Thorn Soundlabs The Freaq Double Stage Booster
They say:
Two Stages, Infinite Tonal Possibilities
The FREAQ® is built around two gain stages that can work brilliantly together, making it far more than a simple clean boost. Alongside Gain and Boost, you get Damping to keep control of the low end as you add level. The FreaQ® side comprises a Freq control that lets you target exactly where it hits, between 200Hz and 3.4kHz, plus an active gain control which defines how much it adds to (or takes from) the signal. That means anything from a clean level lift to pushing the front of an amp harder, to reducing frequencies exactly where you need it. Paired with a single channel amp or your favourite drive pedal, and you suddenly have 3 channels of your tone, and added to a pedalboard, you add countless new possibilities to your entire soundscape.
Specifications
- flexible Double Stage Booster
- variable frequency sweep range boost: 300 Hz – 3.4 kHz
- linear boost up to +20dB
- perfect for pairing with pedals or with any (tube) amplifier
- all analog
- controls: Damping – Gain – Boost – Freq
- the Damping control adjusts how much low-frequency sound reaches the distortion circuit
- footswitches: Effects Bypass & Boost – Freq
- hardwire true bypass
- status LED: Freq & Boost
- input: 1/4” (6.35 mm) mono TS jack
- output: 1/4” (6.35 mm) mono TS jack
- input impedance = 470 kOhm
- output impedance = 2.2 kOhm
- power supply: 9 – 18V DC – NOTE: do not connect more than 18V DC
- current draw: max. 30 mA
- power supply connector: 5.5 x 2.1 mm barrel plug, center negative
- power supply not included
- no battery operation possible
- dimensions: Width x Depth x Height: 3.70" x 4.72" x 1.50" (94 x 120 x 38 mm)
- dimensions with switches, jacks & knobs: 3.70" x 4.86" x 2.09" (94 x 123.5 x 53 mm)
- weight: 0.82 lbs. (370 g)