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One issue that I ran into is that I couldn't get the Boss Tone Studio software to run on Linux under WINE, so I had to use WinBoat (a Windows VM) instead.
Basically I installed WinBoat, passed the USB through to the VM, updated Windows within the VM, then got the latest drivers and software for the Katana, as well as the MSVC runtime, and now it works just fine. (It wasn't recognizing the amp for a while before I updated Windows, for some reason, but worked after updating.)
Kind of a heavy fix, not ideal, but it works...
It would be really nice to eventually have this working in WINE or to have some kind of open source alternative configuration tool.
#Guitar #Amp #Amplifiers #BossKatana #BossToneStudio #Linux #WinBoat #LinuxAudio
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One issue that I ran into is that I couldn't get the Boss Tone Studio software to run on Linux under WINE, so I had to use WinBoat (a Windows VM) instead.
Basically I installed WinBoat, passed the USB through to the VM, updated Windows within the VM, then got the latest drivers and software for the Katana, as well as the MSVC runtime, and now it works just fine. (It wasn't recognizing the amp for a while before I updated Windows, for some reason, but worked after updating.)
Kind of a heavy fix, not ideal, but it works...
It would be really nice to eventually have this working in WINE or to have some kind of open source alternative configuration tool.
#Guitar #Amp #Amplifiers #BossKatana #BossToneStudio #Linux #WinBoat #LinuxAudio
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I bought a Boss Katana. I really like it so far!
Sounds great whether clean, crunchy and driven. Extremely fun to play. Significantly more versatile than any amp I've ever owned. Bright and responsive. Not too big or heavy. And it's loud!!! (Even with the power level set to 0.5W and the master dialed back it's loud enough for any kind of home session.)
I got the GA-FC EX foot controller and Bluetooth module too, and I highly recommend them both, but especially the footswitch.
I've barely scratched the surface of what this can do, especially getting into the editor and community patches. But so far, so good. Probably the most fun I've had with an amp.
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I bought a Boss Katana. I really like it so far!
Sounds great whether clean, crunchy and driven. Extremely fun to play. Significantly more versatile than any amp I've ever owned. Bright and responsive. Not too big or heavy. And it's loud!!! (Even with the power level set to 0.5W and the master dialed back it's loud enough for any kind of home session.)
I got the GA-FC EX foot controller and Bluetooth module too, and I highly recommend them both, but especially the footswitch.
I've barely scratched the surface of what this can do, especially getting into the editor and community patches. But so far, so good. Probably the most fun I've had with an amp.
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La precisión japonesa no tiene igual, no solo en audio, en óptica, en todo... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKV02KefC5U #accuphase #hifi #audio #electronics #amplifiers #audiophile
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La precisión japonesa no tiene igual, no solo en audio, en óptica, en todo... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKV02KefC5U #accuphase #hifi #audio #electronics #amplifiers #audiophile
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@doctormo Bob Judge is highly regarded. His shop is in Somerville's Vernon Street Artist Studios. Don't know him, heard great things. https://www.judgeamps.com/repairs-and-modifications #Amps #Amplifiers
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@doctormo Bob Judge is highly regarded. His shop is in Somerville's Vernon Street Artist Studios. Don't know him, heard great things. https://www.judgeamps.com/repairs-and-modifications #Amps #Amplifiers
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Our 2025 Top Gear Awards
Closing out the year with the team’s picks for the best gear they reviewed across multiple categories in 2025.
Did your favorites make the grade? Find out in our Awards feature, now published on Headfonics!
https://headfonics.com/our-2025-top-gear-awards/
#audiophile #awards #newyear #headphones #earphones #amplifiers #dongles #streaming
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Say hello to my little friend.
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Say hello to my little friend.
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SMSL D1 Review
Small but mighty? Meldrick's full review of the new touch-capable and very affordable SMSL D1 DAC is now published on Headfonics!
https://headfonics.com/smsl-d1-review/
#review #audiophile #shenzhenaudio #hifi #headphones #amplifiers #canjam
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SIAS 2025 Show Report
My first time at the Shenzhen International Audio Show, and boy was it busy, interesting, and with tons of new gear on display.
