This Orange Guitar Amp Is More Powerful Than Your Computer

This Orange Guitar Amp Is More Powerful Than Your Computer


This Orange amp, called the OPC, isn’t like other guitar amps. Instead of being little more than a jumped-up loudspeaker, this thing packs more computational grunt than your main computer.

Actually, it’s an update of Orange’s first attempt to make a guitar-focused computer — but boy is it updated. Tucked away within its iconic orange casing, you’ll find your choice of third-gen Intel i7 processor, 16GB of RAM, and either NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 650 Ti or AMD’s HD 7750. Audio is either taken care of by the ear-bleeding speaker of the amp or, for more nuanced listening, one of the slew of outputs on the back of the case. There are also, understandably, a full swathe of guitar, midi and mic inputs to play with.

It comes packaged with $US750 worth of audio processing software — though Orange doesn’t say exactly what — which may go some way to making the $US1900 price tag more palatable. It’s worth noting that that case allows for straightforward future component upgrades though, so the thing should see you through numerous years of recording. [Orange via Engadget]