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    Acoustic Renaissance

    Nov 12, 2021 5 minutes
    Words David Mead
    Photography
    Olly Curtis

    UDO ROESNER AMPS DA CAPO 75 ACOUSTIC AMP £949

    CONTACT Barnes & Mullins PHONE 01691 652449 WEB www.bandm.co.uk

    1 Hmm, this looks rather familiar…

    Funny you should mention it. Udo Roesner, the designer of the Da Capo, also designed the AER Compact 60, and he’s taken his former brainchild as pretty much the aesthetic starting point for his latest creation.

    2 What has been upgraded, exactly?

    As far as we can see, Udo has gone back to the drawing board and rethought the whole thing from the ground up. So everything you liked about the Compact 60 is here but in a souped-up or enhanced form.

    3 What about new features?

    What immediately stands out to us is the new dual-cone speaker and the rejigged built-in effects section. Everything seems warmer and more hi-fi to our ears, and the high-pass filter on Channel 2 offers a lot of extra control over

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