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Bergantino Forte’ HP2X Bass Amplifier

$2,520.00

The Forté HP2X – Hyper-Powered Lightweight Bass Amplifier with “Custom Output Transformer” Never to rest on past successes or ground breaking designs, Bergantino Audio is proud to introduce our new forte’ HP2X! 

It’s no secret since the beginning of amplification, transformers were, and still are to this day, credited with what is often associate with that “Tube” sound. Transformers are often given much of the credit for those harmonically rich tones we so revere! Transformers are not perfect devices, they have a very unique and subtle way of distorting and adding desirable harmonic content to the final tone we hear. The added texture and presence associated with them are often credited with the “glue” or warmth of the amplifiers and recording gear they inhabit. These added harmonics add a very desirable excitement, low end fill, and cut-thru clarity to the system they are utilized in by adding harmonic content to the original signal not otherwise present; similar to what a slightly overdriven tube does, but lower in frequency. Another quality (or shortcoming ;-})of transformers is hysteresis. This memory effect that delays the changing of polarity of the transformer core, and thus signal passing thru them, also helps create even more of those desirable harmonics we enjoy. So is it any wonder we couldn’t help but want to add this harmonically rich texture to our best selling amp, the forte’ HP2, now our forte’ HP2X ?

Optional Bluetooth 5.0 Footswitch now avaialble! / Optional Bergantino Amp Carry Bag available!

Description

Bergantino Audio Forte’ HP2X Bass Amplifier……

In order to best employ a transformer into our current forte’ HP2 design, we worked very closely with the engineers at Cinemag, a highly respected company and large player in the transformer industry. Carefully choosing things such as core material, winding ratios, impedance, inductance, and other tone-enhancing parameters, we were able to come up with a transformer design that uniquely and perfectly fit into the current architecture and circuit topology of our HP2, allowing us to give our new HP2X many of the tonal qualities these transformers have been lauded and sought after for, over decades of use in the musical amplification industry.

Offering unparalleled headroom, razor sharp clarity, and the power to move air and let your notes be felt, the Bergantino forté HP2X is the ultimate amp for every player looking to take their tone to the next level.

Special Features of the Bergantino HP2X Bass Amplifier:

  • Bergantino HP2X Bass Amplifier with “Custom Output Transformer”.
  • Built-in parallel compression.
  • Drive Circuit:  Goes from Soft Clip “purr” to mix shredding distortion. Featuring the new proprietary B.S.D. (Bergantino Smart Drive) technology.
  • Same 3dB of additional dynamic head room from HP2 as compared to the original HP.
  • Variable Low-Pass (VLPF) and Variable High-Pass (VHPF) filters, critical for precise tone shaping and taming of the most challenging gigging environments.

Specifications:

  • 4-Band Tone Controls: Bass: +/-10db @65hz, Lo-Mid:+/-10db @250hz, Hi-Mid: +/-10db @ 1khz, Treble: +/-10db @ 3.5khz
  • Bright Switch: Software selectable between  +6db @2khz or +8db @7khz
  • Punch Switch: +4db @100hz
  • Auxiliary Input and Headphone Jack: for personal monitor and practice
  • Bluetooth, Foot-Switchable features for Drive, Punch, Bright, and Mute
  • Software Upgradable via front USB port

 

 

  • Effects send and return loop
  • Studio quality Direct Output: software selectable Pre or Post EQ
  • UPS – Universal power supply 115VAC – 240VAC 50/60Hz
  • Power Section: 600W @ 8 ohms, 1200W RMS @ 4-Ohms, 1200W RMS @ 2-Ohms
  • Dimensions: 33.6cmW x 21cmD x 9.5cmH / 13.25”W x 8.375”D x 3.75”H
  • Weight: 2.9 kg / 6.4 lbs

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