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Klipsch Heritage Groove Bluetooth Speaker
This is a big step up from the Bose Soundlink Color II which clearly had some pretty extreme compression to protect its little woofer from bottoming out (or maybe that was the sound of it bottoming out...). The Klipsch with the Mustang Micro sounds as good as my Yamaha THR5, which is outstanding!
The walnut version was on sale at B&H Photo for $100 when I ordered mine a few days ago, now it's back to $150 :~(. It's larger, heavier, and does not have the soft rubber outside of the Color II, but still fits nicely in my soft briefcase. I would have ordered black if it was also on sale. My desktop is complete! https://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...speaker-walnut One last idea, almost all USB power supplies have common mode noise which will show up as hum when you plug in your guitar and don't hold the strings. I ran a ground wire from the power outlet behind my desk and used a short 3.5mm extension cord to make a place to connect it.
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Cant help making this comparison. Same idea. Vox had a 10 year jump on Fender, but still has the old technology. BT input to the fender is a big plus, as are the modern buttons and LEDs, instead of the scratchy mini-pots. If you have one of the older headphone amps, its definitely worthwhile to upgrade to this fender.
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Major design flaw with the mustang micro: apparently it resembles a chew toy to dogs. Lesson learned- do not leave guitar accessories on the coffee table.
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Klipsch Groove (classic)
I returned the Heritage Groove when I discovered the Groove (classic???) was on sale at the Klipsch website and after ordering one discovered it sounded a little better, was more compact, and more gig bag friendly (no sharp edges to its cabinet).
This is the ultimate desktop amp, and acoustic guitar volume level jam setup, IMHO. There might be zero compression used to protect this speakers driver as it sounds natural (the Bose Color II was quite effected with extreme compression).
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Beware of the even bigger idiot...it might be you
I played my first (outdoors) winery gig of 2021 yesterday; PRS McCarty 594 Thinline and Fender Mustang Micro directly to our QSC CP8 that sits at a little above head level a few feet behind us. We used to play two acoustic guitars, or acoustic and electric bass. Now it's my electric and he's either on acoustic or bass. I am liking our mostly classic rock covers much better on electric and the audience feedback has been unanimously positive. Honestly to my ear, just strumming chords sounds better on my electric than his Taylor ES-2. Amplified acoustic guitar was never my favorite.
I really liked the tone and having the master volume right at hand. I use the guitar's volume knobs and pickup selector to go between rhythm and lead tones. The 65 Deluxe model is perfect to go between perfectly clean, a little bit of richness, and overdrive. It worked extremely well except for one harrowing moment... Before the first song of the first set, Simon and Garfunkel's America, I got it into my head to try out the EQ possibilities. Of course I initially changed the reverb level and then fumbled to the EQ rocker. I must have hit power switch at the same time and either put the Micro into Bluetooth Pairing Mode, or turned it off. Of course we had started the song and I did not figure out how to get the sound back until half way through the song. I managed to sing my harmonies while fumbling with the Micro. Otherwise all good. So the Micro might be very user friendly but it is only almost idiot proof :~).
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I love that this Mustang is usable for gigs, thanks for your report. Last edited by jricc; 04-25-2021 at 11:37 AM. |
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For the Klipsch at home, I like these cheap Cable Creations cables. They are very flexible and easily let the extra cable fall behind my desk. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I also have several Hosa CMM-110 and CMM-115 and I think they are really solid 3.5mm TRS cables. Next electric jam session I'll bring one of these, the CP8, and the Mustang Micro. One trip from the car even with the guitar!
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I had a Fender Mustang 100W and 200W so was very familiar with the modeling and the amp sounds.
I tried to order one of these through SW but they couldn't get them in stock for a while - Fender had them in their store so I went direct. Mine came today. Apparently the manual is out for translation and isn't available yet but watching 90 seconds of YT videos is all you need. I just started playing with it but my initial (early) review is A+. Outstanding tone and probably the best of a handful of headphone amps I've used.
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https://www.fmicassets.com/Damroot/O...g_Micro_US.pdf
Here it is, but I found the wallet card in the box was most helpful. That, and just playing it for a while.
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Back in for repairs
I was really disappointed this weekend when my new unit died. There’s something wrong in the battery\charging system; it indicates it’s fully charged and then dies after a a minute or two. Oh well, I am sure that the gang at Sweetwater will make it right.
And I was really enjoying this magnificent little package! Rick
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When I get the new one, I'll leave it plugged in for awhile. best, Rick PS - another star for Sweetwater’s customer service. They are sending a new one, and once it’s received by me, they’ll send the return shipping label for the old one. And, they asked for permission to keep the credit card on file in “case” they don’t receive the old one. I like doing business with these folks more and more.
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