts out 1500W into a speaker load. 1500W would be the rating if we used modern rating practices. Delivering the power at the price point is not the issue.
There is an engineering issue. On top of designing this module and others, and helping with guitar amps, and helping with customer service, the entire bass amp/cab product line is my responsibility. I'm only one guy.
- Apr 3, 2003
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I wish the Mini Mega was my only responsibility so that I could have gotten it out there sooner. The biggest holdup has been my power section (PV1000 module). As of now, it is used in 10 new products, is slated to be used in at least 5 more, and is on the table to be sold as an OEM power module to select companies. The design went through many revisions, more than I've ever had to do on any single design in the past. The biggest challenge when it comes to designing a high power class D amp is EMC, or electro-magnetic compatibility...in the USA, that means FCC testing. On top of that, the PV1000 module has to pass EMC testing with no shielding at all because the packaging of some of the products don't allow for it. I'm here to tell you that's damn hard. I am happy to say that I figured out how to make it happen, and we have been releasing a lot of products.
The module is rated at 1000W because that's what it puts out continuously into a resistive dummy load. Not many power amps are rated that way anymore. When playing music, it puts out 1500W into a speaker load. 1500W would be the rating if we used modern rating practices. Delivering the power at the price point is not the issue.
There is an engineering issue. On top of designing this module and others, and helping with guitar amps, and helping with customer service, the entire bass amp/cab product line is my responsibility. I'm only one guy.
And Peavey is damned lucky to have you, IMHO, Bobby!
Yeah...........but work faster!!!!I wish the Mini Mega was my only responsibility so that I could have gotten it out there sooner. The biggest holdup has been my power section (PV1000 module). As of now, it is used in 10 new products, is slated to be used in at least 5 more, and is on the table to be sold as an OEM power module to select companies. The design went through many revisions, more than I've ever had to do on any single design in the past. The biggest challenge when it comes to designing a high power class D amp is EMC, or electro-magnetic compatibility...in the USA, that means FCC testing. On top of that, the PV1000 module has to pass EMC testing with no shielding at all because the packaging of some of the products don't allow for it. I'm here to tell you that's damn hard. I am happy to say that I figured out how to make it happen, and we have been releasing a lot of products.
The module is rated at 1000W because that's what it puts out continuously into a resistive dummy load. Not many power amps are rated that way anymore. When playing music, it puts out 1500W into a speaker load. 1500W would be the rating if we used modern rating practices. Delivering the power at the price point is not the issue.
There is an engineering issue. On top of designing this module and others, and helping with guitar amps, and helping with customer service, the entire bass amp/cab product line is my responsibility. I'm only one guy.
I don't know. It's not easy for me to predict. That is an area where I have no control.
Absolutely.
I'll echo thanks for the update. This is quite an effort to put together and I'm sure will be well received when it finally makes its way to distributors. It's frustrating when you have somewhat limited abilities to set your priorities and have to settle dozens of support and marketing issues before a new model gets clearance. Best of luck finishing this odessey. They should give you a nice bonus when this is done.
