新入手波兰箱头品牌taurus的怪兽型号TH-Cross

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来自波兰的Taurus音箱制造商，创立者是Adam Kozakiewicz，一位音乐人、声音和电子工程师。Taurus已经有30多年的历史了，上世纪70年代，Adam是名叫“Jeep”的乐队的吉他手，乐队一直用的都是Adam制作的音箱和音响系统。

      1983年11月28日，Adam注册成立了名为“Box Electronics”的公司，在之后的20年中，公司研制开发了广泛的音响系统产品。经过他们的努力，后来研制了全新的音箱系列，并且命名为“Taurus"。新的Taurus系列音箱被各种风格的音乐人和乐队在舞台上测试和使用，这也是他们的标语”Taurus is made by musicians for musicians“的由来。

      2004年-2009年期间，Taurus致力于Bass音箱和效果器的开发，制造了无与伦比的Bass相关产品，并且在2009年法兰克福乐器展上，获得了Bass Gear杂志评选的”Best of Show"大奖。
以下是这款箱头的英文资料，近期上试听。

HEAD type bass amplifier with both tube and transistor preamps and double power amp, working in BIAMP, STEREO or MONO modes. The switchable mode enables wide range of speaker cabinets to connect varying in impedance from 2 to 16 Ohm and handling power from 200 up to 750W. The amplifier uses a very efficient and at the same time easy to operate MLO system equalization control for fast and accurate sound tailoring. Unique OPTICAL LIMITER is built in for fast and noiseless operation. Possibility to “cross” the amplifier with an additional preamp. Connecting an external preamp creates a configuration of 2 selectable independent channels. The use of additional preamp brings a wide range of new sound creation opportunities: 2 identical panels with separate input control, tone, limiter and volume. Preferred tone shape, input sensitivity, tube saturation, volume and compression can be set for each channel independently and switched between the channels while playing. Also an external sound effect can be connected to each of the channels. A specially designed TAURUS TX-Cross dedicated preamp is used to create the stereo system.

Power output: 750W RMS / 4ohm , 200W RMS / 8ohm
Operation modes:
MONO: 750W RMS /4 ohm, 700W RMS /6ohm, 600W RMS /8ohm, 400W RMS /16ohm
BIAMP/STEREO: 2x375W RMS /2ohm, 2x300W RMS /4ohm, 2x250W RMS /6ohm, 2x200W RMS /8ohm
Main features: 2 preamps - tube and transistors / analog device
Two channel mode - 1 internal channel + 1 external channel used to connect a separate preamp channels selected by FOOT SWITCH
Inputs: passive & active
Controls:
BALANCE control between the power amps
GAIN control with overload indicator. Operating with Gain and Input Mix player can obtain sound very close to acoustic bass or fretless bass guitar. The area around knobs marked by a break-off line indicates the region where the level of compression and distortion allows achieving the desired effect.
MIX  fluent signal adjustment of the input between 2 sections of the amplifier - tubes simulation and transistors.
COMPRESSOR/LIMITER to control dynamic of sound
VOLUME control
BASS and TREBLE equalizer with "MLO system" (Middle-range Level Optimization).
PARAMETRIC EQUALIZER for precise control of middle range (120Hz-4kHz)
PRESENCE button - increases transparency of sound
PUNCH button - increases sonic expression
DBS - Dynamic Bass System, increases dynamics and selectivity of bass sound

MLO EQ TECH INFO:
BASS: 40Hz +/-10dB @550Hz -/+4dB  
TREBLE: 5kHz +15dB / 8kHz -15dB,
EQ MIDDLE: 120Hz-4kHz +/-12dB
DBS: 55Hz +6dB
DBS-BOOST; 55Hz +12dB
PUNCH: 300Hz +8dB
PRESENCE: 8kHz +10dB
Other features:
MUTE button
CLIP power amp indicator
PEAK preamp overload indicator
FOOT SWITCH input (switches the additional preamp connected to AUX-2)
STEREO MODE input for dedicated TAURUS TX-Cross preamp
Effect loops: AUX for serial and parallel configuration
CROSS LOOP parallel for external preamp with FOOT SWITCH selectable internal and external channels
Outputs: XLR (balanced) LINE output with level control, speaker cabinet simulation, PRE/POST
switch and GROUND LIFT circuit switch, PREAMP OUT, TUNER, PHONES, SPEAKER
Protections: short circuit, thermal overload, power overload
Forced cooling system with electronic efficiency control
Dimensions: 19” / 2 Rackspaces (H x W x D) 88x483x370mm
Weight: 11.0 kg
上图吧，我觉得这个22斤的大怪兽真的很棒，那就跟它一起并肩作战。