{"id":344617,"date":"2026-03-13T18:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T18:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/344617\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T18:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T18:29:09","slug":"victory-amps-launches-powervalve-200-bringing-authentic-valve-response-to-digital-rigs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/344617\/","title":{"rendered":"Victory Amps launches PowerValve 200 bringing \u201cauthentic valve response\u201d to digital rigs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Victory Amplification<\/a> has launched a new 200-watt valve power amp, which is made to bring valve feel, response, and tone to digital rigs.<\/p>\n

The PowerValve 200 allows players to run their modeller, preamp or pedalboard through a real guitar cabinet with the dynamic response of Victory valve technology. The company claims that while modellers have made vast progress, digital rigs \u201cstill struggle\u201d to recreate essential elements of a traditional amp.<\/p>\n

The PowerValve 200 is said to bridge the gap. Users can connect their modeller via 1\/4\u201d jack to the PowerValve\u2019s balanced input, set their levels, engage the valve stage, and drive a real speaker cabinet with \u201cauthentic amp-like response\u201d.<\/p>\n

At its core is Victory\u2019s Valve React Circuit (VRC) featuring an EF91 (CV4014) valve. For players who prefer a completely transparent signal path, the valve stage can be bypassed via a front panel switch. This front panel also includes a 3-band EQ (Resonance, Body, and Presence) allowing players to fine-tune their tone, and there is also a Cab Sim on\/off switch.<\/p>\n

Ryan Morgan, Head of Global Sales at Neural DSP<\/a> (home of the acclaimed Quad Cortex) comments, \u201cThe PowerValve 200 genuinely exceeded our expectations. The response, feel and tone \u2014 especially when paired with the Quad Cortex \u2014 were outstanding. With the flip of a switch, the added tube stage delivers an immediate improvement to the signal. This is a seriously impressive piece of kit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Martin Kidd, Chief Designer at Victory, adds: \u201cPlayers told us they still wanted to feel a guitar speaker cabinet moving air on stage \u2014 something that doesn\u2019t quite happen with FRFR cabinets. The subtle harmonic content generated by a valve stage creates slight asymmetry in the waveform \u2014 and that\u2019s where the feel comes from.\u201d<\/p>\n

The PowerValve 200 is available now for \u00a3499 \/ $599 \/ \u20ac579. Find out more via Victory Amps<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\"Rachel<\/p>\n

Rachel began writing for Guitar.com in 2021 while finishing up her degree. A proud DIY guitarist, she has been playing for over 10 years and has written for the likes of Kerrang!, The Forty-Five, and MusicTech. An enjoyer of all things heavy, you\u2019ll find her at a festival or downtuning her guitars when away from her desk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Victory Amplification has launched a new 200-watt valve power amp, which is made to bring valve feel, response,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344618,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[157456,61,60,80],"class_list":["post-344617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-amplifiers","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}