Yamaha THR Series

Where’sthe fun in awkwardly twanging out the opening bars to Enter Sandman when yourpiddly little practice amp doesn’t cause the neighbors to go ballistic aboutthe racket you’re creating? Yamaha’s new THR amps look to solve this problem,delivering the warmth, response and power of a valve amp in dinky, retropackages. They’re small – 5W or 10W – but Yamaha reckons the sounds is bigenough that the 10W is suitable for small gigs, making them more than capableof giving the cat tinnitus. Taking tech from Yamaha’s top – end pro mixingconsoles to simulate classic tube amp sounds, they can also be hooked up to aUSB audio source, so you can play along with the tracks on your PC.