Tuesday, February 19, 2008

The little menace 3


So it's another test for the X-mini Capsule Speaker- can it replace a guitar amplifier?
If you refer to my test set-up here, the X-mini was attached to the output access of the Beta Aivin HM-200 & (to no surprise) it works. However, without a real amplifier acoustics together with the absence of speaker resonance/ overall presence, the X-mini sounds totally mono & rusty. there was also the menacing hum which would be eliminated with a noise reduction pedal no doubt. This is the very reaosn why its attachment to a processing device with amp simulation features yielded better tone- very much better in fact.
PS: The other pedal acting as a booster here is my Toadworks' Mr. Ed.

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