Details
Description:5 / 15W固态/阀门混合吉他组合组合放大器，具有2×44功率阀门。在英国制造
价格：999英镑
接触:Howling Wolf – 07824 832884 –www.howlingwolf.co/home/4583403659
The last thing you’d associate with the name ‘Howling Wolf’ would probably be a small-scale guitar and bass amplifier manufacturer based in Worcestershire. Developed by EDC Ltd, the 5/15 amplifier has hybrid thermionic valve and semiconductor circuitry… but more of that in a minute, because the most striking feature is the lacquered wood open back cabinet.
客户可以选择标准松木或为郁金香，白色橡木，红色樱桃和黑胡桃支付一点额外的额外费用。脆弱的角落受金属盖的保护，我们将被燕尾榫接头留下的印象。金条带在小麦彩色格栅布周围提供整齐的边缘，带有金色的'狼'徽章和皮革手柄，提供优雅的整理触感。没有传统的摩擦没有危险，因为一切都刻在金刷的Treffolex控制面板中。
根据嚎叫的狼的Jonathan Miller，OP-AMPS远远优于5/15前置放大要求的阀门。他的理由是，需要如此多的阀门来配置五频带图形均衡器，以便使用它们不会实用或性价比。他还指出，阀门很久以前，近年来，数百万英镑已经花费了开发的OP-AMPS。
Clipping diodes ar
e employed to provide the overdrive and distortion, which is the method used in the vast majority of classic and contemporary overdrive pedals, often with great success. Despite the preference for a solid-state front end, valves are chosen for the splitter and power amp stages. Contrary to the information on the website, the splitter valve is an ECC83, and it drives a pair of EL84s into a Celestion G12 Vintage 30 speaker.
增益和驱动器旋钮控制前置放大器部分的两个阶段，主控制设置整个输出电平。5/15的签名功能是五频带图形EQ;在赫兹测量，预设频率为250,500,1k，2k和4k。每个频段都有一个升压和切割旋钮，并且提供了存在升压控制以进行超高频率整形。
FX环路的输入和输出插槽安装在顶部面板上，如果您希望在需要时将一个或两个线级效果或磁带回声单元放置在您的放大器顶部以便激活，则这将是特别方便的。顾名思义，功率输出可以从15W切换到5W。
Sounds
The Gain and Drive controls produce different results. Gain, as the name suggests, provides crunchier and more contemporary rock tones, while Drive produces a rounder and more open overdrive which sounds smoother and feels as if it’s involving the power valves to a greater extent.
Of course, having the two allows you to explore a very wide range of clean, overdriven and distorted textures for blues, classic rock and even metal. Clean headroom and volume are also pretty much in line with what you might expect from an all-valve 15W amp, but some background noise is discernible at higher volume settings.
The low-level clip function is a bit of an oddity: it drops the volume level while increasing the gain to near fuzzbox proportions. You even get a slight upper-octave effect but the low frequencies retain a degree of clarity, suggesting that some of the lower frequency content is passing straight through without being overdriven.
图形是有效的，并允许您进行微妙的变化，而不会产生不自然或“彩色”质量。就像混合桌上的参数eq一样，您可能会发现最好从零位置的控制开始，然后使用它们切割而不是提高预设频率。500,1k和2k设置使得易于刺激
英国和5月15日挖出的美国色调，而4K控制很好，有助于帮助吉他切割混合物，250个控制将搭便车牛肉。存在旋钮非常强大，最好谨慎使用。
So does the solid-state preamp compromise the tone? We’d say it doesn’t – the 5/15 sounds and responds like a valve amp with plenty of dynamics and ability to clean up from the guitar volume. Many of us are content to get overdrive tones from pedals running into clean valve amps, so the 5/15 merely simplifies the process. Of course you can overdrive preamp valves, but the results often sound a lot grainier and fizzier than the Howling Wolf.
朝向信号链的另一端，试图使用前置放大器阀门复制电源阀过载，而不是使用二极管或级联晶体管的更具意义。事实上，它们经常听起来更糟。限制阀门到分离器和混合放大器中的电源级的使用更有意义;难怪这么多顶级球员忠于他们的音乐男子安培这么久。
毫无疑问，船上的5/15的大师将让您留下阀门，并且他们有助于使这是一个Thanful和多汁的小放大器，这使得您想要继续播放。
Verdict
With precise frequency shaping the primary design consideration, the Howling Wolf 5/15 is a niche product. Depending on style and taste, some will appreciate the fine control while others will find it too complex. Ultimately the only thing that matters is the tone, and on that basis the 5/15 is absolutely deserving of your consideration.