What I'm gaining

Post #186,158 by jake123 12/6/04 11:59:46 AM Reply	What I'm gaining is an amp that's sized appropriately for most of the rooms I play in. 100W is too much. Since tube amps have to have a certain minimal level of saturation before they really start to sing, you have to get a certain amount of flow through them to get it; that is, it sounds thin at 3, but rockin' at 7 (and at 11, well...;). However, with the amp at 100W, the typical club is not large enough to handle the volume, and you end up blowing the audience's hair back, not to mention trashing your own ears. Esp. with modern PA systems, small is beautiful... but OTOH, those old amps have a sound that most new ones just can't reproduce... or if they can, they cost 3 grand. Anyway, I don't have the coin for it right now, so it's something that's going to wait for a while. --\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
Post #186,185 by Steve Lowe 12/6/04 2:11:53 PM Reply	Have you considered an attenuator? Basically a big honking resistor on the output of the amp prior to the speaker. Allows you to run the amp full bore if you want to really work those power tubes, yet reign in the volume with only a slight sacrifice to tone. The speakers themselves are part of the equation, and definitely have their sweet spot as well, so if you're constantly playing attenuated, you might invest in a second cabinet with speaks that have a sweet spot close the levels you need. -- Steve
Post #186,189 by jake123 12/6/04 2:49:16 PM Reply	Yes I have and it may be the solution I go for. Haven't decided yet... and since I know they also cost a few hundred bucks it becomes a question of cost benefit. One thing that might work... the Twin has 2 12" speakers, and my Marshall (50W) has one. An easier way to go about it might be to get an attenuator, and then put the output to one of the two speakers. That would pretty much put it on a par with the Marshall... which would be very good for a bi amp setup (when it's time to reeeaaalllyyy roooock oooouuuuut;). Good balance in power and amount of air being pushed... and I have an AB switch. Hmmmm... even better might be a stereo pan pedal or some such. It'd prolly go a long way to heating my room, too;) --\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
Post #186,190 by admin 12/6/04 2:56:13 PM Reply	New thread time, maybe...? Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #186,232 by Ashton 12/6/04 11:32:23 PM Reply	This might not cost a bundle.. (new thread) Created as new thread #186231 titled [link\|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=186231\|This might not cost a bundle..]

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