Fryette PS-100 Power Station Dual-Mode Amplifier

Fryette PS-100 Power Station Dual-Mode Amplifier

Combining tube amplification, load attenuation, and re-amping into one portable unit, the Fryette PS-100 Power Station gives you complete command over your amp’s volume and tone. This innovative all-in-one device combines a precise attenuator for high-watt tube amps, a powerful level boost for lower-powered amps, and a unique Variable Reactive Load feature to maintain the integrity of your tone at any level. With handy features including an effects loop, front-panel controls for tone adjustments, re-amping capability, Silent Mode, and ground life, the Fryette PS-100 Power Station ensures that your amp's tone comes across authentically in any studio, live, or rehearsal setting.

ATTENUATOR FOR HIGH-POWERED AMPS

Attenuators like the PS-100 Power Station allow you to enjoy the authentic tone of a cranked-up vintage amp without sending too much signal to your cabinet, making it possible to practice at reasonable volumes, limit bleed onstage, and achieve optimal gain staging in the studio. While traditional attenuators sometimes sacrifice tone and dynamics when reducing the power output of a tube amplifier, the Fryette PS-100’s sophisticated attenuator ensures your amp’s true character remains intact even at lower volumes. By employing advanced impedance-matching technology, it preserves the amplifier’s natural overdrive, clarity, and responsiveness.

POWER BOOSTER FOR LOW-POWERED AMPS

Low-powered amps sometimes struggle to deliver the saturated sound that tube amps are renowned for, but the Fryette PS-100 Power Station delivers an extra boost of tube amplification to make low-wattage amplifiers sound their best. Inserted between your amp and cabinet, the PS-100 Power Station delivers increased output while maintaining clarity and headroom, so even small boutique tube amps or practice amps can power a massive stack that would normally require a high-powered head.

HIGH-QUALITY ADJUSTABLE REACTIVE LOAD

Traditional "load boxes" only approximate the effect of an amp driving a speaker, but the Fryette PS-100 Power Station's Variable Reactive Load accurately captures the complex interaction between an amplifier and cabinet. This feature allows you to accurately simulate the behavior of 2-, 4-, 8-, or 16-ohm loads, delivering authentic tone without any actual speakers. The PS-100 Power Station's unique reactive load frees you from needing a speaker cabinet with a specific impedance while also safeguarding your equipment and ensuring reliable performance at your desired output impedance.

POST-DISTORTION EFFECTS LOOP

The PS-100 Power Station features an integrated effects loop for inserting post-distortion effects like delay, reverb, and modulation. Easily toggled via the footswitch input, the PS-100 Power Station's effects loop allows you to expand your signal chain without degrading the sound of your amp. The Power Station's FX Level button switches between high and low gain, making it possible to use a variety of instrument- and line-level effects at their intended operating level for the best sound possible.

POWERFUL RE-AMPING TOOL

Beyond volume control and tone shaping, the Fryette PS-100 Power Station serves as a powerful tool for re-amping recorded tracks. By sending signal from your DAW into the line input and out through the effects send or speaker output, any track can benefit from the sound of your favorite amps, cabinets, or pedals. Use the Fryette Power Station to amplify DI guitar and bass tracks, distort vocals and drums, or use guitar effects from your pedalboard instead of plug-ins.

SILENT MODE

The Silent Mode feature of the Fryette PS-100 Power Station is perfect for those times when you need the full-throated tone of a tube amp without making any noise. In Silent Mode, the Speaker Out on the Power Station is muted while the balanced line out, unbalanced line out, and effects loop remain fully functional, enabling you to record the authentic sound of a high-powered amp under load without disturbing your environment. Whether you need to practice late at night or simply want to record great-sounding DI tracks in the studio, the Fryette Power Station's Silent Mode delivers all the tone with none of the volume.

FRYETTE POWER STATION PS-100 FEATURES:

• Combination attenuator for high-powered amps and power booster for low-powered amps
• Reactive attenuator load simulates dynamic speaker-amp interactions for authentic tone
• Post-distortion effects loop with versatile high/low FX Level switch for level control
• Re-amping feature for amplifying and processing recorded tracks
• Silent Mode for recording and practicing without disturbing others
• Presence and Depth controls
• Output: 100W of pure tube power at 4, 8, or 16 ohms
• Tubes: one 12AX7; two 6550 (matched pair)
• Power input (max continuous): 200 W @2/4 Ohms; 150 W @8 Ohms; 200 W @16 Ohms
• Output impedance: 2/4, 8 or 16 Ohms, selectable
• Load impedance: 2/4, 8 or 16 Ohms, selectable
• Active safety bypass feature disables internal power amp and maintains critical load on your amplifier if speaker output jack is accidentally unplugged
• Front panel controls: A/B Select switch, Hi/Lo Input Level switch, High frequency response switch - Flat, Brite, Edge, Low frequency response switch - Flat, Warm, Deep, Volume, Presence and Depth controls, Bypass (standby) switch, Power switch
• Rear panel features: Amp In, Amplifier Impedance select – 2/4, 8 or 16 Ohms, Balanced Line Out XLR with Level Control, Unbalanced 1/4” Line Out, FX Send, FX Return, FX Level Switch, Unbalanced 1/4” Line In, Speaker Impedance select 2/4, 8 or 16 Ohms, Speaker Out, Remote Footswitch jack, Ground Lift, Mains Fuse, AC Input
• Carry bag and rack kits are available and sold separately