Tech 21, the Company
Tech 21 was formed by a guitarist possessing the unusual combination of a
trained ear and electronics expertise. In 1989, B. Andrew Barta incorporated Tech
21 and made his unique invention commercially available to players and studios
around the world. His highly-acclaimed
SansAmp
™ pioneered Tube Amplifier
Emulation in professional applications for recording direct and performing live,
and created an entirely new category of signal processing. While there have since
been many entries into this niche, SansAmp continues to maintain its reputation
as the industry standard.
With a full line of SansAmp models, Tech 21 also offers effect pedals and MIDI
products, as well as “traditional” style amplifiers for guitar and bass. Each product
is thoughtfully and respectfully designed by Andrew himself with the player in mind.
Our goal is to provide you with flexible, versatile tools to cultivate, control, refine
and redefine your own individual sound. Tech 21 takes great pride in delivering con-
sistent professional quality sound, studio to studio, club to club, arena to arena.
Power Engine Deuce Deluxe,
an Overview
The Power Engine Deuce Deluxe is a pumped up version of our former Power
Engine 60 and can be used for both guitar and bass. This handsome 1x12 rear-
ported cabinet is capable of delivering 200 watts of
transparent
power with con-
venient, on-board 3-band, active EQ controls to compensate for challenging
venues. Other new features include low and high pass filters, defeatable tweeter,
an extension speaker output, headphone output, auxiliary input, and worldwide
power supply.
You can use the Power Engine Deuce Deluxe with any direct recording device or
pre-amp --analog or digital, tube or solid state-- from any manufacturer. (Of
course, we happen to be partial to our own line of pre-amps, but that’s just us.)
So you can take your Fly Rig/SansAmp or preamp gizmo du jour, with all those
great direct sounds you’ve spent so much time creating, out to a gig and simply
plug into the Power Engine Deuce Deluxe. It will amplify all your personal settings
without giving you any additional coloration. Just volume, no tone.
You can also incorporate the Power Engine Deuce Deluxe into your existing rig to
substantially increase the volume when you need it for larger venues, as well as
for monitoring.
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FRONT PANEL
1/4” INPUT
High impedance 1megOhm for instruments and/or processors.
NOTE: DO NOT PLUG THE SPEAKER OUTPUT OF ANY AMP
INTO THIS INPUT.
Doing so may result in severe damage to the unit or your
amp or both.
PAD SWITCH
Allows you to connect equipment with a variety of signal levels to the Power Engine:
-10dB
(out position): Instrument level input.
0dB
(in position): Line-level input.
NOTE: Pad switch affects both the 1/4” input as well as the rear panel XLR input.
AUX INPUT
Studio-grade 1/4” auxiliary input for audio devices such as
CD/mp3 players. It accepts stereo signal and sums to mono.
NOTE: This input is not controlled by the Power Engine.
Volume and tone adjustments should be made via the audio
device.
PHONES
Studio-grade 1/4” headphone mono output. Mutes the power amp. NOTE: For best
results, we recommend using headphones rated at 32
Ω
. Otherwise, performance may
be compromised by efficiency loss. Also be sure the Level control is turned down to
reduce the risk of hearing damage.
GUIDE TO CONTROLS
The Power Engine Deuce Deluxe is designed with active EQ controls, which
boost
and cut, rather than traditional passive controls which only cut. This effectively
doubles many of the controls’ capabilities, giving you a much larger range of adjusta-
bility and, ultimately, more variety. It should be noted that you need not necessarily
set everything at max to achieve maximum results.
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