I didn't cover every company there, but enough to get 3 pages of reporting in today's feature, now published on Headfonics!
https://headfonics.com/sias-2025-show-report/
#shenzhenaudio #audioshow #headphones #earphones #cdplayers #amplifiers #daps #wireless
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Topping Centaurus Review
A surprise collaboration with Holo Audio produces the company's first-ever R2R DAC, called Centaurus.
Is it their best-sounding DAC thus far? Louis finds out in his latest review, now published on Headfonics!
https://headfonics.com/topping-centaurus-review/
#review #audiophile #hifi #holoaudio #r2r #headphones #amplifiers
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Boss
When I was a kid and starting to become obsessed with guitar gear, there weren’t a lot of options around. My local music stores carried pedals from DoD and Boss for the most part. You could find occasional Ibanez, MXR, or Electro Harmonix pedals, but for the most part it was DoD and Boss. The few pedals I owned were DoD. Every time I took a Boss pedal for a test drive I was massively underwhelmed. Those music store visits back in the late 1980’s lead to a lifetime of not liking Boss gear. To this day I have never owned a Boss pedal because I have never played through one that I liked. The closest I’ve come is a Keeley pedal (the Super Phat Mod) which is a modified version of a Boss Blues Driver pedal. I like the Keeley pedal, but I don’t love it (unlike my Keeley D&M Drive which I absolutely adore).
I have never consciously boycotted Boss, I just never wanted anything they sold…
Until now.
A few years ago a couple of companies released super sophisticated amp load boxes. Universal Audio put out the Ox, which seems like the greatest thing since sliced bread. Unfortunately you can almost buy a car with the amount of money you need to shell out for an Ox.* Boss released a similar item called the Tube Amp Expander. The reviews I watched made the thing look pretty amazing, though maybe not quite as amazing as the Ox. The price was similar though and I never gave it a second thought.
Not long ago Boss released a new product. It’s a smaller version of the Tube Amp Expander. It’s called the Tube Amp Expander Core. It has all of the functionality I would want but at a much lower price. Granted, $700 is a ton of money for something like this (in my book, at least) and I don’t know if that price is before or after the orange shit clown’s Japanese tariffs. It is a low enough cost to make me consider it, but probably still too high to actually pull the trigger. It would be really cool to be able to run a direct signal out of my Fender Deluxe Reverb and into my Audio Interface, or even directly into my Macintosh.
…….it’s Boss though…. if I tried one out, history dictates that I would be disappointed. Still…….. oh the places I could go with a box like that. We’ll have to see how the economy holds up in the near future. There’s a really good chance the orange shit clown could collapse the whole country which would take the decision to blow $700 on a reactive load box out of my hands, you know?
Anyway, here’s a video that I can drool over as I watch it over and over again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyZYV6swW-c
*Slight exaggeration
#amplifiers #attenuator #boss #Guitar #GuitarGear #TubeAmp #tubeAmpExpander #tubeAmpExpanderCore
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Boss
When I was a kid and starting to become obsessed with guitar gear, there weren’t a lot of options around. My local music stores carried pedals from DoD and Boss for the most part. You could find occasional Ibanez, MXR, or Electro Harmonix pedals, but for the most part it was DoD and Boss. The few pedals I owned were DoD. Every time I took a Boss pedal for a test drive I was massively underwhelmed. Those music store visits back in the late 1980’s lead to a lifetime of not liking Boss gear. To this day I have never owned a Boss pedal because I have never played through one that I liked. The closest I’ve come is a Keeley pedal (the Super Phat Mod) which is a modified version of a Boss Blues Driver pedal. I like the Keeley pedal, but I don’t love it (unlike my Keeley D&M Drive which I absolutely adore).
I have never consciously boycotted Boss, I just never wanted anything they sold…
Until now.
A few years ago a couple of companies released super sophisticated amp load boxes. Universal Audio put out the Ox, which seems like the greatest thing since sliced bread. Unfortunately you can almost buy a car with the amount of money you need to shell out for an Ox.* Boss released a similar item called the Tube Amp Expander. The reviews I watched made the thing look pretty amazing, though maybe not quite as amazing as the Ox. The price was similar though and I never gave it a second thought.
