Just bought one a couple of months ago. Did one gig so far in Aged care place. No experience with amps or setting up guitar pickups. A bit to learn for me. So thanks for the brief tute. I'm not likely to play in a pub, but who knows. Other places like open mikes you plug into their gear. I agree with your natural sound comment. I spent a few thousand dollars on decent guitars (Australian made)Maiton and Cole Clarke to get that real sound, so this amp seems to compliment the guitars well. I was very impressed with the demo at the music store, which is owned and operated by a guy I knew from open mikes. Cheers.
The IR sounds better than the Anthem mic, the rhythms sound out of an old school Yamaha keyboard though! They should definitely work with the Beatbuddy guys for their beats.
In some ways it does but I still feel that the Anthem will work better on a loud stage. I would certainly use the IR with other pickups and for recording. It’s still not exactly like a mic but it certainly gives the impression of a mic and NUX are doing it very well. I agree about the beats, they are decent but it would be great to se more high quality beats added, especially a lot more percussion ones.
great channel - great review. I have a question if you could. I am going to be venturing out to bistros and some casual spots to start doing jazz - I might want to have a mic for a varied 2nd set of cover tunes. I was looking at the eae d6 58 that you reviewed. It is very expensive but ultimately would do everything that I am interested in - possible singing and multiple instruments. My question is it will be awhile before I can save up for the EAE and I am wondering what the focal quality is on both amps. Like on the NUX did you test the vocals along with the guitar? I have just purchased the optima air pedal by NUX and I love it. So with all that what was your experience between the two amps? I know that they really are vastly different but they are also vastly different in cost. - thank you
Hi Aaron, great review. I have this amp and noticed in your review that when you played the loops back you were adjusting the controls on the amp to see how it sounded. How did you do that? When I replay the loop back on mine adjusting the controls does nothing. Cheers
@@anthonymcclumpha1573 Then I must have been running a looper into the amp to demonstrate the controls. I have reviewed so many acoustic amps that I can’t remember. I have two more amp reviews coming soon.
Hi Aaron. Thanks for the great review. I play about 160 gigs each year..acoustic guitar,vocals and looped beats. I've had the Bose S1 since it was released in Australia. I love the sound of vocals through it but have always hated the guitar through it. My question...do you think the Stage man plugged in and on a stand is as loud as the Bose S1.? I've also been using the Nux optical air live for a couple of months. I'm very happy with it. I run a fishman rare earth blend into the Nux and then into a Headway pre if any problem frequencies in a room. Cheers Mark.
Hi Mark. The NUX is definitely louder when it’s plugged in and not running off the battery. I am not sure if it as loud as the Bose as I have not compared them yet. Your guitar is using the Fishman Rare Earth Blend? I tried one guitar (Yamaha Silent Steel) that sounded bad through the S1 but all of the other guitars sound really good.
Hi Aron, great review and nice amp, which I can not get working is starting the drums with the included footswitch. I only get it working with the app. Is it possible to start the drums with the footpedal? I can't find it in the manual either. How to donit or not possible?
Hi Aaron, I'm undecided between buying this one or the fishman loudbox mini charge. The goal is to play in street parades with a Bouzouki (Fingericking and strumming) and I want the best sound with the highest (portable) volume possible. What would you suggest me?
I really like the features on the NUX but it is worth considering that the wattage drops when using battery power. For this reason I would probably suggest the Fishman but you should also check out the JBL EON One Compact as it is louder and the included features may be more useful to you.
Hi Aaron, very nice demo! I also loved your series on different acoustic guitar pick ups. You write dynamic mic.only. I wonder whether it would also work with a Rode M3 condensor mic. with 9 V battery power (I suppose the main point is that one does not have phantom power?). Or am I missing out on something? Best wishes!
You would need to check that the amp has phantom power. If not then you can always use an external power supply with the mic (or just get a dynamic mic instead).
