Aug 02 2006

Itty Bitty Tube Amp: The ZVEX iMPAMP

Posted by Geezer as Gadgets, Old School, Sound, iPod

Ok. Ok. I admit it. I watch HGTV sometimes.

Tonight it paid off. They had a cool-ass little gadget called the iMPAMP. This thing rocks. Literally. It’s a power tube amp the size of a notecard (or a Nintendo DS) but with sound big enough to produce the effect of a decked out studio.

You can hook these guys up to your iPod for old-school sound from a new-school device. But you don’t have to go big to get that old-school sound. The zvex iMPAMP is designed small enough to fit in the palm of your hand…a perfect compliment to your iPod nano.

As a burgeoning old-sound connoisseur I’ve got to get my hands on one of these guys. For $525 it’s a steep price to pay, but if you live for sound like I do, then it might just be worth emptying out the spare change.

Whether you hook it up to an old-school turntable system or a latest-tech portable media player, nothing compares to tube sound. And with these tubes, you can take the sound anywhere.

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Mr Butterscotch
03|Aug|2006

As a guitarist, I know for sure that there’s nothing like the sound of a real tube amp, especially a Marshall driven hard. On the other hand, my digital tech (Line 6 Spider original 112 12 inch celestion with perfect tuning) sounds particularly pleasing due to the emulation it has – and it worked out at a damn good price too…

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