The 11 best PA speakers 2021: compact and mobile live sound systems for bands and buskers By Trevor Curwen, Daryl Robertson These portable PA systems and speaker setups are ideal for amplifying vocals and instruments – including Roland, Bose, Yamaha and JBL speakers
Rode NT1 review By Trevor Curwen £239 €269 $395 A revamped classic condenser mic that's just perfect for vocals and a lot more besides
Guitar effect pedal power supplies: what you need to know By Trevor Curwen Power all your pedals from one supply
Electro-Harmonix Attack Decay review By Trevor Curwen £110 €129 $125 A new version of EHX’s long-lost volume envelope-manipulating pedal
Effectrode Phaseomatic Deluxe 2019 review By Trevor Curwen £110 The all-valve phaser returns with even more modulation control
ThorpyFX The Deep Oggin review By Trevor Curwen £249 Thorpy’s home-grown fully analogue chorus and vibrato pedal
Free The Tone Future Factory FF-1Y delay review By Trevor Curwen £399 Combined modulated delays set the stage for unique ambiences
Seymour Duncan Dark Sun review By Trevor Curwen £499 €366 $369 Delay and reverb ambience designed with Periphery’s Mark Holcomb
Beetronics Swarm review By Trevor Curwen £269 €289 Forget honeyed tone - this apian fuzz harmonizer mimics an angry hive
Eventide Rose review By Trevor Curwen £359 €399 $349 By any other name, would this new modulated delay sound as sweet?
Danelectro The Breakdown review By Trevor Curwen £149 €125 A two-knob pedal that resurrects an original drive for today’s ’board
ThorpyFX The Fat General review By Trevor Curwen £219 €241 A collaboration with Dan Coggins that channels the Dinosaural OTC-201
Strymon Volante Magnetic Echo Machine review By Trevor Curwen £399 €433 $399 Ancient analogue echoes revisited using modern digital technology
Pigtronix Resotron Tracking Filter review By Trevor Curwen £299 €285 $332 Bring the sound of 70s synths to your ’board with a pitch-tracking feature
Wampler Fuzzstration review By Trevor Curwen £189 $197 A do-it-all fuzz with EQ that goes from classic rock to hell-breaking doom
Keeley Eddie Heinzelman Signature Vibe o Verb Workstation review By Trevor Curwen £299 €341 $299 This reverb/tremolo bundle brings variation and tweakability to the fore
Mad Professor Loud‘n Proud review By Trevor Curwen £225 €249 Mad Professor’s latest sounds and behaves like a vintage Marshall amp
Boss DC-2W Dimension C review By Trevor Curwen £202 €229 $339 This knob-free 80s flashback recreates its forebears’ spatial sounds
Supro 1313 Analog Delay review By Trevor Curwen £259 €285 $249 MN3005 bucket brigade chips ensure an all-analogue, all-authentic sound
Friedman BE-OD Deluxe review By Trevor Curwen £269 €289 $269 British gain sounds abound in this twin-channel drive pedal
