i just found out about this thing....
i'd be curious to know if anybody else knows anything about it.....
A NEW TYPE OF TUBE GUITAR AMPLIFIER
(MY APOLOGIES IF THIS HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN COVERED)
GAGA-50 Advantages: All-tube, 5 pounds, 50 watts
lighter and smaller than typical tube amps & lighter than comparably powered transistorized amps
no audio output transformer or its limitations and distortions
freedom to use any number or combination of octal output tubes
widely adjustable output tube distortion vs output volume level
immediate recovery from overdrive; touch-responsive output tube distortion
drives any load and sustains dead shorts or total disconnects at full power
automatic bias and automatic idle / standby of any number or combination of output tubes
lower operating temperature, greatly extended tube lifetimes (expected)
increased reliability and stability, improved amplitude and phase accuracy
more perfect coupling of output tubes to speaker (i.e., no parasitics or saturation)
more tube-like operation of output tubes (i.e., lower current, higher impedance)
triode-like characteristics presented to speakers, even from pentodes
advanced, fully regulated, switching power supplies
no heavy power transformers, magnetics or choke filters
world power ready: plug and play anywhere
powerful, agile, innovative: brings true tone closer
full power over unmatched, wide frequency response
top-quality parts, USA made, high-end audio pedigree, experienced designers
OK, AS IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH...........
GAGA-50 Features
50 watts of output power, rated to standard - all tube; all analog, not class D or "digital" anything.
Many guitar amps appear to be rated for power at full distortion, not to established standard. GAGA-50 delivers its rated 50-watts cleanly, to established standard, and more than doubles output power as it is driven deeper into distortion. Guitarists have said 'it sounds like a 100 watt amp.'
5 pounds total weight - GAGA-50 is lighter than every electric guitar we've weighed, and it's also lighter than comparably powerful transistorized amps we've weighed as it has no big heatsinks.
Exclusively licensed patented audio circuitry + advanced power supplies = No heavy iron transformers anywhere. With all tube power amplification (and with variable output tube distortion) but without audible magnetic inertia, smearing or lag, "the detail, speed and slam are amazing."
Auto-Everything™ - Auto-Bias; Auto-Standby; World-Power-Ready™ with advanced power supplies and active Power Factor Correction. Never adjust bias again. Fly from standby to full power instantly upon demand. Plug it in and enjoy anywhere in the world, right out of the box -- surpasses standards. Drive it safely into any load, including a dead short or no load.
Play-Any-Tube™ -- Play 4 different power tubes at once if you like. Or 3. Or just 2. Plug in any combination of 6L6, 6V6, 5881, 6550, KT66, KT77, KT88, 6CA7, or EL34 and it just works. Mix and match any combination for sound; Obviates "matched pairs" or even matched types. Power tubes can be readily changed or removed. GAGA-50 continues playing, albeit at reduced volume, should one or two output tubes fail during performance.
Drive-Anything™ - Single output drives any reasonable combination of speakers, cabinets or loads. Nothing to set, match, mismatch, or confuse: one output does it all. Optimized for 8 Ohm loads.
Blow-Proof™ - Reasonably sustains dead-shorts or no-load / total-opens without self-destructing. No more fear or blown output transformers as with typical tube amps.
Power-Step™ - Allows full output tube distortion at any volume level. Not merely an attenuator, 'power soak' or 'hot plate' but a method that wastes no sound or energy as heat.
Super-Infra-Sonic™ - Uncommonly wide bandwidth, flat frequency response down below 20Hz at full power. Plays airy highs with harshless alacrity and infra-sonic lows approaching DC voltage.
Minimal latency design for maximum speed, power and grace - Go from total crunch to finest detail in what feels and sounds like instantaneously. Does not mire in overload and responds quickly even while playing full blast. Powerful, agile and graceful, GAGA-50 feels like an intimately integrated part of the guitar+amplifier synergy that brings the musician closer to true tone.
Tube-buffered Bass and Treble tone controls that adjust +/-16dB - Tone stack is an improved, tube-buffered Baxandall circuit, which is simple, proven and maintains great sound quality over wide adjustment with minimal knobs: If you want midrange boost, turn down the bass and treble: "...two knobs [give] more variation than three..."