@@aaronshortmusic Thank you for your fast reply! The Rode M3 can be used with phantom power or a 9V block battery in the mic. I did not find anything concerning phantom power for the NuX 80 AC, so I suppose it does not provide any. I just wondered whether the 9V battery power from the M3 would suffice for powering the mic on the NuX 80 AC. I guess will just have to try. I also have a dynamic mic. but the quality is not as good as the M3's. Thanks again.
Finally listened on some good speakers. The IRs, in my experience are basically very detailed mid scoops with select "spikes" of mids retained. So the one you used seems to have more bass. I'm not sure if this is because you have the IR level turned up a little to make up for the loss of volume because of the IRs mid scoop. But I reckon THAT would be where feedback might creep in. You notice when you bring in the Anthem mic the scoop gets to an over the top level so it's basically all bass and treble. I imagine this is because the anthem's mic has an inbuilt eq profile of it's own with a bass roll off and mid scoop. So essentially you're getting a double adjustment. That's my guess! I reckon if you turned up the mids on the eq you might get a more reasonable sound. But why bother when you have those other options.
Thanks Aaron... I have gig with those kind of amps in small terraces and inside restaurants at a low volume.. I just think that in those kinds of revews of testing amps, most of the time, they only speak about the guitar sound. Thanks for your viedeos anyway.
I don’t think the guitar amps are the best choice for vocals because of how they are voiced. The PA style amps like the S1, EON Compact and EAE amps are good for guitar and vocals. They also have more headroom in general.
Great review of an interesting amp. Have you ever tried Joyo products? Eg JOYO BSK150 MULTIFUNCTIONAL LIVE STREAMING 150 WATT AMP. Would love to see a review of this one.
@@aaronshortmusic and again, thanks for a brilliant channel. Your review was part of the research I did before recently purchasing a Yamaha FSX3, which I'm loving. Shame I didn't find your channel a bit earlier, had a week in NYC last year, would have tried to catch one of your gigs!
Thanks Aaron for sharing this! I've got this amp recently, and even if I've made the firmware update, I can´t pair ir correctly with my Android device. I don´t know what happens. I think it's something related with my android. Some thoughts? Thanks in advance, cheers from Spain
If I were to purchase another NMP 2 foot switch can they be both plugged in at the same time to control looper/drum and effects? Sorry if it’s a silly question but new to all of this.
Thanks for the quick reply Aaron. Love the features in this. I have one last question. How is the Acoustic tone of this amp. Will this amp be able to amplify the natural acoustic tone of Tye guitar used?
Hi, I have this amp on 30 day trial. Does anyone find that when the loop plays back it is a poor quality sound compared to when you just play normally through the amp speaker. It’s like night and day. Am I doing something wrong. Is it possible to change the effects while playing the loop or is this not normally possible? Also I only seem to be able to record one loop, does it overdub?
Hi all, just get my nux ac80 for christmas. Quite happy of first trials but i’m struggling with strong feedback when trying to engage any IR, making impossible to use them. I tried with gs mini, a nylon string yamaha and my 717e taylor builders edition. Any suggestion?
Using an IR is not much different to using a microphone. I would try facing away from the amp, adjusting the phase and if not then try a soundhole plug in the guitar. You should be able to get it under control.
I see you have done a demo for bose s1 and nux.. Would it be correct to state. Nux is better for guitar Bose for vocals And bose is louder on battery..
@@aaronshortmusic ty. I need to get a simple battery setup and it will be one of those.. Have fishman loudbox artist and ev 1000 watt powered speakers for large loud settings to cut through.. But doing more solo stuff. If you had to pick one which would you go with. For outside playing people within 50 feet
Hey Aaron, great review (as always). I really wanted the Bose S1 Pro+ for home & gigs (acoustic + vocals), but now that it finally arrived to my country they want 1000$+ for the unit & 200$ for each transmitter (!), that's a lot of money... Ignore for a minute the wireless, do you think this AC80 is a wellworth alternative when it comes to sound quality & amplification power for my guitar and vocals ? (here it costs 600$). I just love the sweetnest overall sound of the Bose, the Nux I haven't tried..... Should I best save the extra needed & go for the Bose ? Thanks a lot, K.
