O.T. for just a bit ...
I thought it was amazing that my Leslie Model 147 with a 40 watt rms
tube amp could easily keep up with the (new at the time) 100-150 Peavey
amps or PAs. That 40 watt tube amp and its exquisitely engineered tone
cabinet could literally shake the plaster loose from a wall.
I'm sure if I when to hydrogen audio I could get a better explanation,
but I have always believed that tubes sound "better" with music amps
for guitars, etc, because of the nature of the tube's ability to clip
harmonically, whereas a solid state amp will just distort everything
evenly to the point where it sounds like mud. There is just no way a
guitarist (Ok - Hendrix) could stick his axe into the amp and get a
string's harmonics to resonate and feed back without a tube amp.
Also there is a certain coloration or warmth that is inherent with tube
audio. But I would never use tubes to create a low-distortion audio
amplifier. If I want the coloration, then I add a tube pre-amp.
--
Neal, NL7VL
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On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:14:50 -0500
Richards <jruing@ameritech.net> wrote:
>Sidebar --
>
>Amen... tube amps rule. Much warmer, fuller sound. I do not know
>why, but you get the same effective volume from a 40 watts tube amp as
>you do with 80 watts of solid state amp. I cannot explain why, but
>its one of those great paradoxes of life. My black and silver TT and
>Palstar ham gear looks perfect next to my black face Fender Super
>Reverb reissue. Beauty.
>
>Oh.... sorry for drifting off topic... but this is the other hobby I
>do the shack....
>
>Happy Trails.
>======================= Richards / K8JHR =========================
>
>On 2/7/2011 11:15 AM, Dr. Gerald N. Johnson wrote:
>
> Guitar amps like to use tubes yet.
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