Not long ago Boss released a new product. It’s a smaller version of the Tube Amp Expander. It’s called the Tube Amp Expander Core. It has all of the functionality I would want but at a much lower price. Granted, $700 is a ton of money for something like this (in my book, at least) and I don’t know if that price is before or after the orange shit clown’s Japanese tariffs. It is a low enough cost to make me consider it, but probably still too high to actually pull the trigger. It would be really cool to be able to run a direct signal out of my Fender Deluxe Reverb and into my Audio Interface, or even directly into my Macintosh.
…….it’s Boss though…. if I tried one out, history dictates that I would be disappointed. Still…….. oh the places I could go with a box like that. We’ll have to see how the economy holds up in the near future. There’s a really good chance the orange shit clown could collapse the whole country which would take the decision to blow $700 on a reactive load box out of my hands, you know?
Anyway, here’s a video that I can drool over as I watch it over and over again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyZYV6swW-c
*Slight exaggeration
#amplifiers #attenuator #boss #Guitar #GuitarGear #TubeAmp #tubeAmpExpander #tubeAmpExpanderCore
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Biasing Transistors with Current Sources https://hackaday.com/2025/04/21/biasing-transistors-with-current-sources/ #bipolarjunctiontransistor #currentmirror #currentsource #amplifiers #MiscHacks #hardware
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Biasing Transistors with Current Sources https://hackaday.com/2025/04/21/biasing-transistors-with-current-sources/ #bipolarjunctiontransistor #currentmirror #currentsource #amplifiers #MiscHacks #hardware
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Biasing Transistors with Current Sources - Over on his YouTube channel [Aaron Danner] explains biasing transistors with curre... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/21/biasing-transistors-with-current-sources/ #bipolarjunctiontransistor #currentmirror #currentsource #amplifiers #mischacks #hardware
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Biasing Transistors with Current Sources - Over on his YouTube channel [Aaron Danner] explains biasing transistors with curre... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/21/biasing-transistors-with-current-sources/ #bipolarjunctiontransistor #currentmirror #currentsource #amplifiers #mischacks #hardware
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Arrgh.
I went around the guy's shop, he was there and got the amp, plugged it in and let me try it. "Vibrato" wasn't working for me, but the reverb was sweet and drippy.
Then he said he didn't want to sell it. He'd even taken down the ad.
(I so want this to not be about me, and my crap playing and self-deprecating demeanor.)
He said he'll think about it and let me know if he will sell it.
#patience #gearSquad #Fender #guitar #amplifiers -
Arrgh.
I went around the guy's shop, he was there and got the amp, plugged it in and let me try it. "Vibrato" wasn't working for me, but the reverb was sweet and drippy.
Then he said he didn't want to sell it. He'd even taken down the ad.
(I so want this to not be about me, and my crap playing and self-deprecating demeanor.)
He said he'll think about it and let me know if he will sell it.
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Today I finally obtained the amp I've wanted for ~22 years: a '65 #Fender Deluxe Reverb (reissue).
It's glorious! 😍
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Today I finally obtained the amp I've wanted for ~22 years: a '65 #Fender Deluxe Reverb (reissue).
It's glorious! 😍
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British amplifier and music gear company MARSHALL sold to... 🇨🇳☭ People's Republic of China investment group
Just LOL. Marshall have been iconic to the Western "counter-cultural revolution" brought about by rock music since early 1960s. Seeing them now being owned by a PRC state-approved capitalist group is the ultimate chef's kiss.
Of course, the likes of Gibson and Fender have outsourced *some* of their manufacturing to the Chinese dictatorship for years now, but being *owned* by PRC investors must the apex of late-stage capitalism.
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British amplifier and music gear company MARSHALL sold to... 🇨🇳☭ People's Republic of China investment group
Just LOL. Marshall have been iconic to the Western "counter-cultural revolution" brought about by rock music since early 1960s. Seeing them now being owned by a PRC state-approved capitalist group is the ultimate chef's kiss.
Of course, the likes of Gibson and Fender have outsourced *some* of their manufacturing to the Chinese dictatorship for years now, but being *owned* by PRC investors must the apex of late-stage capitalism.
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Our 2024 Top Gear Awards
And now for some fine dining with our "crème de la crème" of the gear we reviewed in 2024.