I’m not being funny but it’s really hard to answer that question. It depends on how loud the band is. If you run it from the mains supply then it will certainly be fine as a personal monitor. You can then send the XLR out to the PA system.
@@aaronshortmusic That's about all I'm looking for. I bought a Belcat busking amp that's 40 watts and the Bluetooth and vocal channel are great. But the guitar channel... You can only just hear it over the actual acoustic.
@@aaronshortmusic I have an non electric acoustic guitar. How can I use them together? I bought a mic, but doesn't sound too good and a lot's of functions don't working.
Hello, I'm not able to install new firmeware: I put the amp ON pressing the bluetooth button to disactivate bluetooth, I connect the amp to my pc with a cable USB, but the amp is not recognized by my computer, it says "pilot error". And after charging Nuxe program to update, it doesn't recognize any device neither when I refresh... if someone can help me please...
I'm trying by my seller but maybe I do any mistake so I wanted to ask to guys who did it before me. For example do I need the pedal to be connected and to do a special thing like press 2 buttons A and B together as I read for update a pedal firmware, I don't think so.... I have no more idea of what to do, thanks for taking time for me. I didn't find any notice on Nuxe website explaining how to do the update, that's my problem number one! @@aaronshortmusic
I succeeded, looking again the website with fresh eyes, I've found the Firmware manuel (in french moreover!)! The soluce was: open the firmware program on your PC first, then press the bluetooth button continuously and put the Nux Amp on, drop the BT button when the program says "Connected" instead of "not found" on the PC. Ad then you can install the update. GREAT, I'm HAPPY, thanks @@aaronshortmusic
Hey Aaron thanks for another great review. On this point, isn't this amp likely to have at least as much headroom (plugged in) as a Fishman loudbox mini which some people use for small gigs?
Excellent in depth demo! Thank you.
You’re welcome! They just added IR import via a firmware update.
Just bought one a couple of months ago. Did one gig so far in Aged care place. No experience with amps or setting up guitar pickups. A bit to learn for me. So thanks for the brief tute. I'm not likely to play in a pub, but who knows. Other places like open mikes you plug into their gear. I agree with your natural sound comment. I spent a few thousand dollars on decent guitars (Australian made)Maiton and Cole Clarke to get that real sound, so this amp seems to compliment the guitars well. I was very impressed with the demo at the music store, which is owned and operated by a guy I knew from open mikes. Cheers.
Great review, many thanks.
Thanks for watching!
The IR sounds better than the Anthem mic, the rhythms sound out of an old school Yamaha keyboard though! They should definitely work with the Beatbuddy guys for their beats.
In some ways it does but I still feel that the Anthem will work better on a loud stage. I would certainly use the IR with other pickups and for recording. It’s still not exactly like a mic but it certainly gives the impression of a mic and NUX are doing it very well. I agree about the beats, they are decent but it would be great to se more high quality beats added, especially a lot more percussion ones.
12:22 very cool I hope it’s in the firmware update 🤘🏽. Very interesting unit.
Thanks Poo!
Good review. I have yet to work out the pedal.
great channel - great review. I have a question if you could. I am going to be venturing out to bistros and some casual spots to start doing jazz - I might want to have a mic for a varied 2nd set of cover tunes. I was looking at the eae d6 58 that you reviewed. It is very expensive but ultimately would do everything that I am interested in - possible singing and multiple instruments. My question is it will be awhile before I can save up for the EAE and I am wondering what the focal quality is on both amps. Like on the NUX did you test the vocals along with the guitar? I have just purchased the optima air pedal by NUX and I love it. So with all that what was your experience between the two amps? I know that they really are vastly different but they are also vastly different in cost. - thank you
Hi Aaron, great review. I have this amp and noticed in your review that when you played the loops back you were adjusting the controls on the amp to see how it sounded. How did you do that? When I replay the loop back on mine adjusting the controls does nothing. Cheers
I believe in the app you can set the looper as pre or post.
