Members Astral-sky Posted January 22, 2008 Members Share Posted January 22, 2008 HiI have been offered a Soldano X88R Preamp from a friend of a friend.Haven't had a chance to try it out , but from what I have read there pretty good. With the idea of keeping a smaller light weight rack.Im wondering if ther is a one/two space solid state Power Ampthat would sound good with the Soldano X88R ? One other thing , are there any sound clips of the unit around ?I can't seem to find any good clips . Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grrrunge Posted January 22, 2008 Members Share Posted January 22, 2008 the x88r rocks! i'm planning on building a clone of it, once i get into knowing this whole amp-building thing a little better I tried it once with a VHT 2150 and an engl cab - sounded absolutely awesome!! i'd go with a tube slave for it - ss is a shame with such a fine preamp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Astral-sky Posted January 22, 2008 Author Members Share Posted January 22, 2008 Yeah I have read the Custon Audio preamp is bassed on the X88R.I have played them, & liked them .I hope it has the sounds im looking for ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chrisaxeman Posted January 22, 2008 Members Share Posted January 22, 2008 Hey, I was surprised how well my Marshall 8008 (bought for now defunct WDW rig) sounded when I killed off the centre cab with a Hotplate(load),and mixed the dry signal in with the wet cabinets. Plenty of power(80 RMS a side,at least as loud as a 50watt head),reasonably warm(especially for SS)and the option to use only one side for lower volume. TBH,after warming to a 76 JMP 2204 bought 12 months ago-and not wanting to smash an effects loop into it for sentimental reasons-considering loading it down(via the HP) and combining it with the Egnator IE4 I have,if indeed the Egnator sounds ok with it. An 8008 is worth a try,just my opinion. Chris..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Astral-sky Posted January 29, 2008 Author Members Share Posted January 29, 2008 Hi Chrisso you say the marshall is pretty loud.Ill have to look into them, how's the WASP going ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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