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from: SansAmp PSA-1 Tech 21 NYC infomania
Review from Harmony Central:
Purely in terms of value (i.e. - bang for the buck) this preamp absolutely
destroys every other preamp I've tried, and that's almost everything out there
under $2000. I've owned, tweaked and extensively tested the Mesa Triaxis, Mesa
Studio, Rocktron Prophesy, Voodoo Valve, Piranha, Hafler Triple Giant, Egnater
IE4, Voodoo Lab Preamp, POD Pro, and a whole host of various Digitech, ADA, and
other related crap that I don't care to remember the names of.... not to mention
a ridiculously long line of Marshall, VHT, Mesa and many other amps. I've spent
countless hours running preamps through line-switchers through identical setups
side-by-side for accurate comparison through a bevy of VHT and MESA poweramps
and cabinets. My conclusions: If you're into tight, heavy, high gain guitar
tones there's nothing out there that does this sound better than the PSA-1 IMHO,
and it's clean and medium overdrive tones are very good and useable as well.
Great sounds for direct recording, great sounds for live performance (especially
if you go direct to the board), and very good sounds through a power amp/cabinet
setup. Like I said before, every piece of gear has it's own tone and distortion
characteristics, and this box DOES have a "Sound" that you can never
really dial out... if you like this type of distortion then you're all set. If
not, then keep looking. The PSA-1 is a bit lacking in the punchy mids and smooth
low gain overdrive tones that a high-end all-tube preamp will excel in, but at
this price with this many great tones it just doesn't get any better. This one's
a keeper! Submitted by Razor at 06/08/2004 14:53
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