AER Compact 80 Pro Acoustic Guitar Combo Amplifier (80 Watts, 1x8")

The AER Compact XL takes everything musicians love about the legendary Compact series and expands it with an incredible 200 watts of power, tonal flexibility, and full-range performance. Designed for discerning performers who require premium acoustic amplification with additional headroom and low-end response, Compact XL delivers the unmistakably transparent AER sound on an even larger scale.

Renowned for its exceptionally natural and uncolored tone, the Compact XL faithfully reproduces the true character of your instrument and voice with stunning detail, warmth, and dynamic accuracy -- whether you're performing solo, accompanying vocals, or amplifying multiple instruments in demanding live environments.

At the heart of the Compact XL is a powerful bi-amped speaker system featuring a premium 8" woofer paired with a dedicated high-frequency tweeter, producing an expansive, articulate soundstage with impressive clarity across the entire frequency spectrum. From delicate fingerstyle playing to powerful vocal performances, Compact XL maintains remarkable definition and balance at every volume level.

Two fully independent channels allow simultaneous connection of instruments and microphones, making Compact XL an ideal solution for singer-songwriters and multi-instrumental performers. High-quality phantom power support accommodates condenser microphones and active pickup systems with professional-grade signal integrity throughout.

The Compact XL also features onboard digital… read more effects designed specifically for acoustic performance applications, including lush reverbs, delay, and modulation effects that enhance your sound without overwhelming its natural character. Independent EQ sections provide detailed tonal shaping for each channel, allowing you to dial in the perfect sound for virtually any instrument or venue.

Built with the working musician in mind, Compact XL offers professional connectivity options including a premium DI output for direct connection to front-of-house systems, making it equally at home in intimate cafes, concert venues, houses of worship, rehearsal studios, and recording environments.

Despite its expanded sonic capabilities, the Compact XL remains impressively portable and road-friendly, maintaining the compact footprint and elegant German engineering that have made AER amplifiers a worldwide standard among acoustic performers.

Ideal for:
- Acoustic hollow-body guitar and mandolin
- Vocals
- Violin, viola and cello
- Wind instruments
- Oud and world instruments
0 Singer-songwriter performances

For musicians seeking uncompromising acoustic fidelity with enhanced projection, fuller range, and professional versatility, the AER Compact XL represents the pinnacle of portable acoustic amplification.

Features:

- High-end DI-out to the FOH system
- 2/3- band EQ with mid control
- 4 onboard effects / The effect amount can be mixed to both channels via the PAN control.
- With 11.2 kg it still belongs to the well portable amplifiers
- Ground lift and switchable 9 V phantom power
- Adjustable aux in
- Foot switch (effects on/off),
- Tuner, line out, and adjustable DI-out
- Parallel effect loop and headphones output
- Padded gig bag included
- Channel 1: 6.3 mm (1/4") jack socket as high-impedance line input with pad (high/low attenuation) and switchable 9 V phantom power, gain control
- Channel 2: Combined XLR/6.3 mm (1/4") jack socket as high-impedance line or balanced microphone input, 48 V phantom power, gain control
- Equalizer: Three band tone controls for channel 1 and two band tone controls for channel 2
- Colour: 'mid-cut-treble-boost'-filter
- Effects: Digital effect processor with 4 presets: 2 x reverb, delay, chorus
- Analog signal: Subsonic filter, low distortion processing RMS limiter
- Speaker system:
- 2-way speaker system, 8" (200 mm)
- polypropylene low-midrange + 1" dome tweeter, light-weight neodymium alloy magnets

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