I can’t see that in the app
@@anthonymcclumpha1573 Then I must have been running a looper into the amp to demonstrate the controls. I have reviewed so many acoustic amps that I can’t remember. I have two more amp reviews coming soon.
I thought you were using the looper incorporated in the amp?
@@anthonymcclumpha1573 I don’t remember. It’s been 2 years sorry.
sure would love to hear vocals through these amps
I found it wasn’t quite loud enough with just the guitar so singing through it as well would be too much for anything but home use.
Hi Aaron. Thanks for the great review. I play about 160 gigs each year..acoustic guitar,vocals and looped beats. I've had the Bose S1 since it was released in Australia. I love the sound of vocals through it but have always hated the guitar through it. My question...do you think the Stage man plugged in and on a stand is as loud as the Bose S1.?
I've also been using the Nux optical air live for a couple of months. I'm very happy with it. I run a fishman rare earth blend into the Nux and then into a Headway pre if any problem frequencies in a room. Cheers Mark.
Hi Mark. The NUX is definitely louder when it’s plugged in and not running off the battery. I am not sure if it as loud as the Bose as I have not compared them yet. Your guitar is using the Fishman Rare Earth Blend? I tried one guitar (Yamaha Silent Steel) that sounded bad through the S1 but all of the other guitars sound really good.
Nice demo thx. I wich you could show more about the looper. Can it overdub ? Daniel .
Yes. It’s a basic looper.
Hi Aron, great review and nice amp, which I can not get working is starting the drums with the included footswitch. I only get it working with the app.
Is it possible to start the drums with the footpedal?
I can't find it in the manual either. How to donit or not possible?
I can’t remember. I thought that it was possible.
Hi Aaron, I'm undecided between buying this one or the fishman loudbox mini charge. The goal is to play in street parades with a Bouzouki (Fingericking and strumming) and I want the best sound with the highest (portable) volume possible. What would you suggest me?
I really like the features on the NUX but it is worth considering that the wattage drops when using battery power. For this reason I would probably suggest the Fishman but you should also check out the JBL EON One Compact as it is louder and the included features may be more useful to you.
Hi Aaron, very nice demo! I also loved your series on different acoustic guitar pick ups. You write dynamic mic.only. I wonder whether it would also work with a Rode M3 condensor mic. with 9 V battery power (I suppose the main point is that one does not have phantom power?). Or am I missing out on something? Best wishes!
You would need to check that the amp has phantom power. If not then you can always use an external power supply with the mic (or just get a dynamic mic instead).
@@aaronshortmusic Thank you for your fast reply! The Rode M3 can be used with phantom power or a 9V block battery in the mic. I did not find anything concerning phantom power for the NuX 80 AC, so I suppose it does not provide any. I just wondered whether the 9V battery power from the M3 would suffice for powering the mic on the NuX 80 AC. I guess will just have to try. I also have a dynamic mic. but the quality is not as good as the M3's. Thanks again.
@@markusgrebe9378 It should be fine.
Finally listened on some good speakers. The IRs, in my experience are basically very detailed mid scoops with select "spikes" of mids retained. So the one you used seems to have more bass. I'm not sure if this is because you have the IR level turned up a little to make up for the loss of volume because of the IRs mid scoop. But I reckon THAT would be where feedback might creep in. You notice when you bring in the Anthem mic the scoop gets to an over the top level so it's basically all bass and treble. I imagine this is because the anthem's mic has an inbuilt eq profile of it's own with a bass roll off and mid scoop. So essentially you're getting a double adjustment.
That's my guess! I reckon if you turned up the mids on the eq you might get a more reasonable sound. But why bother when you have those other options.
Thanks Aaron... I have gig with those kind of amps in small terraces and inside restaurants at a low volume.. I just think that in those kinds of revews of testing amps, most of the time, they only speak about the guitar sound. Thanks for your viedeos anyway.
