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Carr Releases Mini-Mercury

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Merc. Amp w/ 10" Speaker Still Smokes

Pittsboro, NC (September 10, 2007) – Carr Amplifiers is unveiling a smaller version of its much-hailed Mercury amp. The Mini-Mercury amplifier is an extremely versatile combo with all-tube Reverb, a 3-position Boost switch, a Treble cut switch, and a built-in attenuator yielding 8, 2, 1/2, or 1/10 watt output. The Mini-Mercury is 100% hand wired and rigorously tested.

The Mini-Mercury offers luscious tones and big amp ‘feel’ ranging from lush '60s American reverb to modified brown '70s British crunch at almost any volume.

All Carr Amplifiers have solid pine cabinets with dovetailed corners built in-house. The cabinet measures a friendly 19.5” wide by 15” tall by 10” deep at the bottom sloping to 9” deep on the top. This is 2" shorter and 1 3/4" narrower than the standard Mercury, making it very compact.

Output is through a single JJ E34L power tube while the preamp uses two 12AX7s and one 12AT7. The new Mini-Mercury has the same electronics as the standard Mercury differing only in its smaller cabinet and its warm and smoky 10” Eminence "Lil Buddy" hemp cone speaker.

List price $2250

For more information:

www.carramps.com


     

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Den
on 12/26/2009 		To a previous post:

What amp(s) with the same or cmmparable features for "far less" money can you name that match the Mercury?

In the past I have sold two Mercury amps...each one with deep regrets. I now own a third Mercury and plan to keep it this time!
Tad Bit Tipsy
on 07/11/2009 		Paul, I think you missed the boat on tone. THe whole point on these being low wattage is so that you can achieve power tube saturation at a decent level. THis is not and will never be a bedroom amp. You can blare this thing at full volume and it is loud. Maybe not large stage loud, but at that point you just mic it. For the studio this is the best amp for the job if your looking for a heavy saturated brown sound or the AC-30 sound you can't achieve because you can never get the amp up loud enough, why... too much wattage. I prefer this amp at 2 watts and stick my Seinheiser e609 about a foot away and the sound through the board just melts your ears. Thanks Steve for giving up the goods on what an amplifier should act and sound like, my G&L Skyhawk has never sounded better through any other amp either more dough or less.
Paul B
on 03/09/2009 		I bet Carr would sell a whole lot more of these if they priced them competitively. $2250 for a bedroom amp? I don't think so. I'm not saying this isn't a fine amp, I'm just saying there are great offerings out there for much less.



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