Includes as a standard feature the patented P3 Phantom Powered Pedal System® - Provides up to 2 amperes of regulated 9-volt DC power to remotely power guitar pedals and/or pedalboard breakout boxes. Another world's first.
World Power Ready™ and fully regulated with Power Factor Correction, standards compliance, and proper RF design methods - including sub-enclosures, shields, ground-planes and star-grounding. Properly designed switching power supplies gently soft-start to bring up all voltages, including tube heaters, slowly and in a controlled manner, reducing unnecessary stresses, heater flashing and cathode stripping. 90-240VAC @ 50/60Hz; RoHS, CE -- "...this amp is very advanced -- rocket science in a box..."
Made in the USA by experienced designers and manufacturers whose numerous other products have received glowing reviews over decades of time: The David Berning Company has produced high-end home audio equipment since 1975. Reviews. Milbert Amplifiers has built top quality tube car audio equipment since 1986. Reviews.
Minimalist, thoughtful and proper design; overbuilt construction and conservative operation - Patented circuitry extends tube life to many years, possibly a decade or more, similar to our mobile and home audio products. David Berning Company products are legendary for performance and reliability. Milbert Amplifiers tube car amp owners regularly report long tube lifetimes, many exceeding 10 years, with one report (in 2005) of 17 year tube lifetime.
American made - GAGA-50 is sturdy and designed to sit standalone. Or it can be mounted in any 4U rackspace, or installed in standard combo cabinets (e.g., Mojo), or fit within standard footprint of a Marshall 20-watt head. GAGA-50 is 19 inches wide, 6 inches deep, and 6 inches tall, with a removable top handle and thumbscrew-removable top cover.
Superior components throughout - GAGA-50 combines quality components (with as many as practical being off-the-shelf), 'above milspec' circuit boards (i.e., heavier copper and thicker boards of lower-dielectric and flame-retardant material), chassis-mountable power tube sockets, and point-to-point wiring where appropriate.
Available 2010. Pricing TBA, ~$2k.
http://www.milbert.com/guitar
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showpost.php?p=7133571&postcount=42
i'd be curious to know if anybody else knows anything about it.....
A NEW TYPE OF TUBE GUITAR AMPLIFIER
(MY APOLOGIES IF THIS HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN COVERED)
GAGA-50 Advantages: All-tube, 5 pounds, 50 watts
lighter and smaller than typical tube amps & lighter than comparably powered transistorized amps
no audio output transformer or its limitations and distortions
freedom to use any number or combination of octal output tubes
widely adjustable output tube distortion vs output volume level
immediate recovery from overdrive; touch-responsive output tube distortion
drives any load and sustains dead shorts or total disconnects at full power
automatic bias and automatic idle / standby of any number or combination of output tubes
lower operating temperature, greatly extended tube lifetimes (expected)
increased reliability and stability, improved amplitude and phase accuracy
more perfect coupling of output tubes to speaker (i.e., no parasitics or saturation)
more tube-like operation of output tubes (i.e., lower current, higher impedance)
triode-like characteristics presented to speakers, even from pentodes
advanced, fully regulated, switching power supplies
no heavy power transformers, magnetics or choke filters
world power ready: plug and play anywhere
powerful, agile, innovative: brings true tone closer
full power over unmatched, wide frequency response
top-quality parts, USA made, high-end audio pedigree, experienced designers
OK, AS IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH...........
GAGA-50 Features
50 watts of output power, rated to standard - all tube; all analog, not class D or "digital" anything.
Many guitar amps appear to be rated for power at full distortion, not to established standard. GAGA-50 delivers its rated 50-watts cleanly, to established standard, and more than doubles output power as it is driven deeper into distortion. Guitarists have said 'it sounds like a 100 watt amp.'
5 pounds total weight - GAGA-50 is lighter than every electric guitar we've weighed, and it's also lighter than comparably powerful transistorized amps we've weighed as it has no big heatsinks.
Exclusively licensed patented audio circuitry + advanced power supplies = No heavy iron transformers anywhere. With all tube power amplification (and with variable output tube distortion) but without audible magnetic inertia, smearing or lag, "the detail, speed and slam are amazing."
