Harley Benton PowerPlant Tuner

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Works as a power supply, not really as a tuner

Zef 17.02.2022

For someone who needs both a power supply and a tuner this seems like a pretty good deal. However as soon as I put it in my signal chain I got amazing 1950's flying saucer effects all over my sound, especially when turning up the gain.

The bad:
Tried it at different parts of the chain, with different amplifiers and at a studio with the same result. The only way to keep it plugged in without sounding like an Ed Wood flick was to plug it in my amplifier's headphone jack, so that it's actually outside the signal chain. I still need to switch to a clean sound for tuning to work properly. The tuning accuracy isn't great either.

The good:
On the upside it works fine as a power supply in my experience: two 9V/500mA for my digital pedals and 6x 9V/100mA for the rest covers your basic needs. Doesn't seem to add noise to the pedals' sound. The kit has what you need for most cases: 2A 9V DC power supply for the pedal itself, cables of different lengths and two cables for inverting polarity for those center-positive outliers.

In conclusion:
I would not recommend as a tuner as I needed to find a workaround for the noise it generates through the audio output, but works fine as a power supply (at least for my pedals).

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Got noise!

kjarrime 11.08.2017

if i connect my 3 pedals i get noise.
if i use the tuner as to only power my other 2 pedals i get no noise. But if using all 3 it?s noise.
when using only the tuner is?t no noise.

It?s really frustrating.

Pros : Tuner works good as a tuner and got bright lights. looks well build and sturdy.

Cons : It?s got NOISE. it?s says it?s got isolated outputs. I think this is just a dasy cahin kind of power and no isolated outputs.
if that is true they are lying saying it is isolated.

Well i live in Iceland so it costs me to much to send it back to be worth it so i have to keep it and ends in a drawer somewhere at home

Im going to order a better power supply and another tuner later when i have the budget.

can?t recommend it. sorry :(

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Power bank worked, tuner function did not

cstml 12.05.2020

The lights on the tuner turned on, but did not work.
The powerbank did work. Hoped it would work as it seems like a good idea, but I am now sceptical by how quiet it actually is.

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Sometimes it works

NikolaM 14.08.2023

The first one I received worked as a power supply, did not work as a tuner though. It would light up and display random notes not related in any way to the one I'm playing.

Thomann sent me a replacement that also works as a power supply and maybe sometimes works as a tuner. I still haven't figured why it sometimes works and most of the time it doesn't. Would not rely on it in a live situation.

If you nees a power supply that lights up with pretty bright lights and looks like pedal - go for it. If you need an actual tuner - skip; it's a bad product.

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