Description
SUPREME SOAKER
ANALOG DYNAMIC TUBE AMP HUB
Your analog dynamic tube amp hub
Maximise the potential of your tube amp like never before with the Supreme Soaker! For decades, Palmer has been at the forefront of analog amp tech. Now, following in the award-winning footsteps of our iconic PDI-09 and PDI-03 speaker simulators, comes the latest innovation for the discerning guitarist: the Supreme Soaker. A pinnacle of analog design, this dynamic tube amp hub lets you enjoy your tube amp's tone, feel and dynamics to the fullest – any time and anywhere, and at any volume – with unparalleled precision and analog purity.
Key Features
- Reactive attenuator and loadbox
- dial in your tube amp’s sweet spot at any volume, from silent to whisper quiet, room level to stage... no cabinet required!
- Five finely-tuned analog speaker simulator settings:
- select the speaker sim that coaxes the ultimate tones out of your rig - no need to mic up a cab ever again!
- Unique speaker tone control with five different worlds of sound:
- shift the tonal palette of your speaker cabinet to conjure up new sonic textures.
Your tube amp's sweet spot...
at any volume
Whether you make music at home or with others, the Supreme Soaker is the perfect way to tame your amp for the job. As a reactive attenuator and load box with a finely tuned analog speaker simulator built in, the Supreme Soaker allows you to permanently dial in your amp’s sweet spot – at any volume – and it will quickly become your go-to device in any musical situation, from playing and recording at home to rehearsing with a band, and even playing live… without sacrificing one iota of your precious tone!
Authentic analog speaker tones
at the flick of a switch
The LINE EQ and SPEAKER TONE controls are your gateway to tube amp tonal bliss! Each control gives you access to five finely-tuned analog emulations (plus a bypass option) so you can tweak your tone exactly the way you want it and conjure up new iconic worlds of sound... no menu diving needed!
Front panel options
for stage, studio
and silent practice
The Supreme Soaker has your back whether you’re playing a show or practicing at home. At gigs, use the Mic/Line In to blend your favourite cab/mic combo with the Supreme Soaker’s speaker simulator for a supreme analog sound experience. When you need to be quiet, the Headphone Out is your friend. And if you want to jam along to backing tracks, or even play to a click, the Aux Input makes this an exercise in convenience.
The back panel: all the connections
the modern guitar player needs
Hook your stereo (and mono!) FX pedals up to the Supreme Soaker to hear everything exactly the way it was meant to be. And if you love to record, the balanced stereo XLR Line Outputs offer the key to pro level studio tracks. Plus, if you’re into reamping, no problem – the Reamp Out on the Supreme Soaker makes reamplification a breeze.
A new world of sonic possibilities...
Features at a glance
- Reactive attenuator & loadbox
- Finely-tuned analog speaker simulator
- Speaker output with unique tone control
- Microphone / line input (blendable with speaker simulator)
- Front-panel headphone output
- Stereo FX-loop
- Front-panel aux input
- Balanced stereo XLR-Line outputs
- Compatible with 8 and 16 ohm setups
- Rated for amps up to 150 Watt
- Amp protecting circuit with permanent amp load
- All analog experience, no app required
... and yet the Supreme Soaker is rooted in tradition too!
At Palmer, we're passionate guitar players and tube amp lovers, and we've spent the last 40+ years creating analog solutions to the challenges all guitarists, audio engineers and sound technicians face.
Now, with the Supreme Soaker, we've updated and combined a number of our classic products into one box that's sure to become the centrepiece of your analog guitar rig!
Specifications
- Product type attenuator, DI box, Headphone Amp:, load box, Microphone preamplifier, power soak, Re-amping device analogue, speaker simulator
- Signal processing Analog
- Front panel controls 7-Step Speaker Attenuation, Aux In Level, Hard/Soft Tone Selector, Line EQ (5 Voicings), Line Out Blend, Line Out Level, Mic Gain, MIC Tone, Phone Level, Pre/Post Switch (Amp to Line Out), Speaker Tone (5 Voicings)
- Rear panel controls Amp Load Impedance Switch, FX Level (Pro/Instrument), FX Loop Line Out, FX Loop Re-Amp, GND/Lift, MIC/LINE Input PAD, Phantom Power, Polarity
- Number of inputs 5
- Input type Balanced, Unbalanced
- Input connectors 3.5 mm jack, 6.3 mm jack, XLR
- Number of outputs 6
- Output type Balanced, Unbalanced
- Output connectors 3.5 mm jack, 6.3 mm jack, XLR
- Ground/lift switch Yes
- Transformer isolated outputs Yes
- Internal load impedance 16 ohms, 8 ohms
- Minimal load in OFF status 16 ohms
- Max input handling 150 W
- Power attenuator 7-step
- Voicing filter 5-step Speaker Tone and 5-step Line EQ
- Indicators bypass, Full attenuation, input level, MIC-Signal/Clip, Output level, power soak, thermal overload
- Power supply + 9 V DC barrel jack - 1.5 A
- Power supply polarity Center negative
- Power connector 2 x 5.5mm
- Maximum power consumption 13.5 W
- Standby power consumption 0.3 W
- Dimensions (W x H x D) 334 x 108 x 274 mm
- Weight 6,6 kg
- Ambient temperature (in operation) - 20°C - 25 °C
- Relative Humidity < 80 % ( non-condensing )
Accessories (included)
- Power supply Audio inputs
- AUX IN max. input level (< 1% THD, 1kHz) + 9 dBV
- AMP IN max. input power 150 W Peak, 100 W RMS
Audio outputs
- LINE OUT max. output level (<1% THD) + 18 dBu
- RE-AMP max. output level (<1% THD) + 1.5 dBv
- PHONES OUT max. output level (<1% THD, 1kHz) 1.4 V RMS
- PHONES OUT min. impedance 33 Ohm
MIC / LINE Input
- MIC / LINE IN low cut frequency (-3dB) 90 Hz
- MIC IN max. gain 58 dB
- MIC / LINE IN Gain range 0 - 25 dB
- MIC IN (XLR) max. input level (< 1% THD, 1kHz) + 1 dBu
- LINE IN (TRS) max. input level (< 1% THD, 1kHz) + 22 dBu
- MIC IN to LINE OUT THD+N (1kHz, +4dBu) < 0.006 %
- MIC IN to LINE OUT THD+N (20Hz-20kHz, +4dBu) < 0,04 %
- MIC IN to LINE OUT EIN (max. gain, unweighted) - 114 dBu
- MIC IN to LINE OUT SNR (all bypass) 105 dB
- MIC/LINE IN PAD attenuation 20 dB
- MIC IN (XLR) input impedance (balanced) 1500 Ohm(s)
- LINE IN (TRS) input impedance (balanced) 24000 Ohm(s)
