EarthQuaker Devices Easy Listening Analog Amp Simulator

Tiny but not a toy: The new Earthquaker Devices Easy Listening Analog Amp Simulator is a super compact analog simulator made both for headphones or into a DAW. Perfect for travel and on-the-spot takes, the Easy Listening device is voiced like the venerable '65 Deluxe, which is a great place to start. And it's high input inpedance means that you can put your pedal board in front of it and it will play nicely with any of your effects from vintage analog gear to modern digital products. 

With just a volume control it's as simple as it gets, and is perfect for the tech-phobic or those who hate the idea of menu-diving and just want to play. And play you can, as it sounds pretty dang good with a remarkably natural tone devoid of artificial digital glossiness. Of course the quality of your headphones will be a factor -- both for tone and available volume --  but even with a $60 set of AKG headphonse the sound did not disappoint. 

Playing, recording and practicing has never been so easy or small. Size does matter, but not always as you might expect.

In the words of Earthquaker Devices:

Welcome to Easy Listening—your new best bud for silent shredding! With its finely tuned preamp circuitry and sweet analog cabinet simulation, Easy Listening delivers a big, lush sound with zero latency and no harsh digital artifacts. Think of it as the perfect marriage of vintage tone and modern convenience, offering all the high headroom and low noise of an actual tube amp but small enough to fit in your pocket. No menu diving, no IR loading, and nothing else getting in-between you and your tone. Whether you are using this as a headphone amp or the final stage before your recording interface for quick and easy amp-less recording, we think you’ll find this no fuss simulator a delightful addition to your tonal toolbox!

As the name implies, Easy Listening is as simple as it can be to operate, just one control for output volume and that's it. Internally, it's meticulously voiced to capture the soul of one of our favorite classic American guitar amps—a '65 Deluxe—with all the harmonic complexity guitar players crave. Its all-analog circuitry provides a more immediate feel with rich low-end resonance, slightly scooped mids, and that crystalline top end chime that makes electric guitars sing.

Designed with guitarists that use a lot of pedals in mind, Easy Listening features a high 1 MOhm input impedance and ample headroom to handle everything from vintage fuzz to modern stacked gain stages without breaking a sweat. The high-fidelity, low-noise analog class AB driver ensures you'll maintain every nuance of your tone at whisper-quiet headphone levels or tracking sick riffs in your secret basement studio.

Each Easy Listening is built by a powerful robot and a whole bunch of delightful humans in the exotic former rubber capital of the world, Akron, Ohio USA.

Specs:

• Level: Controls the output level. Be careful, it can get loud!
• Input: Mono, TS ¼″
• Stereo TRS ¼″ (Tip is the Left channel, Ring is the Right channel)
• For use with headphones: Requires headphones with a ¼″ TRS plug.
• For use with a DAW: You can use either a mono TS cable into one channel of your interface or a Stereo TRS cable with a splitter into two channels.
• Limited Lifetime Warranty
• Input impedance: 1 MΩ
• Output impedance: 39 Ω
• Power: 9V DC Only
• Current Draw: 75 mA