I don’t think the guitar amps are the best choice for vocals because of how they are voiced. The PA style amps like the S1, EON Compact and EAE amps are good for guitar and vocals. They also have more headroom in general.
Just missing the possibility to see how full or empty the battery is. Even a simple smartphone will show that.
Can i connect this amp to my audio interface to record on my DAW on my computer, and if so how?
Use the line output.
Great review of an interesting amp. Have you ever tried Joyo products? Eg JOYO BSK150 MULTIFUNCTIONAL LIVE STREAMING 150 WATT AMP. Would love to see a review of this one.
No I haven’t. Please message them on their website and tell them you would like me to check it out. Thanks!
@@aaronshortmusic Will do. Also of interest are the smaller Turbosound models, eg ip300 and ip500.
@@aaronshortmusic and again, thanks for a brilliant channel. Your review was part of the research I did before recently purchasing a Yamaha FSX3, which I'm loving. Shame I didn't find your channel a bit earlier, had a week in NYC last year, would have tried to catch one of your gigs!
I have a question please, I am planning to busk in street so IS there enough sound good to play in street
Yes but depends on how loud you want to be. The Bose S1 Pro or Everse 8 will be louder but won’t have all of the features of the NUX.
Hard time to chose between between this and fishman solo sa220
The Fishman is louder but this NUX is rechargeable.
What about the sound quality
Thanks Aaron for sharing this!
I've got this amp recently, and even if I've made the firmware update, I can´t pair ir correctly with my Android device. I don´t know what happens. I think it's something related with my android.
Some thoughts?
Thanks in advance, cheers from Spain
I use Apple I am afraid.
If I were to purchase another NMP 2 foot switch can they be both plugged in at the same time to control looper/drum and effects? Sorry if it’s a silly question but new to all of this.
I’m not sure but I don’t think so.
There seems to be no way you can contact NuX to ask them. Poor support!
@@anthonymcclumpha1573 I haven’t reached out to them in a while. I think they are still active.
Managed to contact NuX and they recommend buying another foot switch as you can use both at the same time.
@@anthonymcclumpha1573 That’s pretty cool.
Is the acoustic tone on the stageman 2 as good as the blackstar sonnet 60? I know the Sonnet amplifies the natural tone of the guitar played
I have not tried the Sonnet yet.
Thanks for the quick reply Aaron. Love the features in this. I have one last question. How is the Acoustic tone of this amp. Will this amp be able to amplify the natural acoustic tone of Tye guitar used?
@@maluma0221 Yes this amp sounds excellent for the price!
Hi, I have this amp on 30 day trial. Does anyone find that when the loop plays back it is a poor quality sound compared to when you just play normally through the amp speaker. It’s like night and day. Am I doing something wrong. Is it possible to change the effects while playing the loop or is this not normally possible? Also I only seem to be able to record one loop, does it overdub?
It sounded fine on mine and you should be able to overdub. Reach out to NUX.
Hi all, just get my nux ac80 for christmas. Quite happy of first trials but i’m struggling with strong feedback when trying to engage any IR, making impossible to use them. I tried with gs mini, a nylon string yamaha and my 717e taylor builders edition. Any suggestion?
Using an IR is not much different to using a microphone. I would try facing away from the amp, adjusting the phase and if not then try a soundhole plug in the guitar. You should be able to get it under control.
@@aaronshortmusicthank you. i’ll try and see if i can find a way out.
How is the foot switch set up and used?
Just plugs in the back and adds two functions. Check the user guide.
Hmmm Interesting 🤔 👍🙂
Thanks!
I see you have done a demo for bose s1 and nux..
Would it be correct to state.
Nux is better for guitar
Bose for vocals
And bose is louder on battery..
I would agree with that yes.
@@aaronshortmusic ty. I need to get a simple battery setup and it will be one of those..
Have fishman loudbox artist and ev 1000 watt powered speakers for large loud settings to cut through..
But doing more solo stuff.
If you had to pick one which would you go with. For outside playing people within 50 feet
@@fbreen62 I would also consider the Bose S1 Pro and JBL Compact. It depends on the features that you need.
