Hartke LX5500 500 Watt Bass Amplifier Head

Hartke LX5500 500 Watt Bass Amplifier Head
Product no: 9000-0060-6318 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

In the super-tight form of the the LX5500, Hartke present a genuinely lighteight 55 Watt bass amp top loaded with a Class-A preamp and 12AX7 tube and a Class-D transistor power amp built for presence, definition, and refreshing dynamics. Besides controls for the high and low end, this amp offers detailed control over your midrange as well as a Shape pot and a Frequency pot able to add or filter out any unwanted low or high frequencies ranging between 200Hz and 800Hz. And, if you like a little bite to your bass, simply tweak the Brite pot to hit that nicely fierce sweet spot when coupled with your speaker cabinet of choice.

The LX5500: More Room for Sonic Customisation

Alongside the detailed set of tone controls, the LX5500 comes with built-in compression that, with a single pot, can add extra definition to each note. Next to that, a Gain pot can make your bass sound like it's producing anything from subtle and warm thunder to lush, high-colour fuzz. Around the back of this teeny-tiny amp head, you'll find a mono effects loops for hooking up your stompbox collection, an XLR Direct Out for direct connection to a stage-block, and for more private rehearsals, a headphone output and an AUX input.

Specifications

Product features

Sustainable product	not specified
Amplifier type	hybrid
Power in Watts	401 - 500 Watts
Speaker output impedance	8 Ohms, 4 Ohms
Number of speaker outputs	2
Weight	0 - 4.9 kg
Number of channels	1
Amplifier valve	not applicable
Amp modelling	no
Built-in tuner	no
Built-in effects	none
Built-in compressor	yes
Power attenuator	no
Effects loop	yes
Connectors	Aux-in, External speaker(s), Headphone, Line-out
Colour	black

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	5,0 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	45,5 x 37,0 x 17,5 cm

Product specifications

Hartke Class-D bass amplifier top
- type: LX5500
- power capacity: 500 Watts
- impedance: 4 Ohms
- preamp tube: 12AX7
controls:
- drive
- compressor
- gain
- bass
- shape
- frequency (100 - 800 Hz)
- treble
- master
switches:
- on/off
- mute
- brite
- direct out
- lift/ground
inputs:
- mono jack input
- mono jack return (effects loop)
- mini-jack (aux input)
outputs:
- 2x mono-jack speaker outputs
- SpeakOn speaker output
- XLR Direct Out
- mono jack send (effects loop)
- mono jack tuner out
- headphone jack out
- XLR Direct Out
dimensions: 45 x 36.5 x 17 cm
weight: 3.6 kg

Reviews from other countries

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Rens 16 April 2021

Wrote the following about Hartke LX5500 500 Watt Bass Amplifier Head

Deze bass amp is wat ik al een tijdje zocht. De sound met kan je met de ingebouwde EQ makkelijk afstellen naar persoonlijke smaak en de drive functie maakt het voor mij helemaal af om die rauwe sound erdoor te jagen. Hartke heeft hier een lichte en handige bass amp op de markt gebracht die voor iedere bassist die vaak met materiaal moet zeulen een perfecte oplossing biedt zonder aan kwaliteit te moeten inboeten.

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Hartke LX8500 800W Bass Amplifier head

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In stock

Order before 9:00pm = receive it on Monday (free)

Recommended price £594.00

£385.00

Sustainable product	not specified
amplifier type	hybrid
Power in Watts	751 - 1,000 Watts
Speaker output impedance	8 Ohms, 4 Ohms
number of speaker outputs	2
weight	0 - 4.9 kg
number of channels	1
Amplifier valve	not applicable
amp modelling	no
built-in tuner	no

built-in effects	none
built-in compressor	yes
power attenuator	no
effects loop	yes
Connectors	Aux-in, External speaker(s), Headphone, Line-out
colour	black
Complete	~
Original packaging	~
Condition of product	~