Did your favorite make the list? Find out in our 2024 Top Gear Awards feature now published on Headfonics!
https://headfonics.com/our-2024-top-gear-awards/
#awards #headphones #earphones #amplifiers #wireless #DAC #DAP #audiophile #newyear
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#NEW AmpliPro Home Audio Controller https://www.tindie.com/products/micronova/amplipro-home-audio-controller/ by MicroNova LLC on Tindie #Sound #Amplifiers
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#NEW Dancing Ferrofluid with Music Rhythm https://www.tindie.com/products/yihang/dancing-ferrofluid-with-music-rhythm/ by YIHANG on Tindie #Sound #Amplifiers
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#NEW Bluetooth Plasma Speaker with TWS Support https://www.tindie.com/products/yihang/bluetooth-plasma-speaker-with-tws-support/ by YIHANG on Tindie #Sound #Amplifiers
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#BackInStock Muffsy Phono Preamp - Kit https://www.tindie.com/products/skrodahl/muffsy-phono-preamp-kit/ by muffsy on Tindie #Sound #Amplifiers
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This photo shows three favorite amps. The tweed started out as a Fender Champion 600 from the early '00s. I discarded the original box (which was pretty beat) and housed the chassis in a custom 1x8 enclosure by Mather Amp Cabinet. The brown is a 1996 Fender Pro Junior chassis, in another custom cab by Mather, this time a 1x12 (this one is my primary gigging amp). The black one is a more recent purchase: another Pro Junior (fourth generation 2022), but I'm going to keep this one stock (apart from eventually re-tubing it when the originals lose their lustre). Simple is good.
#Fender #Guitar #Amplifiers #GearSquad #EminenceSpeakers #MatherAmpCabinet
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This photo shows three favorite amps. The tweed started out as a Fender Champion 600 from the early '00s. I discarded the original box (which was pretty beat) and housed the chassis in a custom 1x8 enclosure by Mather Amp Cabinet. The brown is a 1996 Fender Pro Junior chassis, in another custom cab by Mather, this time a 1x12 (this one is my primary gigging amp). The black one is a more recent purchase: another Pro Junior (fourth generation 2022), but I'm going to keep this one stock (apart from eventually re-tubing it when the originals lose their lustre). Simple is good.
#Fender #Guitar #Amplifiers #GearSquad #EminenceSpeakers #MatherAmpCabinet
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Our 2023 Top Gear Awards
It's that time of the year again when we dish out the love to some of our favorite gear we have reviewed this past calendar year.
Today it's our Top Gear, or the 'best of the best' of what we reviewed in 2023! Was your favorite a winner?
Find out in today's lineup, now published on Headfonics!
https://headfonics.com/our-2023-top-gear-awards/
#awards #xmas2023 #headphones #iems #cables #amplifiers #daps #wireless #totl
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Our 2023 Bang For Buck Awards
Its that time of the year again when we dish out the love to some of our favorite gear we have reviewed this past calendar year.
Today is the Bang For Buck Gear or Best Value for 2023! Was your favorite a winner?
Find out in today's roll call, now published on Headfonics!
https://headfonics.com/our-2023-bang-for-buck-awards/
#awards #xmas2023 #headphones #iems #cables #amplifiers #daps #wireless #DAC
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The current craze over social media ruining democracy and AI posing an existential threat to humanity stems from the fact that most people don’t understand that the only thing #technology is able to do is amplify their own capacity to do good or bad.
The Internet and AI are communication and intelligence #amplifiers, the same way motors and servo mechanisms are amplifiers of our muscle power. -
I finally finished my amplifier/portable space heater :blobfoxlaughsweat: Everything is assembled and working as intended now. I'm quite happy with the result, especially with the 3D-printed "case". I took a picture with the thermal imaging camera, the tube temperatures look quite high with over 160 °C, but this is normal for this kind of tube
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We have a very small house. This is the staircase a carpenter friend built for us a few years ago. My #studio is up those stairs. Every single day I am thankful that I no longer own or need large, heavy #amplifiers.
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We have a very small house. This is the staircase a carpenter friend built for us a few years ago. My #studio is up those stairs. Every single day I am thankful that I no longer own or need large, heavy #amplifiers.