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Most low powered tube amps have higher distortion than a good Solid-State amp. A good one has .1% or less distortion and better transient response, so it will sound better on an OB system. If you don't like the sound of a good S.S. amp, thenyou don't ...
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The best were the 300w amps, a friend of mineThese low powered....
Single ended pentode, EL84 Class A.
3wpc Magnavox tube amp.
300wpc mono tube amps with an SS stage in them.
50wpc dual mono gainclone.
Digital amp.
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I need help in powering up the tube amps off a Akai M8 reel-to-reel.
Each of the tube amps has its own transformer, but what consfused me was the voltage selector transformer which sets the appropriate voltage for particular country. Being an Australian...
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by 6 people.
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The tubes the amps take are EF83 *2, 12....
This one had a power lead to a tube and there are a few wires connected to the 100v tap and 0 tap.
Its the bottom amp with one less tube and less wires.
Burning smells.
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I've been on an amp search for quite a while, having auditioned in/out of my system quite a few SS amps (from Bryston, Sanders, Bel Canto, etc.) and am looking for some suggestions. I have a few tube amps on my radar, but really don't have much experience...
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Or there is pair of MA-1s for additional power by increasing the impedance the amp sees; OTL amps increase power into higher....
The impedance the amp sees; OTL amps increase power into higher impedance loads).
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What are some great tube amps that I can get for $400 maybe $450 used? Something I can use to gig with?
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What are some great tube amps that I can get for $400 maybe $450 used? Something I can use to gig with?
Started by mozzarate on
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by 12 people.
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Hello
I looked for tube amps in Ebay and found very much interesting and cheap made in China tube amps. I thought that I want to buy tube amp for myself one day.
Does anybody know about these chinese amps.
I have one another question about different tubes...
Started by oldgreeneye on
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by 5 people.
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Thanks My amp idea
Power suply:
1)Separate chasis
2)Tube rectify
3)Choke filter
4)Separate power suplys....
I have SS amps that sound just.
I gess it sounds like tube amp cause it is.
At about 5watts/8ohms.
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A lot of hi fi stores that I called to ask if they have Music Hall a15.2 to hear in the store said no. I asked what other integrated amps they have to hear. They have tube amps starting a 1,200 all the way to 3 grand. I hear that tube amps get hot. What...
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Tube amps just have much more....
Competent engineering)
There are some die hard tube amp lovers
Not sure why tube amps would sound state amp to get anywhere near as loud as my 50w all tube amp.
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As with smaller guitar based tube amps - where you have many now with attenuators allowing .1 - 1 - 5 watt adjustments are there any equivalent amps for bass players?
Or is there some reason that these wouldn't be big sellers?
Started by john_martin_sai on
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You might be interested in Jule Amps' Monique - it's an all-tube preamp without a powersection that can reportedly approximate an all-tube amp with a number of variations - otherwise, no, I don't be interested in Jule Amps....
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Darn temperature reached 85F today for the third time in a week. my main setup in a tiny room has a total of 36 glowing hot tubes including a pair of 838 tubes that i usually use as a room heater during winter months. i think it's time for me to put the...
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by 12 people.
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Why not substitute summer tube gear such as....
Model Fives use five tubes each, for a total of ten.
Judicious use of fans and air conditioning keep mine as there are in your setup .
The squeeze on your tube habit, if you can help it.
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Tube amps with built-in attenuators? What I can think of:
Some VHTs
Some Carr models
Some Egnators
Some Dr. Z's
Some Tone Kings
Others? Grant
Guitars: Two Fenders and an Eastwood. Amps: A VHT and a Fender.
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Valvetronix and the bigger Vypyr modeling amps do, although....
Most Bugeras.
Amps: A VHT and a Fender.
A few of the 65 amps line have a master voltage circuit
suhr amps have "power scaling Fenders and an Eastwood.
Volumes.
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