NAD Genzler Magellan 800

[EmmettC]

I've been after a Genzler Magellan for a while, but I haven't been able to justify paying to upgrade from my Genz Benz Streamliner 900, but the more I've heard about it the more certain I was. I finally picked up one on here from @Deedee which arrived today. 

It arrived in the morning, I popped home from work on my lunch to check it was in one piece, then I decided to use it for a gig this evening. I was a little reluctant to gig it without trying it properly, but all the reviews and sound clips suggested it was easy enough to get a sound from and I brought my Streamliner in case it didn't work out.

I have to say it is great, it sounds phenomenal with everything flat, and after a little tweaking I've found just a touch of the A contour with a flat eq is perfect for me. Our engineer (who is with us most of the time) said the di was a bit hotter but pretty similar to the Streamliner. 

I am very happy with it, having said that I was happy with the Streamliner too, but this feels just as fat, but less muddy. And that's after only one gig.

** in case it's important, I use one Barefaced Big Baby 2 cab. I like it a lot, but have been thinking it might be too clean sounding and possibly something a bit more "vintage" might suit me better, maybe a Barefaced 210.

I'll get some pics on the next gig, was a bit too busy tweaking to take photos.

[jrixn1]

14 minutes ago, EmmettC said:

I use one Barefaced Big Baby 2 cab. I like it a lot, but have been thinking it might be too clean sounding and possibly something a bit more "vintage" might suit me better,

How was the crossover set?

[EmmettC]

For the tweeter? Usually just below half way, but one of the things I love about the BB2 is being able to adjust the tweeter, I usually leave the amp eq alone and adjust the tweeter up or down to suit the room.

[AScheck9]

I have the stl900 and I'm finding it far too muddy currently. This amp is definitely in the short listing!

[EmmettC]

I found rolling off a little bass and low mids around 9 o'clock gave me a bright clean tone on the Streamliner, though to he honest I usually ran it pretty flat. The Magellan is better, but the Streamliner is still one of my favourite amps. 

I think I'll hold on to mine as a backup, mostly because they don't seem to be selling very fast on here at the moment.

[tonyclaret]

I recently got one of these too. Love it. Played a gig with it last weekend and musician/engineer in the audience said it was the best bass tone he had every heard (He was sober), said it was total quality.

[EmmettC]

What bass and cab are you using with it?

[tonyclaret]

52 minutes ago, EmmettC said:

What bass and cab are you using with it?

TKS 1126

[bobbytodd]

try backing the bass off to about 9 or 10 oclock on your streamliner it works wonders.

Edited November 18, 2018 by bobbytodd