Tapping (Chapter I): A Little History
We begin with a very special technique that I’m sure you’ve heard plenty about, or already know: Tapping. This technique is used by many guitarists, and surely by many of your…
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Guitarists, Developing Your Technique IV
We've reached the home stretch of this series of exercises for developing guitarists' technical skills (and for keeping them, too), the main goal of these installments, along with…
Everything You Need to Know About Your Guitar Amp
The basics. As we all know, the electric guitar depends on an amplifier for its sound to be heard, and the amp boosts the signal sent by the pickups. The signal produced by the…
KOSS, a Brand With More Than 50 Years of History
In 1958, John Koss teamed up with Martin Lange to develop the Model 390 Phonograph, to show at a hi-fi show in Milwaukee. Included with this phonograph was a pair of headphones…
Crown CE Series Stereo Power Amplifiers (CE1000, CE2000 and CE4000)
Crown is one of the best-known manufacturers in professional audio circles. Just take a look at stages and you'll see that many sound companies rely on this manufacturer to drive…
XTA Electronics DP428: Managing Sound with Precision
XTA Electronics introduced our guest in early 2005, and it quickly became one of the most interesting digital audio management systems for any type of installation, from stereo…
LD Systems PA 1000 Power Amp: Affordable Price
Adam Hall, the brand's distributor in Spain, sent us this power amp, which we review below. I'll admit that, even though I try to stay informed about everything that goes on in…
MC2 E45 Power Amp: The Lightweight Trend
The evolution of amplifier design, wrongly called “digital” (it would be more accurate to speak of switch-mode power supplies and Class D), has been revolutionizing the…
Peavey CS800H Power Amp: A Smart Choice
Choosing a type of amplification for a rental company gets more complicated every day. The variety on offer and the need for uniformity across systems force us to think very…
Electro-Voice CP 3000 S: Watts per Kilo?
I had been wanting to try this new Electro-Voice series, which in theory offers one of the best watts-per-kilo ratios and, at the same time, one of the highest…
Digisynthetic: Not Everything in Asia Is About Slashing Prices
Digisynthetic, a Chinese brand that manufactures professional sound equipment and OEM DSPs, builds high-end power amplifiers, but at Asian prices. Curious, isn't it? Digisynthetic…
Q4 Audio DPI Power Amp Range: Ready for Any Arena
Audio Gestión is a young Spanish company just over a year old, and an importer of classic audio brands such as Altec Lansing and Cerwin-Vega, as well as lesser-known ones such as…
Crown Macrotech MA-5002VZ Power Amplifier Review
The MA-5002VZ is a power amplifier from Crown’s famous Macrotech line, which has been used for many years to power some of the most powerful rigs ever built. Macrotechs have…
Powersoft Digam Q3204 Power Amplifier Review
Turning now to an analysis of the latest digital power amplifiers, we start with this one from Powersoft, which offers 4 channels of amplification in a single rack space…
Camco Vortex 6
One of the companies that has always been present in the manufacture of high-power amplifiers is Germany's Camco, which, after its famous DX series, introduced the Vortex series a…
Crown I-TECH 8000
And now we arrive at the “top of the tops,” the Crown I-Tech Series. This company has always been a leader in power amplifier manufacturing, where its quality has consistently…
SLS RLA-3 Line Array: Smaller, Hardly Possible
SLS (Superior Line Source) is an American loudspeaker manufacturer that has just arrived in our country through the also fairly new distributor AudioGestion. Unknown to me (or…
K-Array. A Reality Close to Fiction.
Cutting edge and future. This time, we're looking at the K product line that goes by the name K-Array RED LINE. This red line is made up of five excellent products which, as you…
Behringer Eurolive B412DSP and B415DSP
Now it's time to take a close look at two newly produced loudspeaker models from the increasingly powerful Behringer. Some time ago, in the pages of ISP, I explained more or less…
KK50 – Vyper – Tornado
Lots of K. The products engineered by this Italian firm have already appeared in the pages of ISP on several occasions, and I'm inclined to think this won't be the last, since…