The OFFICIAL 2018 Countdown Thread

If only you could put wheels on that thing!

That was the idea.

And plug it into this bad boy. Mesa/Boogie Stereo Simul-Class 295

Congratulations! You are now the owner of an innovative yet classic kind of power

amplifier, designed and built exclusively for the guitarist: the Stereo Simul-Class 295. Like

all MESA/Boogie amps, it's an all-tube circuit, because there just isn't a better-sounding way

to build a guitar amp. And it features our patented "Simul-Class" circuitry, which combines

two separate and different kinds of amplification - "vintage" Class A and "modern" Class AB

power - on the same chassis. Using the 295 in conjunction with one of our superb pre amps

- the Studio Preamp or the Quad Preamp - and a pair of MESA/Boogie speaker cabs, you've

got the makings of state-of-the-art guitar sound, in stereo!


VACUUM TUBE AUDIO. People who don't know about MESA/Boogie are usually surprised

when they learn that we make amplifiers using vacuum tubes. They think tubes are an

obsolete relic of a primeval electronic age, long ago faded from the earth. And that's largely

true - but with two notable exceptions: TV picture tubes, and audio.


Have you ever heard of a tube amp claiming to have "that great transistor sound"?' Neither

have we! And therein lies a clue that many knowledgeable types - even the latest MOS-FET

designers - hold good tube sound as the standard for comparison. That's why we designed

the Stereo Simul-Class 295: to provide a dedicated power amp for the guitarist that has all

the magnitude - but not the "transistor-ness" - of a high power solid-state amp, and without

the price tag of those few fabulously expensive "esoteric" tube amps.


WHAT IS "SIMUL-CLASS"? Simul-Class power is like having two different kinds of power

operating simul-taneously on each channel of the amplifier. One power section is wired in

"Class A Triode" and uses two EL-34 tubes. "Class A” power is the oldest and purest form of

amplification; it’s warm and "vocal" tone is the heart of the Simul-Class circuit. The other

power section uses two 6L6 tubes, wired in the more modern and efficient "Class AB"

configuration; this section provides the bulk of the "muscle" in the amplifier. And by

combining these two "classes" of power design, the Simul-Class circuit reaps the rewards of

both. The 30 watts of vintage Class A tone combines with 65 watts of efficient Class AB

power to produce a total of 95 watts per channel of the warmest, most musical power you've

ever heard! Or you can use the "Class A/Simul-Class" switch to turn off the Class AB (6L6)

sections, and run the Class A (EL-34) sections by themselves. This allows you to drive the

amp harder for greater power amp distortion, but at volume levels you can more easily

control.

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