Hughes & Kettner Tube Rotosphere MkII

Very simple and easy to get working straight out of the box! I've got racks that I still havn't used 'coz they are so complex!

Very good sound quality, I have never used a real Leslie but I have heard a few live and lots on record this comes pretty close! The fast rotating sound is amazing but the slow one is a bit boring - that is until you hear it in stereo - then is great!!! As I'm a guitarist I will be using it in mono, basically, the slow speed is good for solos that need a bit of chorus and the fast speed is wicked for chords!! all in all a very cool sounding piece of kit

Can you depend on the Germans? - I think so!!!, I was going to buy the Jim Dunlop Uni-Vibe but I heard a lot of bad things in regards to reliabilty, so that really put me off! I havn't had this thing for very long but I think I can depend on it!!

N/A - My college stocks a lot of H&H guitar/bass amps so they must have a good customer service

I think that I could have bought something a lot cheaper but in the end you only live once and whats the point of getting something second best! if you want a pedal dedicated to getting that Leslie sound then you won't be dissapointed - and it comes with a cool blue light!!!

This one is VERY easy to use, just 3 knobs...input, output, rotor balance, thats it! Has three stompswitches with LED: Effect bypass , Breaker (which is a 'latching' type now, to a 'momentary' like on trhe old modell) and Rotor speed. The Breaker LED is lit red when you hit the switch and turns to green when the rotors had stopped. Horn and drum speeds is indicated by two LED's, stereo in and out plus the 'keyboard / guitar' switch which changes the overall frequency response of the unit....all as the old version. The big difference is that you have two trimpots now to tweak the rotor speeds in fast mode....Some people respond for the old version that the horn was a little slow in fast mode. This can be fixed easily now by tweaking the trimpot to you own taste. Great!

I own the 'grandma' of all Leslie simulators Dynacord CLS 222...the Rotosphere comes very close to it, but has the great advantage of the build-in tube overdrive, which makes the Rotosphere my favourite simulator for club gigs where i only use a Rhodes and a old CX-3 organ. Be aware to set the in and out levels properly, otherwise you some hiss will be introduced...but this is no prob in live situations.
If you know the old version, you know what you get: Swirling leslie sounds with a clearer, crispier horn sound that the CLS 222, but to me, the overall sound is a tad farer away from the 'real thing' than the CLS 222. Matter of taste.....

Seems to be build very sturdy, all metal case with plastic cheeks. The only this i wish for is a build-in supply...this one comes with a wall-wart, and i HATE wall-warts....There seems to be enough space in there, so why not try not put in a transformer?

Never dealed with them, but only heard positive replies from musicians from my area.

I'm playing Jazz & Funk, using the Rotosphere with an old CX-3 or a NordLead2 (who has some incredible organ capabilities if you're familiar in how to programm these patches). I'm very happy with this piece of equipment, because i don't have to haul my 19" effects rack around (instead of hauling a real Leslie, too ;-) )