HipKitty Kitty Box Combines Versatility With Pure Tube Tone
April 23, 2008
HipKitty Products has been tooling up the Kitty Box amplifier over the past year, and it is now ready to go out on the prowl. The Kitty Box is an all-tube, single channel 50 watt amplifier head that is hand-wired from point-to-point in the U.S.A.
Or is it? Though it is all tube, even boasting the ability to use EL34, 6L6 or 5881 output tubes; you can switch between tube operation or solid state rectifier operation.
This boutique amp looks to be relatively versatile for a single channel tube amp. A boutique amp, however, comes with a boutique price. Before shipping, expect to shell out $2,350*
* €∞
Visit HipKitty's official website for more information
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Rectifier operation
The rectifier doesn't sit in the signal path and simply converts AC to the necessary DC for the power tubes. Tube rectifiers are considerably less efficient often creating voltage "sags" that result in a slightly different tone. An amp can be "all tube" and still have a solid state rectifier.
You said it, mang
Otherwise every amp ever cloned from the Bassman circuitry would be considered "hybrid." Try telling Britton his Sovtek isn't really a tube amp...
well...
it seems as versatile (or moreso) as a dual rectifier, but the question is, how does it sound?
there are audio samples on the hipkitty website
http://www.hipkittyproducts.com/pb/wp_3dfc8afe/wp_3dfc8afe.html
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