Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200-200-watt Floorboard Amplifier

SPIRIT: THE BIONIC TONE GENERATOR

Over the years, we’ve been exploring the origin of the tonal magic of tube amplifiers more and more deeply. And what became obvious is this: it’s about way more than just the tube. The true tonal magic emerges from all the ‘weird’ dynamic interactions between the single circuit sections and the amp stages, the transformers and the speakers.

Together, these highly complex and dynamic physical phenomena create that rich, organic and tactile sound experience guitar players are looking for.

The Spirit Tone Generator technology faithfully recreates the natural yet wildly complex interactions of traditional tube amp circuits on a digitally-controlled but strictly analog working platform. This miniature masterwork houses the essence of the physics behind tube amplifiers, with all of the intensity – hereby creating the rich and responsive tonal behavior that gives you an unbridled joy of playing. Put simply, Spirit is made to inspire guitarists to perform at their best.

INNOVATIVE POWER AMP SAGGING CONTROL  

Much of the mesmerizing tones of the great clean, crunch and lead guitar sounds is down to a drop in power supply voltage when spiking transient signals hit the output stage hard. Or, put more simply, sagging! Now, for the first time in an analog amp, Black Spirit 200 lets you adjust the amount of power amp sag and dial in creaminess and growl regardless of the volume level.

CHANNELS AND FX

Black Spirit 200 Floor features four channels that take you on a trip through all the trademark tones of the last 60 years. And like four external stomp boosts, the channel-tailored boost will give you an even more assertive, creamier, or punchier tone! Four inspirational, strictly analog channels plus a complete range of built-in digital reverb, delay and modulation effects make it a perfect all-in-one solution, while a sophisticated FX Loop lets you connect external FX units. And it’s all accessible directly and with the trusted handling you expect from a real guitar amplifier.

RECORD AMAZING TONES WITHOUT MICS

Hughes & Kettner’s award-winning Red Box has been the music industry’s go-to device for recording guitars without microphones for decades. Black Spirit 200 Floor features the most highly evolved Red Box ever: Red Box AE+. It’s the simplest, easiest and flat-out the best sounding way of sending your tone to a mixer, a PA or a recording device. But what truly sets Red Box AE+ apart is its versatility: choose from eight different cabinet types – from monstrous 4×12 stacks to compact 1×12 cabs, and anything in-between – to truly personalize your tone. This option is not just more convenient than miking up a cab… in most cases, it sounds a whole lot better too!

POWER OUTPUT2, 20, 200 Watts (switchable)CHANNELSClean, Crunch, Lead, UltraNOISE GATEIDB (Intelligent Dual Breakpoint) Noise GateINTEGRATED EFFECTSReverb, Delay, Modulation (Chorus, Phaser, Flanger, Tremolo)FX LOOPSerialPRE LOOP 1 & 2SerialRED BOX AE+8 cabinet emulations, XLR-balancedFULLY PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLSChannel, Gain, Volume, EQ, Sagging, Presence, Resonance, Noise Gate, Pre-Loop 1 & 2 On/Off, Boost On/Off, FX Parameters, FX Loop On/Off , Cabinet TypeREMOTE CONTROLBluetooth, MIDIAUX INPUTMini jack, 3.5 mm stereoAUDIO STREAMINGBluetoothPHONES/LINE JACK6.3 mm (1/4″) stereo, 50 OhmsSPEAKER OUT8-16 Ohms, switchable from guitar cab to fullrange speakerMIDI IN7-pin, 20 V DC phantom power (150 mA), 5-pin compatibleMIDI OUT/THRU5-pinMAX. POWER CONSUMPTION300 W

INTEGRATED MIDI BOARD

Preset Mode: 32 banks, 4 presets per bank, Tap Delay
Stomp Box Mode: Clean, Crunch, Lead, Ultra, Mod On/Off, Delay On/Off, Boost On/Off
Direct 7 Mode: direct access to 7 out of 128 presets

CONTROL 1 & 2

TRS jacks for footswitches and expression pedals

DIMENSIONS (W X H X D)

470 x 70 x 255 mm

WEIGHT

4.1 kg / 8.9 lbs.