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Schiit Magni Unity (Amp only)

It’s a good amp. As far as I can tell it doesn’t distort at all really unless you’re listening at levels which would blow out your hearing in all but 3 minutes, does a good job at driving high impedance cans, as noted I have the magni unity amp only version, this was the closest model listed with equipboard. Only concerns with it are: the external power supply is always on and will heat up, and with mine I get some crackling when adjusting the volume in the right channel. It’s probably just in need of a little deoxit to fix that like most potentiometers, but not something you wanna experience with a new product, I’m also too lazy to open it up to perform said treatment.

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Works.

I mean it’s a block of metal cut a certain way, not much to say. It’s sturdy, comes with a case, Velcro for mounting your pedals, and a few zip ties for managing cables. It’s a very neat little low profile board, and there’s a good amount of space underneath to hide cables or mount a small power supply.

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Size Matters!

The features and feel of this thing are very good, it works. However it’s very hard to recommend the mini to anyone unless space is an extreme limitation or portability is your priority. It is very easy to run out of space with only 2 octaves and switching the octave manually is not all that convenient mid recording if used like a synth input, the drum pads are kinda eh also.

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Good for the price

They’re tiny budget monitors, yeah they don’t sound perfect, yeah they struggle from their very limited size, but for the price they’re best you can get really. Could never mix on these, too harsh and limited by the 3.5 inch woofer, but they’re nice to just have the option of not using headphones if say you’re someone who practices with a guitar plugin or etc.

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Solid.

They may not be as modern and finely tuned as the MK ii of these cans, but for mixing and monitoring this thing is still quite the competitor and I couldn’t imagine having to use something below it. They’re not amazing for listening to music but that’s not what they’re for anyway.

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Best strings

They may be $13 strings which is about double a pack of Ernie’s, but man do these things sound good. They will infact wear out after about month or two, but the sound and feel when fresh is just perfect. Also never managed to snap one, that high carbon steel core must not be all marketing.

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Works

I’ve owned a couple of these over the years, only had to get a second one cause I sold the first when going digital for a period. 4 pedal slots doesn’t seem like a lot but if you’re like me and don’t have a use for tons of pedals it reliably gets the job done at a good price. Also very low profile and can fit underneath even the smallest pedal boards.

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Never looked back

If this guitar ever breaks and I couldn’t get it repaired I would loathe my whole existence, Suhr sound, quality, features, hardware, and craftsmanship are just truly the best of the best. This guitar should outlive me and my future kids. Every time I even have to hold another guitar I think to myself “No sir, that’s no Suhr!”

Also the modern features like stainless steel frets or SSCII which is a Suhr exclusive, are near unfounded on vintage style teles like this. The pickups are also absolutely fender custom-shop quality, hardware is all Gotoh, the Wilkinson 3 saddle bridge intonates and feels perfect.

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Apples & Oranges

Apple silicon and integrated memory is just very good for music production, what else is there to say? I would have to intentionally open 600 plugins to overload this thing

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Reliability The Red Box

Have had this thing since it released a couple years ago now, never had a single problem with it. The drivers are as good as they get, very low-latency, good features, good price, very compact and portable. Using a good quality cable or 2 is worth it to reduce risk of noise.

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Gumi

Gumi, she’s kinda slept on, she’s a bit finnicky to tune, not my first choice of Vocaloid, however there’s not much necessarily wrong with it.

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Miku dayooooo

It’s the newest voice bank for Miku, What else do you want? She’s much easier to tune especially for English compared to Miku V4X, however she must be tuned differently since she uses V6 AI. Don’t expect to just drop in your old pre-tuned file, V6 AI is its own thing.

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Solid.

I’ve worked with both Vocaloid 4 and Vocaloid 6, and Yamaha did indeed improve things a ton with this one. The parameters and features of V6 are very user-friendly and straight forward, far easier to tune with.

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Stein my berg

Steinberg’s DAW Cubase, has achieved the best balance of being both advanced & user-friendly. Good stock plugins, amazing UI, simple workflow, powerful features.

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Tone - The Pedal

This pedal is always on, max blend, mid compression, and is the only thing keeping my tone from sounding like a scratchy chalkboard. Don’t be afraid to tweak the internal dip switches if you so desire.

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ISO boosts my self esteem

Once again Suhr knocks it out of the park with a product that simply does what it says and is reliable. The iso transformer feature is relatively niche but I leave it on for placebo, definitely improves tone.

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Your neighbors will love you

It feels like everything Suhr makes is just fantastic, never had a single issue with this thing. The stock IR’s are very good as well.

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Best Pick

It’s the perfect shape, and feels great in the hands, the celluloid version wears out relatively quick however.

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Fantastic

I have the combo version. Highly recommend a front end compressor at low gain settings if using bright single coils.