jaybo2861 Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 hello folks, new to the site and from Louisiana. was looking for a small class d amp to pair with a Noble pre amp. saw this and was wondering what the recommendation is. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Everything Didier makes is wonderful. There's other good options to choose from but if you like the size, power and price of the GSS then you can go for it with no reservations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 GSS use Pascal power amp modules I think? They are supposed to sound good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxyFuze Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Straight Ahead power amp. The guy who makes them is based in New York. Small, powerful and transparent, plus very reasonably priced if you're in the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 4 minutes ago, foxyFuze said: Straight Ahead power amp. The guy who makes them is based in New York. Small, powerful and transparent, plus very reasonably priced if you're in the US. South west France I think, not NYC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxyFuze Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 I'm talking about the Straight Ahead amp, not the GSS. Makes sense to look at US power amps if the OP lives there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratman Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 I recently bought a Baby Sumo. It’s fab. Small, light & powerful. Works a treat with my HX Stomp. I highly recommend these amps. I would have gone for the more powerful Sumo but the whole point of me getting one was to be able to take it on public transport when I gig in central London at venues where a cab is supplied, so the lighter Baby Sumo made more sense for me. I use it to power a whole range of house cabs - 8x10s, 4x10s, 1x15s and my Berg HD112. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 On 22/08/2019 at 00:25, foxyFuze said: I'm talking about the Straight Ahead amp, not the GSS. Makes sense to look at US power amps if the OP lives there. Sensible advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevham Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 On 25/08/2019 at 18:20, ratman said: I recently bought a Baby Sumo. It’s fab. Small, light & powerful. Works a treat with my HX Stomp. I highly recommend these amps. I would have gone for the more powerful Sumo but the whole point of me getting one was to be able to take it on public transport when I gig in central London at venues where a cab is supplied, so the lighter Baby Sumo made more sense for me. I use it to power a whole range of house cabs - 8x10s, 4x10s, 1x15s and my Berg HD112. Thread resurrection alert! I am looking to get a Baby Sumo to use with my HX stomp. Is the baby Sumo small enough to fit in a gigbag pocket with the HX stomp and cables? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratman Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, kevham said: Is the baby Sumo small enough to fit in a gigbag pocket with the HX stomp and cables? As small and portable as it is, I'd say it wouldn't fit in a gig bag pocket. It's 13 x 8 x 20cm and weighs 1.5Kg. When I travel light to gigs I have a small backpack for my Sumo & leads, a bass in a gig bag in one hand, and my Metro16 Stomp board in a soft case in the other hand. Easy. If I'm driving it's the same, just with my cab too. Edited December 17, 2019 by ratman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 It's not a Pascal module in the Sumo, but a proprietary one made by Didier Elchardus, the guy behind GSS. I've owned the Sumo coupled to a Warwick JH PR40 Hellborg preamp and an Audiokinesis 18134 cabinet and and it's really powerful and defined. I've also owned the little combo 06B400 running on a lithium battery and it was also great sounding. I'm now using an FRFR 12+6 with tweeter (12 kilos for 500 Watts) coupled to a MarkBass Alain Caron Ground Stereo Pre pedal preamp. It's just amazing how good and transparent it sounds. Go on, you won't be disappointed by GSS products and Didier is always ready to help. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratman Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 I've got a 06B400 6.5" combo too, it's great. I'll probably splash for one of their 12" cabs next year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyMontana Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 (edited) On 17/12/2019 at 21:54, Hellzero said: It's not a Pascal module in the Sumo, but a proprietary one made by Didier Elchardus, the guy behind GSS. I've owned the Sumo coupled to a Warwick JH PR40 Hellborg preamp and an Audiokinesis 18134 cabinet and and it's really powerful and defined. I've also owned the little combo 06B400 running on a lithium battery and it was also great sounding. I'm now using an FRFR 12+6 with tweeter (12 kilos for 500 Watts) coupled to a MarkBass Alain Caron Ground Stereo Pre pedal preamp. It's just amazing how good and transparent it sounds. Go on, you won't be disappointed by GSS products and Didier is always ready to help. I have a baby Sumo, and it is a great amp. Sound is great, loud, and background hiss is very low. I also read somewhere that GSS uses a modified Pascal module. It is very difficult to develop your own Class D amp, certainly for a one-man company like GSS. Most of the bigger amp manufacturers use 3rd party ClassD power module from ICE. On the german bassic.de forum there are some photos of the internals of the SUMO, and the PCB has the same kind of layout as the Pascal Modules: https://www.bassic.de/threads/guitarsoundsystems-1000w-sumo-class-d-endstufe.14868284/page-2#post-16546691 Like this one from the Pascal website: https://www.pascal-audio.com/product/m-pro2/ Edited December 21, 2019 by TonyMontana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 (edited) If that helps, here's what Didier answered when I asked about the module as, to me too, it was very close to a Pascal module. It's in French as it's his mother tongue. Need to remove the email address first... Edited December 22, 2019 by Hellzero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 On 17/12/2019 at 20:11, ratman said: As small and portable as it is, I'd say it wouldn't fit in a gig bag pocket. It's 13 x 8 x 20cm and weighs 1.5Kg. It’d fit in my mono tick though... 🤔 ... I need to get back to work to stop me browsing the internet all day looking at bass stuff to buy 🤦♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 On 27/12/2019 at 17:17, CamdenRob said: I need to get back to work to stop me browsing the internet all day looking at bass stuff to buy 🤦♂️ Still off work... bought a baby sumo today 😐 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 You won't regret it, for sure. Hope so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Not that I need one, but does anyone know of any small form factor units that are stereo? (Other than being forced to buy two monoblocs) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinB Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 21 hours ago, Dood said: Not that I need one, but does anyone know of any small form factor units that are stereo? (Other than being forced to buy two monoblocs) Carvin have a stereo pedal-sized power amp coming out, but at 50W per side it's probably more guitar territory than bass. https://carvinaudio.com/products/mach100-100w-pedal-amplifier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 1 hour ago, MartinB said: Carvin have a stereo pedal-sized power amp coming out, but at 50W per side it's probably more guitar territory than bass. https://carvinaudio.com/products/mach100-100w-pedal-amplifier Oooh! Very interesting! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyMontana Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 GSS also has a 2x50 amp: https://www.guitarsoundsystems.com/gss-06b400gpa-50-watt-mini-guitar-power-amp-c2x24708850 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 21 hours ago, TonyMontana said: GSS also has a 2x50 amp: https://www.guitarsoundsystems.com/gss-06b400gpa-50-watt-mini-guitar-power-amp-c2x24708850 Hi, thank you! Looks brilliant but it’s Parallel mono rather than Stereo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinB Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) On 31/12/2019 at 14:43, Dood said: Oooh! Very interesting! Thank you! Currently reduced from $289 to $199. I love spending other people's money... 😉 Edit: Hmmmmm, I've just seen it suggested that the Carvin is identical to this Harley Benton: https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_custom_line_thunder_99.htm 🤔 Edited January 13, 2020 by MartinB Those pedals look awfully similar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 2 hours ago, MartinB said: Currently reduced from $289 to $199. I love spending other people's money... 😉 Edit: Hmmmmm, I've just seen it suggested that the Carvin is identical to this Harley Benton: https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_custom_line_thunder_99.htm 🤔 Now that is rather interesting!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Worth noting that the Harley Benton is rated at 2x50w into 4 ohms, whilst the GSS is 2x50w into 8 ohms. Carvin is also 2x50w into 8 ohms, but are they still in existence? I thought they went under last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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