Fryette PS-2A Power Station Integrated Reactance Amplifier

Do not listen to the complainers. This products is great. My main amp is an SLO and I don't gig anymore so I need to play at a lower volume in my home studio. This works and is easy to dial in. The effects loop is a bonus and much needed for anyone with an original SLO or Marshall with no loop. I waited for two months on backorder so be patient.

Really nice! I'm using it to tame the volume of a Fender Supersonic. I can set the amp to a sweet spot and then "turn it down". It keeps the pretty much the same sound character and feel. I love it on the clean deluxe reverb side of the supersonic with the ss volume around 5-6. I can run it quiet enough for practice at home without bothering anyone. Can do the same with both gain channels cranked and the master halfway up too :-) I haven't tried the post power stage effects loop yet but plan to put "wet" effects from my Helix there. Also, want to try the power station as a clean amp with the Helix straight into it! Probably some 4C stuff too. I think it's totally worth the money! Every time I use it with the supersonic cranked I get a big grin on my face and no one is calling the cops :-)

I purchased this unit to boost a small amp and to attenuate a larger amp. The additional appeal was the effects loop which neither of the amps had. It just didn't sound good in either case. Very disappointed considering the price tag. It was ultimately returned.

The PS2 has given me so much more tonal options. I have several plexi non master volume amps without effect loops. I now have the ability to run time based effects through the PS2 loop. The PS2 allows me to run my amp volume in the sweet spot then control the loudness for the situation. I have an old Line 6 podxt pro rack unit that was normally run through studio monitors. Using the PS2 power amp line in I can run a guitar speaker cab with the podxt pro. I find the reactive load attenuation isn't completely transparent however the eq abilities allow me to dial back in the frequencies. In my opinion the amp sounds like my amp with a slight loss of high end that can be compensated for with the PS2 eq or the amps eq. I decided on this fifty watt version because I have more speaker cabs under hundred watts. Excellent product would recommend.

I use my Power Station II as both an attenuator and also to provide an FX loop for amps that don't have one. It excels in both functions, but this is only a fraction of what it can do. I am finally able get the guitar tones I've heard on my recorded cd's because now I can hear the sound of my cranked Marshall or Mesa amp at a sound level that doesn't get anyone else upset! Bear in mind that I'm not talking about whisper volume here, but more like a loud conversation or TV, since I don't think anything sounds good at whisper volumes. I live in a town house and play in my basement and no complaints. You can, however, select any output volume you like (unlike incremental attenuators). The unit is very transparent and lots of EQ adjustment is available if you want. Overall I think this is one of the very best attenuators available and a good bang for the buck.

Use it on live gigs to tame the volume of my Friedman Small Box.