Panoramic Stereo - 2x10" 12+12-watt Tube Combo Review

Amazing tone that fits the room

I have a Deluxe Reverb and a Pro Sonic, I have owned Mesa Boogie, Rivera and many others. For a clean tone first, it is amazing. Rich and thick compared to the Deluxe. The Deluxe Reverb sounds like a toy next to the Magnatone. The reverb sounds great but combined with varistor vibrato and in stereo is thick and fills the room. I can't wait to play it with a band. Pedal friendly… read more but not sure what pedals I want to use at this point. I threw my Archer and Protein at it and they sounded great.

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Magnatone Panoramic Stereo Amp

I was actually sent this request for review over a month ago and am only writing a review now because before it was just too soon to make a good comment. I bought this amp after taking my time to review similar amps for the specific reason to own a hand built, hand wired amp. Of course, I also wanted one that sounded good as well. Having chosen this amp, I am not disappointed… read more with anything about it. The 'stereo' effect of the vibrato does exactly as advertised and the addition of the tremolo and reverb make this amp unique in it's style and price range . The fact that it is also a period build, retro amp is appealing to me as well. It has a '50's, early '60's look and feel about it that I really like. This is a well thought out and built amp. There is one thing that this amp doesn't have as advertise though but, I can't call it a flaw or a complaint and that is that it didn't come with 'two Magnatone Custom 10" ceramic speakers'. It came with two Jensen C 10 R ceramic(?) speakers. Having no idea what I may be missing with the afore mentioned speakers, I'm not disappointed with the Jensen selection. The amp sounds great as is. It also maybe the Magnatone uses Jensen's for their advertised speakers anyway and very well could be the C 10 R's. Outside of that, it's a great amp. You may like it.

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Magnatone Panoramic Stereo

Hearing this amp made all my other amps sound like they had a blanket thrown over them.Harmonics jump out of this thing and swirl around the room. I put some corner protectors and tilt-back legs on it. American made and the price was reasonable when you consider the sound quality this amp puts out.Love it!

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Amazing amplifier

Worked with my long term sales rep Will Newbill (many thanks Will) to get this glorious amplifier in my hands. You can find plenty of reviews on Youtube so no need to rehash all the technical details and specs. It is everything and much more when it comes to pristine clarity of the clean tone along with a bottom end bass that's huge and never flubs. The tremolo and vibrato is absolutely… read more stunning to hear. This is an ideal pedal platform if you want to drive it at lower volume since there's only a single volume knob and it is a very loud amplifier. Everything thing about this amp is top quality and is the last amplifier I will ever need to buy. WORTH EVERY PENNY!

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An amp to grow old with...

Some background. I"ve played lots of excellent amps - Victoria Silver Sonic, Victoria Regal, Supro 1624, Morgan AC 20 deluxe etc. I tend to have a preference for full-frequency, tweed-era tones. I tend to dislike deeply scooped amps, especially for drive sounds. While I am happy to use other sounds as required, the tones I go back to for basic inspiration tend to be what I am describing… read more here as full frequency amps. The Magnatone has one of the most beautiful clean sounds I have heard. The stereo vibrato thing gives a beautiful movement to the sound without lurching into seasickness. Get it into a decent space where the sound has space to move and you can"t help but close your eyes and let the sound envelop you - it is a very three-dimensional feeling. If you use a pair of external cabs to separate the stereo image more, it is an extremely full and dynamic thing - very haunting. The spring reverb is very full and good. It takes drive pedals well. The basic tone feels pretty full - there is no huge scooping or pushing but the emphasized frequencies sound a little different to typical tweed circuits - more upper midrange and treble. Again, this is comparative - it is not an overtly pushed or scooped sound. This makes it possible to do a lot of tone shaping. One of the things I like about tweed amps is that there is no abrupt drop into overdrive - there is a range over which you get increasing drive and compression. That is true here as well, which lets you do lots of interesting edge-of-overdrive things. Pairs beautifully with more driven amps. If you a feature hound, look elsewhere - there are no multiple channels and effect loops and half-power switches and other sirens to lure the unwary. If you are a tone hound, check it out.

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