Behringer: Announces a series of small amplifiers
The Swiss company Behringer has announced the manufacture of a new series of small amplifiers, suitable for practicing at home. The market for small guitar practice amplifiers is a fairly competitive place. So, any brand trying to break into it needs a strong pitch.
By Dimitris (Bari) Polyzois
Behringer is likely to have price on its side with its new trio from the HS GEAR 2021 series. Prices are still unknown, but the company has taken the shape of affordable pricing. The series will also feature something it calls Virtual Tube Circuit technology.
What are the advantages of tube amplifiers at an affordable price? This is a familiar goal. "Designed to replicate the saturation and compression of those classic high-end tube amplifiers," says Behringer. "They deliver true tube tone, feel and response from this meticulously engineered solid state amplifier."
The starting trio of models HA-10G-, HA-20R and HA-40R in the HA series offers two independent channels and a three-band EQ.
The models from the small amplifier series of 10-, 20- and 40-watt come with a Bugera 6', 8' or 10' speaker respectively. The two larger models also feature onboard reverb.
A few words about the company
Behringer is an audio equipment company founded by Swiss engineer Uli Behringer on January 25, 1989, in Willich, Germany. Behringer was the 14th largest manufacturer of music products in 2007. The company is a global, multinational group, with direct marketing presence in ten countries and regions, and a sales network in more than 130 countries around the world.
Although it originally manufactured its products in Germany, it now manufactures its products in China.
The company's founder, Uli Behringer, was born in 1961 in Baden, Switzerland. Behringer's father was an organist and nuclear physicist. His mother was a pianist and interpreter. His uncle was a professor of composition at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich. At the age of four, Uli Behringer started learning piano. When he was five, his father built his own church organ with over 1000 pipes and installed it in the family home. Behringer helped his father build the organ. At the age of 16, he built his first synthesizer, the UB1.
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