At the 2026 NAMM Show in Anaheim, Synergy will debut a patent-protected Machine-Learning power amp technology that combines the convenience, light weight, and power of class D, with the tone and feel of tubes, for a no compromise amplification solution. This revolutionary design is different than anything currently in the market!
Background - For decades, traditional tube amplifiers have remained the gold standard for guitarists seeking expressive feel, touch sensitivity and harmonic complexity. These qualities come from two critical factors: the inherent nonlinear behavior of the vacuum tubes and the complex real-time interaction between the amp and its speaker cabinet.
While Class D designs have improved in efficiency and portability, their inherent low-impedance output stage makes them an obstacle to recreating true tube amp tone.
Attempts to remedy this have consistently fallen short - often relying on static models and fixed impedance assumptions, resulting in a stiff and sterile tone and a
disconnect from the guitar player. Increasing the impedance outage stage has also failed, as doing so makes the amplifier inefficient or extremely unstable.
Until now!
Synergy’s invention takes a fundamentally different approach, combining high-efficiency, low-impedance Class D output stages, advanced digital signal processing and a proprietary, patent-protected Machine-Learning system that continuously measures voltage and current in real-time at the speaker output.
During initial operation, the amplifier learns your cabinet's impedance through controlled sweeps, then continues to monitor it in real-time. The Machine-Learning power amplifier dynamically adapts to recreate true tube amp voltage-current behavior, including sag, compression, frequency-dependent damping and harmonic richness.
The result is authentic tube amp feel and tone that translates naturally across different cabinets and playing situations, while retaining the efficiency, stability, portability and updatability of modern amplifier designs.
Synergy’s Machine-Learning power amp was designed from the ground up by guitar players, for guitar players, including modern features guitarists demand and consistent, stable and robust power across all speaker cabinet impedances!
To bring this revolutionary technology to life STMicroelectronics enabled SYNERGY as an alpha customer on their new advanced STM32V8 mcu series, which combines advanced 18 nm FD-SOI and ST’s phase-change memory (PCM) technology with a powerful 800 MHz Arm Cortex®-M85 core, delivering up to 6x faster Machine-Learning and DSP processing than previous product generations.
Legends Unite
Synergy has partnered with industry giants Brian Wampler and Dave Friedman in collaboration with Pete Thorn to bring this technology to life with the following products that will debut at NAMM:
Brian Wampler’s PEDALHEAD - a super-compact pedalboard friendly 240W (60 tube watt equivalent), stereo power amp with IR loader, MIDI and 6 power amp models.
Dave Friedman IR-LOAD, a collaboration with Pete Thorn, that is an all-in-one 360W (90 tube watt equivalent), stereo power amp/load box/attenuator/IR loader/MIDI.
These exciting new products will be demonstrated live at the 2026 NAMM Show at the Boutique Amps Distribution booth (#4626). Dave Friedman and Brian Wampler will be on hand for demonstrations, discussions, and media interviews throughout the show.
