Synergy 50/50 vs Fryette LXII Power Amp Shootout w/Langner DCP-1 

I was sitting on a back order for the LXII and this convinced me to cancel it and grab a used SYN off Reverb for $800. Thanks for saving me a bunch of money. Good job.

Always great to see your videos!

Happy Holidays Michael . Great demo . Cheers and rock on

LX-II flat: 10:13. LX-II Presence and depth (mystery settings): 11:03. Syn 2 middle settings: 12:06

I have been looking at these…I saw that Malcontents episode where Steven Fryette said the LXII has a more expensive,paper layer wound transformer,and some other component differences….I currently have a Power Station,PS2 and PS100,but for my stereo rig,I am using an old 1989 Marshall 9005 Tube power amp..the big 4 rack space one…it’s huge,weighs a thousand pounds,but it sounds great…it would be nice to have something a little smaller and more portable…..The LXII did sound clearer..Great video..

Thanks for doing this video. I got a syn 50/50 because of those features. I needed/wanted separate volumes. I'm using helix and running W/D. I'm surprised at the differences in sound. LXII is brighter and seemingly more alive (assuming this is the case in room). Not unhappy with the synergy but I guess that is what about $200 will get you.

The switchable depth/presence jack on the LX-II is pretty great. For my setup, A/B a slaved head and a preamp(BE100 on a load box for gain and a Mesa Studio Pre for cleans) that's a very handy feature as I'd like flat for the slaved head, and the depth/presence when I'm running a preamp. Very cool feature.

Thank you! Excellent comparison and very, very useful. Seem that you’ll be able to make them sound relatively close to each other it seems that LX II sounds bigger and clearer. Suprisingly enough.

Very cool. The best setup I ever heard was a Mesa Boogie strategy 500 running 4x4/12 cabs with a adamp1 pre amp. The volume on the Mesa on both sides on 8! Was almost scary powerful!

Where did you get your Langner? Somewhere out in the world someone has my old Langner preamp I had modified by Bogner I traded to Denver guitar center when I was young and dumb.

Cool video! I was actually wondering what the difference was between the syn and Fryette single space poweramps. I saw Steve Fryette talking about the single space power amps and realized he designed both the Fryette and the Syn 50-50 which got me wondering. I think you just made the definitive guide on these poweraemps. I like the Fryette Poweramp better, but the controls seem like weird choices on it. I supposed it's probably good for a touring musician though.

Thanks for posting. I have the Syn50-50 and have been wondering about the LX II. I actually find the Syn50-50 to be too bright with my Syn-2 preamps and speakers. I usually have to keep the presence almost off. Sounds like the LX is a lot brighter so I think I am better off staying with the Syn50-50. So yeah, thanks for saving me a grand…lol.

Great content ! I’m currently looking to add a simul class 290 to add as a power amp to my rack preamps. Prices have gone insane. Strongly thinking about either of these plus they are new as well.

Now that's a rack! Holy moly, excellent.

Thanks for this demo. I just subscribed because 1) your videos are great and 2) you subs number was at 999! lol! So, I'm the 1000th subscriber!

Torn! I like the Fryette as well but man that internal pots is a lame feature. Even if you're touring you might want to adjust depending on the room. The Synergy is a lot more practical it seems!

Great video once again!! Have you ever considered like a monthly podcast? Talk about your gear and just shoot the crap? Happy holidays to you and your family

HI I noticed you had an Engl E580 in the rack a few vids back. How is the volume output on your unit? Mine with the volume and the master cranked just manages to clip the +4db ceiling on my Switchblade GL switcher, while all my other preamps can do that with about half their potential output. My Amp Tech cannot see any problem with it and you are the first other person I have seen with one, so it would be good to know your experience. Also, I highly recommend you try some Radial Stagebug SB-6 Isolator boxes. I have a whole bunch of the in a 24U rack, they are the best thing I have found for killing off all the noise gremlins in your studio.

Thanks a lot ! Great review ! In both units you must use a loadbox/cabinet right ? What did you use ? Congrats !

Alot of the Synergy demos sound pretty disappointing, but I suspect that’s because the synergy power amps are pretty underwhelming. A good power amp is crucial. The Fryette stuff is worth the investment.

I was thinking on buying an engl e 530 pre amp and running it into my mesa 2x12, and was curious if the lxii poweramp would sound any good with a tube pre amp or is it made only for modelers?

Sounds like you have a ground loop issue. Both units sounded good just slightly different.

Michael... Could you compare your two Soldano SP--77 preamps, please? USA vs Japan, both channels. I'm looking for this comparison for years.

What is the best single rack tube power amp?

I'm surprised you don't demo the cleans with strat in between tones and some landau like playing.

So, am I right that having a line out from the power amp is still just sending the signal from the preamp? Like, you're not somehow capturing the power amp tone with that, are you?

Nice video. What would be pros/cons of using synergy power amp or Fryette ps2/ps100 with preamps?

Hey mike. Power amp noob. I’ve always been a head guy. But I’m putting together another rig using a sms classic preamp. It has one output jack. Can I go out of that into the lx2 and then split to stereo out? Thanks

Could you do this using the syn pre amps?

You're not crazy Dr. Rack... If that normalcy could be achieved easily, I'd be normal as fuck lol. Great stuff man.

Does your DCP-1 have the hyper mod

Thank you.

I’ve heard the synergy adds a little more color to the preamp…..fryette has supposedly less color & slightly higher quality inner components….

When did you say you are gonna sell me That morin preamp again? :)

There must be Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars Worth of Gear Behind Him ....WOW !

Ain’t nothin’ wrong with buying poweramps😉😍

Please discard my previous comment. Didn’t was the video and confused you with Louis Torres 🤦🏼😂

Not enough knobs, dials and buttons in this video.

The joke is on us, Amazon sells that same wallpaper for the background.

How does the fact that your $500,000 studio makes a mad buzzing sound not eating away at your soul????

You’re playing that riff wrong

What’s up with all this synergy. I thought it was the worst of the worst? Have you joined the dark side.? 😂😂😂