VHT Intros New Tube Driver/Power Supply

October 14, 2000

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Your tone is important to you. You spend countless hours searching for the right guitar and amplifier combination to produce your sound. You experiment with the virtually limitless possibilities offered by today's staggering array of stompboxes to embellish your sound. And in this process you have also discovered the frustrating loss of signal level, high frequency response and low end punch caused by effects pedals. This annoying degradation of tonal quality is caused by three things:

Loss of high frequency response due to cable capacitance.
Loss of signal level and high frequency response due to impedance effects.
Signal degradation caused by the design of the circuitry in the effects device.

The Valvulator solves all three of these problems using a vacuum tube based Buffer circuit to change your guitar signal from high impedance to low impedance. This low impedance signal is better able to survive the trip from your instrument to you amplifier, including all of the detours in between. In addition, the Valvulator input stage utilizes the same circuitry as that found in the input stage of most guitar amplifiers. This means you get the same dynamic feel from your instrument as you would if you were plugged directly into your amp!

Does the battery or wall wart that came with my stompbox affect the sound?

Definitely! Now that you have solved the signal loss dilemma, how do you keep you stompboxes operating at peak performance so your sound will always be there when you want it? The answer is to regulate the power going to the stompbox to insure that it will always be exactly the same voltage, no matter where you are. The Valvulator provides four regulated and isolated outputs which will supply you with all of the clean regulated power you need to insure maximum signal output and frequency response from you pedal devices. And because the power supply outputs are individually isolated, you never have to worry about ground loop hum.

Features:

High Impedance Input
Dual Low Impedance Outputs
Ultra Low Noise Circuitry
4 Regulated DC Outputs
Isolated Ground Design
Ideal for Direct Recording
1 12AX7 Premap Tube
Great for Bass and Keyboards, too

The Valvulator V-1 Line Driver/Power Supply Retail Price is $249.00

For more information, visit their web site at http://www.sfdamp.com/.

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