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Class D can be deceptively underpowered and sound like dog shit. A powerful, clean class D can also sound fine. I wouldn't say great, because it kind of doesn't have a personality to it, which makes it ideal for things like PAs... and modelers that have virtual power amps that do coloring.

Honestly, I want to see powered guitar cabs become a thing. Not FRFR, but a class D powered cab with real Celestions or Eminence speakers in them. I kinda hate lugging around my tiny ass pedalboard amp when it can easily live inside a cabinet.

cakes wrote: Wed Apr 23, 2025 10:42 pm I kinda hate lugging around my tiny ass pedalboard amp

I don't even know what to say to this.

Nate Dort wrote: Thu Apr 24, 2025 6:29 am

cakes wrote: Wed Apr 23, 2025 10:42 pm I kinda hate lugging around my tiny ass pedalboard amp

I don't even know what to say to this.

You know, they have acoustic guitars now - no amp required!

Nate Dort wrote: Thu Apr 24, 2025 6:29 am

cakes wrote: Wed Apr 23, 2025 10:42 pm I kinda hate lugging around my tiny ass pedalboard amp

I don't even know what to say to this.

It's more like, I have to carry around this one thing that doesn't actually fit on my board, just to power the cabinet. A powered cabinet would make more sense for a modeler, as an alternative to an FRFR cab, which are most often powered cabs. The power supply doesn't matter, it's not like a tube power amp. It's just clean power, colored by the modeler.

Yes, I am lazy.

Maybe I'm too DIY-pilled, but couldn't you just screw/glue/double-sided-tape the power amp into the bottom of your existing cabinet, and add power & input connections?

W.L.Weller wrote: Thu Apr 24, 2025 9:57 am Maybe I'm too DIY-pilled, but couldn't you just screw/glue/double-sided-tape the power amp into the bottom of your existing cabinet, and add power & input connections?

Yes, I've thought about that. But it would require significant modification of my closed-back cab that I just don't feel like would be worth it. I have considered getting an open back cab and just having a simple mount or lay the power supply down inside. I'm not ready to go that far yet.

W.L.Weller wrote: Thu Apr 24, 2025 9:57 am Maybe I'm too DIY-pilled, but couldn't you just screw/glue/double-sided-tape the power amp into the bottom of your existing cabinet, and add power & input connections?

Mount a Furman SP20AB inside a cab or on the back. These actually fit under a lot of pedaltrain style pedal boards too actually. Mine sounds fine.

four_oclocker_2.2 wrote: Thu Apr 24, 2025 8:54 am

Nate Dort wrote: Thu Apr 24, 2025 6:29 am

cakes wrote: Wed Apr 23, 2025 10:42 pm I kinda hate lugging around my tiny ass pedalboard amp

I don't even know what to say to this.

You know, they have acoustic guitars now - no amp required!

But many of the acoustics have amps in them - there's no escape

I mean, why not just say fuck amps completely? Bands could just be playing straight into a mixer that streams the mix to the audience's personal headphones. Silent disco style.