Hey Aaron, great review (as always).
I really wanted the Bose S1 Pro+ for home & gigs (acoustic + vocals), but now that it finally arrived to my country they want 1000$+ for the unit & 200$ for each transmitter (!), that's a lot of money...
Ignore for a minute the wireless, do you think this AC80 is a wellworth alternative when it comes to sound quality & amplification power for my guitar and vocals ? (here it costs 600$).
I just love the sweetnest overall sound of the Bose, the Nux I haven't tried.....
Should I best save the extra needed & go for the Bose ?
Thanks a lot,
K.
The Bose is louder in my experience. I also love the wireless features.
I read a comment elsewhere that this wouldn't be loud enough of playing in a band. Is this true?
I’m not being funny but it’s really hard to answer that question. It depends on how loud the band is. If you run it from the mains supply then it will certainly be fine as a personal monitor. You can then send the XLR out to the PA system.
@@aaronshortmusic That's about all I'm looking for. I bought a Belcat busking amp that's 40 watts and the Bluetooth and vocal channel are great. But the guitar channel... You can only just hear it over the actual acoustic.
@@andydepissant It’s louder than that.
Can somebody please tell me how to enter the amp into DFU mode for the firmware update, can't seem to find any information anywhere
Press and hold down the bluetooth button while switching on the power button.
@@aaronshortmusic much appreciated, thank you!
Aaron can you help me with this amp?
What’s up?
@@aaronshortmusic I have an non electric acoustic guitar. How can I use them together? I bought a mic, but doesn't sound too good and a lot's of functions don't working.
Hello, I'm not able to install new firmeware: I put the amp ON pressing the bluetooth button to disactivate bluetooth, I connect
the amp to my pc with a cable USB, but the amp is not recognized by my computer, it says "pilot error". And after charging Nuxe program to update, it doesn't recognize any device neither when I refresh... if someone can help me please...
Did you reach out to NUX?
I'm trying by my seller but maybe I do any mistake so I wanted to ask to guys who did it before me. For example do I need the pedal to be connected and to do a special thing like press 2 buttons A and B together as I read for update a pedal firmware, I don't think so.... I have no more idea of what to do, thanks for taking time for me. I didn't find any notice on Nuxe website explaining how to do the update, that's my problem number one! @@aaronshortmusic
Yes, I'm waiting for their response. I didn't find the written procedure on their website to install the update. @@aaronshortmusic
OK I don't remember as it's been a while since I updated it but it ws pretty easy. They should reply soon. @@tomminou16
I succeeded, looking again the website with fresh eyes, I've found the Firmware manuel (in french moreover!)! The soluce was: open the firmware program on your PC first, then press the bluetooth button continuously and put the Nux Amp on, drop the BT button when the program says "Connected" instead of "not found" on the PC. Ad then you can install the update. GREAT, I'm HAPPY, thanks @@aaronshortmusic
I couldn't install it, it says the version is old
Install what?
@@aaronshortmusic the application to use as a rhythm
@@Marlon.one. The app? It still works on my iPhone.
@@aaronshortmusic mine is android, it says to update a recent version on the website
@@Marlon.one. Contact NUX support.
IR sounds best
Very impressive isn’t it!?
Where is the headphones jack inserted?
Does it stop the amp speaker function?
There is no headphone output.
Jealous..time to get rid of my Fishman..🤣
The Fishman’s and Fender’s are very good too!
@@aaronshortmusic same price as my non battery powered loudbox mini..😁
Always the same in the reviews of acoustic amps. No test of the voice channel..
I usually do. I didn’t feel like this amp had the headroom to support voice and guitar at a gig. Especially on battery power.
Hey Aaron thanks for another great review. On this point, isn't this amp likely to have at least as much headroom (plugged in) as a Fishman loudbox mini which some people use for small gigs?
bass is very weak!
It’s a small speaker.
Could you play an electric guitar thru it?
Yes but you will not have any distortion just a direct electric guitar sound.