Tri-Amping - A technique commonly used in large-scale sound amplification for concerts, Tri-amping is the practice of connecting three audio amplifiers to a loudspeaker unit: one to power the bass driver (woofer), one to power the mid-range and the third to power the treble driver (tweeter).

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The core four-piece unit is built to play big, with Tony "Doggen" Foster on guitars and bass, Kevin Bales on drums, Tom Edwards on keyboards, and Mr. Pierce on guitars and keys.

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As you can hear in the samples above, the unit provides a better EQ'd raw recording than the Apogee MiC, which lacks a bit of bass unless you make some post-tracking adjustments.

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