Palmer Supreme Soaker

I bought this to use it as a practice headphone interface and as an attenuator for apartment level playing, and later - as a recording device.

I've tried it as a headphone interface - to my ears it works really well. I honestly prefer it to my Fryette Power Load IR (although I doubt it can compete with the Fryette Power Station as an attenuator or reamping device).

I like the analogue sound and feel, and I was surprised that I liked the Line EQ curves. I don't like IRs, but I understand they have their role in recording. For just playing - this sounds and feels a lot better to me.

The attenuator is fine. I think it could use another increment between step 4 and 5 - it was hard for me to optimize power amp levels with room volume. But it's far from unusable in that regard. Personally I don't like the Speaker EQ curves. I'll be leaving that on bypass.

I love the look of the unit (especially the colour scheme) and having a legacy brand when it comes to this type of unit was appealing to me. The only slight dislike I have here is it has a bigger physical footprint than I imagined. Not a big problem but I like the "neat and tidy" Power Load IR more in this regard.

Overall I'm happy with it - it's a useful and inspiring unit and it does a *lot* for the price.

Ich als langjähriger Fan von Palmer Speaker-Simulatoren (habe PDI05 mit 2×8Ohm Loadbox und PGA-04 im Einsatz) werde einfach nicht warm mit den Sounds, und der nur stufenweise schaltbare (!) Attenuator ist leider ein NO GO ... wahrscheinlich liegts an mir ... fast hätte ich dafür meine Power-Station verkauft ... Gott behüte ...
Danke THOMANN, dass ich das Teil zurückschicken durfte. Jetzt bin ich mit Power-Station und ENGL Cabloader an einem Röhrenamp wunschlos glücklich.