New Peavey Micro Head - a good back-up solution?

not_the_dj

haven't seen these mentioned here yet...

https://peavey.com/news/index.cfm/id/841/Peavey Unveils the.html

20 watts micro head, could be a nice small back-up alternative. 

not_the_dj

...seems to be around £175. 

ecc83

Hmm..? 20 watts into 16 Ohms, wonder how they get around the theoretical 80W into 4 Ohms?

Very saggy PSU? Current feedback?

Dave.

Tuscan777

Orange Micro Terror competitor.....if a fair few more spondoolicks

Fortheloveofguitar

not_the_dj said:

...seems to be around £175. 

Thomann now showing available from sept at £158

John_P

Looks interesting but I suspect it will be hard to get a useable clean sound - a handy back or home amp if you only need distorted sounds though.  

digitalscream

ecc83 said:

Hmm..? 20 watts into 16 Ohms, wonder how they get around the theoretical 80W into 4 Ohms?

Very saggy PSU? Current feedback?

Dave.

And, given that most 2x12" cabs are 8 ohm, it'd present a bit of a problem if anybody tries to use it that way.

ICBM

The spec given there is wrong - it's 20W into 4 ohm.

https://assets.peavey.com/images/large/118865_34384.jpg

It would be pretty stupid to build a solid-state amp that needed a 16-ohm load.

I just hope it doesn't use the same power module as the Micro Terror - which I think is a proprietary bought-in unit, rather than something Orange designed.

octatonic

Lack of channel switching is annoying but otherwise it could be a decent emergency backup if it doesn't sound too shit.