Members HMKRich Posted December 8, 2006 Members Share Posted December 8, 2006 I must be a moron, but somehow I hadn't heard of these until this week. From what I can tell, it's an all-tube, MIDI compatible preamp that I can make sound like whatever I want. Everyone says I need to get rid of my Vox combo, because it doesn't have a loop. Well if this thing can actually sound like an AC-30, then I could just use it through a power amp and cab. The Pod models just don't respond like a tube amp. I'm thing this would. The Egnater has better reviews than the Randall, but I have a feeling that alot of that is due to people being enamored by the label. I keep reading about how well they do the high gain stuff, but could this be the piece that will let me have my Vox sound in a rackmounted preamp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ned911 Posted December 8, 2006 Members Share Posted December 8, 2006 This article has a sound clip of the Randall 50 watt head with the Top Boost module. http://www.grailtone.com/guitar-tone-articles/randall-modules-modifications.html also check out mtsforum.grailtone.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jaymeister Posted December 8, 2006 Members Share Posted December 8, 2006 You need to check out the clips of the M4 to see if they are convincing enough for ya here... http://www.hugeracksinc.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=28944 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members separanets Posted December 9, 2006 Members Share Posted December 9, 2006 This sample drew me crzay and blew me awayhttp://www.evesappleband.com/jdzialak/Clips/EG%203-4.mp3 As I see it was the M4. If the IE4 also has such channels I will go and buy it immediately, while it's on sale now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LIA1 Posted December 29, 2006 Members Share Posted December 29, 2006 The Randall TOPA is a great module but it dosen't have a ton of clean head room, so you have to keep the gain low (9 o' clock or lower) to get a chimy AC30 tone. It really makes a great second channel in your rack for classic rock overdrive and for doing dynamic half clean half overdrice tones. The Egnater versions first channel is a bit cleaner and the second channel is like the Randall version. You might want to wait for the Super V module to ship. That will get you into Vox AC30 Country! Rich ShelbyRandall Inside Sales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ned911 Posted December 30, 2006 Members Share Posted December 30, 2006 Rich- You can mod the Top Boost module to get the Vox chime at higher drive levels. Here is a link to an article on the mod with before and after sound clips. Randall TB mod link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bruce_egnater Posted December 30, 2006 Members Share Posted December 30, 2006 Check out indoorstorm.com for demos of a bunch of great amps (Egnater included) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members T-Bot Posted January 1, 2007 Members Share Posted January 1, 2007 The Egnater stuff sounds and feels better than the randall gear. Whether it is worth the extra price, you will have to decide for yourself. I found the randall gear rather underwhelming infact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jimosity Posted January 8, 2007 Members Share Posted January 8, 2007 Man, I'm not having ANY luck finding an RM4, does anybody have one they wanna part with? jim@americanhc.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pauly Posted January 10, 2007 Members Share Posted January 10, 2007 The Egnater product most likely is made with more discerning hands and components. So quality can reasonably be said to be slightly better on the Egnater. However, I haven't heard any negative reports on the Randall Modular. After all , Bruce did design it. The main difference that I have consistently heard is that the Randall chassis overall sounds a little brighter and the egnater chassis overall sounds just a little darker Also, Randalls modules simply sound different tha nmany of hte Egnater modules. This isn't bad or good, it jsut means that you can interchange modules between egnater and randall if you find some combination that you happen to dig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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