Auto-Everything™ - Auto-Bias; Auto-Standby; World-Power-Ready™ with advanced power supplies and active Power Factor Correction. Never adjust bias again. Fly from standby to full power instantly upon demand. Plug it in and enjoy anywhere in the world, right out of the box -- surpasses standards. Drive it safely into any load, including a dead short or no load.
Play-Any-Tube™ -- Play 4 different power tubes at once if you like. Or 3. Or just 2. Plug in any combination of 6L6, 6V6, 5881, 6550, KT66, KT77, KT88, 6CA7, or EL34 and it just works. Mix and match any combination for sound; Obviates "matched pairs" or even matched types. Power tubes can be readily changed or removed. GAGA-50 continues playing, albeit at reduced volume, should one or two output tubes fail during performance.
Drive-Anything™ - Single output drives any reasonable combination of speakers, cabinets or loads. Nothing to set, match, mismatch, or confuse: one output does it all. Optimized for 8 Ohm loads.
Blow-Proof™ - Reasonably sustains dead-shorts or no-load / total-opens without self-destructing. No more fear or blown output transformers as with typical tube amps.
Power-Step™ - Allows full output tube distortion at any volume level. Not merely an attenuator, 'power soak' or 'hot plate' but a method that wastes no sound or energy as heat.
Super-Infra-Sonic™ - Uncommonly wide bandwidth, flat frequency response down below 20Hz at full power. Plays airy highs with harshless alacrity and infra-sonic lows approaching DC voltage.
Minimal latency design for maximum speed, power and grace - Go from total crunch to finest detail in what feels and sounds like instantaneously. Does not mire in overload and responds quickly even while playing full blast. Powerful, agile and graceful, GAGA-50 feels like an intimately integrated part of the guitar+amplifier synergy that brings the musician closer to true tone.
Tube-buffered Bass and Treble tone controls that adjust +/-16dB - Tone stack is an improved, tube-buffered Baxandall circuit, which is simple, proven and maintains great sound quality over wide adjustment with minimal knobs: If you want midrange boost, turn down the bass and treble: "...two knobs [give] more variation than three..."
Includes as a standard feature the patented P3 Phantom Powered Pedal System® - Provides up to 2 amperes of regulated 9-volt DC power to remotely power guitar pedals and/or pedalboard breakout boxes. Another world's first.
World Power Ready™ and fully regulated with Power Factor Correction, standards compliance, and proper RF design methods - including sub-enclosures, shields, ground-planes and star-grounding. Properly designed switching power supplies gently soft-start to bring up all voltages, including tube heaters, slowly and in a controlled manner, reducing unnecessary stresses, heater flashing and cathode stripping. 90-240VAC @ 50/60Hz; RoHS, CE -- "...this amp is very advanced -- rocket science in a box..."
Made in the USA by experienced designers and manufacturers whose numerous other products have received glowing reviews over decades of time: The David Berning Company has produced high-end home audio equipment since 1975. Reviews. Milbert Amplifiers has built top quality tube car audio equipment since 1986. Reviews.
Minimalist, thoughtful and proper design; overbuilt construction and conservative operation - Patented circuitry extends tube life to many years, possibly a decade or more, similar to our mobile and home audio products. David Berning Company products are legendary for performance and reliability. Milbert Amplifiers tube car amp owners regularly report long tube lifetimes, many exceeding 10 years, with one report (in 2005) of 17 year tube lifetime.
American made - GAGA-50 is sturdy and designed to sit standalone. Or it can be mounted in any 4U rackspace, or installed in standard combo cabinets (e.g., Mojo), or fit within standard footprint of a Marshall 20-watt head. GAGA-50 is 19 inches wide, 6 inches deep, and 6 inches tall, with a removable top handle and thumbscrew-removable top cover.
Superior components throughout - GAGA-50 combines quality components (with as many as practical being off-the-shelf), 'above milspec' circuit boards (i.e., heavier copper and thicker boards of lower-dielectric and flame-retardant material), chassis-mountable power tube sockets, and point-to-point wiring where appropriate.
Available 2010. Pricing TBA, ~$2k.
http://www.milbert.com/guitar
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showpost.php?p=7133571&postcount=42
