AER Compact 60 vs. Schertler David, and Trance Audio vs. K&K - Acoustic Guitar Amp and Pickup Demo

A direct comparison of the AER Compact 60-4 and Schertler David acoustic guitar amplifiers with the K&K Pure Mini and Trance Audio Amulet Ultra Dual Mono pickup systems. All products demoed with the same guitar, and each amplifier has been recorded both by DI output and external microphone for comparison. Other products mentioned: K&K Trinity pickup system, K&K Pure preamplifier, K&K Quantum Blender preamplifier, LR Baggs Anthem pickup system, Red-Eye instrument preamplifier, Udo Roesner Da Capo 75 guitar amplifier, Grace Design M101 microphone preamplifier, Solid State Logic Pure Drive Quad microphone preamplifier, AKG C414 microphone. 00:00 Introduction 01:10 Pickups and preamps 04:55 Amplifiers 08:18 Demo design 09:10 Guitar only, external microphone 09:56 K&K + AER, microphone, flat EQ 10:39 K&K + AER, DI, flat EQ 11:23 K&K + AER, microphone, adjusted EQ and reverb 12:08 K&K + AER, DI, adjusted EQ and reverb 12:54 K&K + AER, microphone, adjusted EQ and reverb, color setting 13:37 K&K + AER, DI, adjusted EQ and reverb color setting 14:20 K&K + Schertler: microphone, flat EQ 15:05 K&K + Schertler: DI, flat EQ 15:48 K&K + Schertler: microphone, adjusted EQ and reverb 16:29 K&K + Schertler: DI, adjusted EQ and reverb 17:09 K&K + Schertler: microphone, adjusted EQ and reverb, warm setting 17:53 K&K + Schertler: DI, adjusted EQ and reverb, warm setting 18:37 Trance Audio + AER: microphone, flat EQ 19:26 Trance Audio + AER: DI, flat EQ 20:12 Trance Audio + AER: microphone, adjusted EQ and reverb 21:00 Trance Audio + AER: DI, adjusted EQ and reverb 21:46 Trance Audio + Schertler: microphone, flat EQ 22:33 Trance Audio + Schertler: DI, flat EQ 23:18 Trance Audio + Schertler: microphone, adjusted EQ and reverb 24:02 Trance Audio + Schertler: DI, adjusted EQ and reverb 24:45 Closing thoughts