Palmer PSUPSOAK Overview
Your Analog Dynamic Tube Amp Hub
Discerning guitarists can maximize the potential of their tube amp with the Palmer Supreme Soaker, a reactive power reducer and load box with a finely tuned analog-loudspeaker simulator, ideal for playing and recording at home, rehearsing with a band, or playing a live gig. This dynamic tube amp hub allows you to permanently dial in the sweet spot of your tube amp, so you can enjoy your amp s tone, feel, and dynamics to the fullest anytime and anywhere, and at any volume without sacrificing any aspect of your guitar tone.
Use the Supreme Soaker as a power soaker, attenuator, load box, analog speaker simulator, re-amping device, DI box, and headphone amp.
Your Tube Amp s Sweet Spot at Any Volume
- Designed for amplifiers up to 150W RMS, Supreme Soaker is perfect for taming even the large, arena-filling tube amplifiers of yesteryear.
- Dial in your tube amp s sweet spot at any volume, from silent to whisper quiet, room level to stage& mdasg no cabinet required.
- Amplifier protection circuit with permanent amplifier load: never again worry about plugging in your amplifier without speakers connected.
- Compatible with 8- and 16-ohm setups: works perfectly with 99% of all tube amplifiers.
Authentic Analog Speaker Tones
- Five finely tuned analog speaker simulator settings: select the speaker simulation to tweak your tone exactly the way you want it no need to mic up a cab ever again.
- Speaker tone control with five different worlds of sound: shift the tonal palette of your speaker cabinet to create new sonic textures.
Front-Panel Options for Stage, Studio, and Silent Practice
- Whether you re playing a gig or practicing at home, use the Mic/Line XLR input and front-panel level knob to blend your favorite cab/mic combo with the Supreme Soaker s speaker simulator.
- Mic up your guitar speaker and feed the signal into the Supreme Soaker. The TONE control applies a high-shelf EQ of ± 10 dB to the microphone or line signal.
- There is a phantom power switch for operating condenser microphones and a polarity switch on the back of the device.
- Play your music (backing track, click track, monitor mix) via the AUX IN and jam along with your favorite amplifier sound.
- And when you need to be quiet, use the Headphone Out for silent practice.
Back Panel: All the Connections for the Modern Guitar Player
- Use the FX LOOP to hook up your stereo (and mono) FX pedals to the Supreme Soaker.
- If you re into reamping, the Reamp Out enables you to simply connect the unit to a guitar amplifier, making reamplification a breeze.
- When it comes to recording, use the balanced stereo XLR Line Outputs to connect the unit to a mixer or audio interface.
Palmer PSUPSOAK Specs
Inputs / Outputs
| Audio I/O | 1x 1/4" Input (Amplifier In) 1x 1/4" Output (Speaker Out) 1x Combo XLR-1/4" TRS Line/Mic Input 2x XLR 3-Pin Line Output 1x 1/8" / 3.5 mm TRS Aux Input 1x 1/4" TS Line Output (FX Send) 2x 1/4" TS Line Input (Stereo FX Returns) 1x 1/4" TS Output (Reamp) |
| Amp Load | 8 an 16 Ohms, Switchable |
| Inputs | From Amp: 150 W Peak, 100 W RMS Aux: 9 dBV |
| Mic / Line Inputs | Mic Maximum Gain: 58 dB Mic / Line Input Gain Range: 0 to 25 dB Mix (XLR) Maximum Input Level: + 1 dBu (<1% THD, 1 kHz) Line (TRS) Maximum Input Level: + 22 dBu (<1% THD, 1 kHz) Mic In to Line Out THD+N: <0.006 % (1 kHz, +4 dBu) Mic In to Line Out THD+N: < 0.04 % (20 Hz to 20 kHz, +4 dBu) Mic In to Line Out EIN: -114 dBu (Max. Gain, Unweighted) Mic In to Line Out SNR: 105 dB (All Bypass) Mic / Line Input Pad Attenuation: 20 dB Mic In (XLR) Input Impedance (Balanced): 1500 Ohms Line In (TRS) Input Impedance (Balanced): 24000 Ohms Mic / Line In Low-Cut Frequency: 90 Hz (-3 dB) |
| Outputs | Line: +18 dBu, Max (<1% THD) RE-Amp: +1.5 dBv, Max (<1% THD) Phones Out: 1.4 V RMS (<1% THD, 1kHz) Phones Output Impedance: 33 Ohms (Minimum) |
| Phantom Power | 48 V, Switchable |
| Ground Lift | Yes |
| Pad | -20 dB |
In the Box
- Palmer Supreme Soaker Analog Dynamic Tube Amp Hub
- AC Adapter
- 2-Year Manufacturer Warranty
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