DV Mark Micro 50 (new lightweight amp head for 2015)

[Wildcat]

The Genz-Benz Compaq 300 is pretty close. More of an "acoustic" amp, But it sounds great with my archtops and cabs. Add a little preamp micro pedal to warm up the sound if you want.

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Just curious of why you say that. More of an "acoustic" amp,

[Woody Sound]

Just curious of why you say that. More of an "acoustic" amp,

Full range, tweeter, clean only, xlr mic input.

[jzucker]

just a suggestion .... i don't use this myself (tube amp mostly) but i seen an increasing number of jazz players just using a powered PA speaker (usually 8" or 10 " ) and disable the tweeter/horn and use some compact preamp (usually a pedal) and get great tone for clean jazz in a very light package ..so class D type amp in a light and cheap package and PA speakers usually have 100W or up in power so no prob there ....compact light weight and cheap just add your preamp of choice

one problem with that is many of the woofers in those PA cabs don't produce any frequencies above 2k so you will have an extremely dark sounding cabinet.

But, my fender tube preamp into my Alto TS110A powered pa cab sounds great for clean. Not so good with distortion though because the frequencies above 5k produced by the overdrive sound fizzy.

[medblues]

one problem with that is many of the woofers in those PA cabs don't produce any frequencies above 2k so you will have an extremely dark sounding cabinet.

But, my fender tube preamp into my Alto TS110A powered pa cab sounds great for clean. Not so good with distortion though because the frequencies above 5k produced by the overdrive sound fizzy.

How about distorted amp sounds fed into the Alto from Kemper, do you get fizz then ?

[jzucker]

How about distorted amp sounds fed into the Alto from Kemper, do you get fizz then ?

no because the kemper has cabinet emulation so what gets fed to the Alto has the fizz already filtered out. If I turn off the cabinet emulation on the kemper via the front panel then yes, you get fizz through the alto

[medblues]

no because the kemper has cabinet emulation so what gets fed to the Alto has the fizz already filtered out. If I turn off the cabinet emulation on the kemper via the front panel then yes, you get fizz through the alto

Very helpful thanks. I have the Alto and a couple of tools with cabinet emulation and always pondered this question.

[Woody Sound]

Maybe time to visit this again, available soon at retailers. Street price about $300.

DV MICRO 50 - Dv Mark Products

I like the concept, still leery about the 50W ss rating. Would love to read a detailed objective review. I LOVE my MarkBass CMD121P (for bass). While I liked the Gambale 112 guitar amp as a concept, it was lacking in volume. I worry that this Micro 50 will suffer from the same shortcoming.




<Spiral pointed out to me that it is NOT yet available, not until the end of the month. Made some changes above, sorry.>

[newsense]

Its allegedly in stock at Musician's Friend for $299.99 and €285/£205 at Thomann (but not in stock for another week).

Similar concept to the Quilter 101, but appears to offer more for less $$$ ?

[Woody Sound]

Its allegedly in stock at Musician's Fried for $299.99.

Similar concept to the Quilter 101, but appears to offer more for less $$$ ?

It says "Reserve Today! Expected to Ship 12-30-2015"

How does it offer more? Quilter gives you 100W in the clean settings. And an efx loop. And actually they're the same price.

Not being argumentative, I just don't understand your reasoning.

[PaulHintz]

If it's $299.99 that's the same price point as the Quilter 101, which I haven't tried myself but I was discussing it earlier in the week with the Designated Jazz Guy at a local boutique guitar store. He is indeed vastly experienced with jazz guitars and amps and felt the 101 was underpowered, at least for any in-a-group use. If the DV head is only 50W...hmm.
Might work for me, but I only gig as a solo performer these days...

[newsense]

How does it offer more? Quilter gives you 100W in the clean settings. And an efx loop. And actually they're the same price.

It wasn't really a statement; I included the question mark to invite comments.

The Quilter is 35% more expensive in Europe than the DV, presumably as the latter is European in origin.

The DV has:

- reverb
- dedicated line out
- dedicated EQ for each channel
- AUX in

Quilter has:
- more voices/channels
- FX loop
- 2x power on clean channels

Not sure either is a clear winner on features for me, it will be have to fought out on the tone !

[Woody Sound]

It wasn't really a statement; I included the question mark to invite comments.

The Quilter is 35% more expensive in Europe than the DV, presumably as the latter is European in origin.

-------Yes, apologies for my narrow-focus :|

The DV has:

- reverb

---------Good point, thanks.

- dedicated line out

- dedicated EQ for each channel

--------Another good point.

- AUX in

Quilter has:
- more voices/channels
- FX loop
- 2x power on clean channels

Not sure either is a clear winner on features for me, it will be have to fought out on the tone !

I wonder what that black thing is (a switch?) next to the Drive control. Here's a clearer picture:

[newsense]

Its the clean/drive switch - the one to the far left is the indicator light

I'm beginning to think the lack of an FX loop may be a no go for me.

[Woody Sound]

I wonder what that black thing is (a switch?) next to the Drive control. Here's a clearer picture:

Never mind, I see, it's the channel switch. I thought the little bolt was the switch. Had it backwards.

[jads57]

Looks great especially w/ reverb, but agreed why not at least 100-150 watts?

[Woody Sound]

- the one to the far left is the indicator light

I think that's the assembly bolt.

[newsense]

I think that's the assembly bolt.

You are correct.

But it would be a good place to put an indicator light - and it certainly would be a light if I had designed it

[newsense]

As there is only one European Quilter dealer, it will be impossible to find a dealer in Europe who has both the Quilter and the DV Mark available for an A/B test.

Hopefully, one of our US members will be able to test them side by side.

[Keira Witherkay]

tone is everything ........

if the amp sounds good thats the 1st prize ...i sure do love the size and weight .... also in the last while i became very focussed on the speaker side of amps ....as with compact amps we often pair them with 8" or 10 " speaker cabs to keep the weight/size ratio constant (and save on the chiropractor bills) i heard amos garret say "the older i get the smaller my amps get" but often we forget how much comes from the speaker .... so a matching super compact speaker may not be ideal ....and 50w into an 8" compact cab may sound thin and have less spread but put a 12 or 2x12 or even 2x10 on it and it's a whole new beast and i have personally proved it over and over .... just look at the difference a 12" mod does to the Fender princeton (10") even in same size cab

so yes the amp head is gonna be compact , light weight and sound clean as it's ss

but finding the best cab to pair it to i would think is the "kicker" here ????

[Woody Sound]

tone is everything ........

if the amp sounds good thats the 1st prize ...i sure do love the size and weight .... also in the last while i became very focussed on the speaker side of amps ....as with compact amps we often pair them with 8" or 10 " speaker cabs to keep the weight/size ratio constant (and save on the chiropractor bills) i heard amos garret say "the older i get the smaller my amps get" but often we forget how much comes from the speaker .... so a matching super compact speaker may not be ideal ....and 50w into an 8" compact cab may sound thin and have less spread but put a 12 or 2x12 or even 2x10 on it and it's a whole new beast and i have personally proved it over and over .... just look at the difference a 12" mod does to the Fender princeton (10") even in same size cab

so yes the amp head is gonna be compact , light weight and sound clean as it's ss

but finding the best cab to pair it to i would think is the "kicker" here ????

I'm starting to think that the cabinet is THE most important link. More so that the amp or raw speaker itself. (Assuming all 3 are high quality.) When I bypass the speaker in most combos and go into my Raezers Edge 12ER it turns into a whole new higher level.

[Arnesto]

Hi, anybody get the micro jazz versión?