john_w_dyson's Reviews

New Class D junk like most other amps. are going to.

Not a big fan of class D amplification for anything, except car audio.. That Hartke 1000-watt amp. is probably a 1000-watts @ 2 Ohms. 500-watts @ 4-Ohms. and, 250-watts @ 8-Ohms.. All approx.. I had a 3500 Hartke head, which I loved. I also used a Hartke 4X10 XL cabinet for many years. My favorite amp. from Harke is the Kickback 12" 120-watts @ 8-Ohms. For the size of the thing it packs a punch and is so portable. It also has an XLR out in the back of the amp. to plug into a mixing board. It's like a built-in Direct Box.. It's a true 120-watts like it says in front of the amp. itself.. lol go figure! Almost all amplification ads LIE about the true wattage output of their amps nowadays.. I also like Hartke because it's priced right and yes I know it's all made in china which kinda sucks but whata going to do? I like how my 3500 head had a tube pre-amp. it definitely made a warmer tone when just using the tube amp. as a preamp without the solid-state volume control turned up at all. I think I'll stick with Hartke. There's a reason the best of the best bass players use them.. It's not just because of endorsements either. Those great players don't need endorsements, and I doubt they'd use an amplification setup because they're getting paid to use them. They're not going to take a chance on ruining their sound and tone because of an endorsement..