Switching channel inputs with a relay at amp input?

[Gregg]

Link?

It was somewhere on the sloclone forum if I remember correctly.

Relay to a grid will always pop to some degree especially in a high gain amp. The .1uf/2M2 can help but not always. It also depends on the type of relay used.

[wizard333]

Interesting. He uses the same Omron high sensitivity relays I generally use, so I'll try that same solution.

[Gregg]

Friedman is a nice guy who knows the right people to get a good marketing. In the beginning his amps had some problems which he later fixed. AFAIK the that pop is not so loud anymore.

[wizard333]

I have a SS and a BE from 2015; there is no pop.

Not sure when he was having that issue but it must have been very early on.

Haven't met him other than at a Namm show where he was in a pissy mood, so no idea if he's a nice guy, but he does have golden ears for tuning an amp and getting the feel right to. I've seen very, very few amps over the years I could say that about. There's no cork sniffing unicorn sh*t in those things either; moderately priced but decent components, reasonably built but not jaw dropping works of art. The only magic is in his ability to tweak that circuit, and there's more unique talent in that than I think people appreciate.

[Chuck H]

I have a SS and a BE from 2015; there is no pop.

Not sure when he was having that issue but it must have been very early on.

Haven't met him other than at a Namm show where he was in a pissy mood, so no idea if he's a nice guy, but he does have golden ears for tuning an amp and getting the feel right to. I've seen very, very few amps over the years I could say that about. There's no cork sniffing unicorn sh*t in those things either; moderately priced but decent components, reasonably built but not jaw dropping works of art. The only magic is in his ability to tweak that circuit, and there's more unique talent in that than I think people appreciate.

I would agree. I've never had the pleasure of playing one, but the ones I've heard all sounded like the best examples of coveted Marshall models. Not just clones or interpretations at all. "Special" sounding amps I guess. Whatever his formula is, it's working. If he doesn't know everything about channel switching I consider that a small matter.

[Gregg]

I have a SS and a BE from 2015; there is no pop.

It looks like he finally fixed that. Also there are some differences in schematic, components and sound between his earlier BE100s and his latest models.

I've never had the pleasure of playing one, but the ones I've heard all sounded like the best examples of coveted Marshall models.

There are no any secrets in his amp that are not in the public domain already. The truth is it's the schematic that "sounds" good. I've built it several times with different components and layouts and it still sounds good and has that tone character. Also it allows for numerous tweaks.

[wizard333]

It looks like he finally fixed that. Also there are some differences in schematic, components and sound between his earlier BE100s and his latest models.



There are no any secrets in his amp that are not in the public domain already. The truth is it's the schematic that "sounds" good. I've built it several times with different components and layouts and it still sounds good and has that tone character. Also it allows for numerous tweaks.

There are no secrets in any amp that aren't in the public domain. But there are 1,000,000 variations on that modded 2204 circuit, and how good they sound (and respond) is in the ears of the person tweaking them.