HomeBrew Electronics

[kidsmoke]

Anyone familiar with this brand?

I've been wanting a Morley A/B switch, and these guys sell something a bit more sophisticated, supposedly higher quality, less tone suck.

Looking for testimonials, suggestions.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

no, but at first I thought it was some fancy brewing temperature/fermentation regulating equipment. Maybe Duhvoodooman or Tung can chime in, but I don't think you have to get too fancy with an A/B switch.

 

[tunghaichuan]

Anyone familiar with this brand?

I've been wanting a Morley A/B switch, and these guys sell something a bit more sophisticated, supposedly higher quality, less tone suck.

Looking for testimonials, suggestions.

I've heard lots of bad things about the Morely and have heard the Whirlwind A/B box is marginally better. If you check on line or read reviews on vendors' sites you can get a feel for what the shortcomings are on each.

The HBE box looks pretty cool and has one output isolated with a transformer to prevent ground loops when using two amps. It's pricy though, and I haven't seen one so I don't know how durable it is.

I have a cheapo DOD A/B box and I can attest that ground loops really suck Definitely, don't get one.

 

[kidsmoke]

I've heard lots of bad things about the Morely and have heard the Whirlwind A/B box is marginally better. If you check on line or read reviews on vendors' sites you can get a feel for what the shortcomings are on each.

The HBE box looks pretty cool and has one output isolated with a transformer to prevent ground loops when using two amps. It's pricy though, and I haven't seen one so I don't know how durable it is.

I have a cheapo DOD A/B box and I can attest that ground loops really suck Definitely, don't get one.

This is exactly what I've heard as well, and why this HBE box is so appealing. I'm looking to pay a fraction of that list price however.

thanks for the feedback!

 

[Ian B.]

I had an HBE Power Screamer a while back. Pretty good overdrive. The 3-way toggle switch offers several interesting tones. I thought it sounded a lot better with the Burr Brown IC upgrade. I bought mine for $160 (with the Burr Brown IC) so I guess it was a pretty good deal.