Nice tube amp - its care and feeding
Question: I like tube amps. One thing that has always bothered me however is the practice of feeding a purely digital source into an analog amplifier. Maybe I am a purist but a vinyl recording played on a good linear tracking deck fed into a high power stereo tube amp make sense to me. A CD or ...
- Vintage Tube Amp
Question: I recently acquired a 1963 National Tube amp. It works really well with the tubes that are in it. It has 2 channels: regular, and reverb. When I hook a Dan Electro 'Fab' distortion pedal to it I get the most incredible sound(I'm using a Fender Strat.) It gets very loud too. The only t ...
tagged: Vintage Tube Amp- Vintage Tube v. Modeling: An Unbiased Assessment
Question: I've been going back and forth with whether to spend the money on a nice vintage tube amp or a good amp modeling setup. Line 6 makes some good stuff, whether you're into stomp boxes, heads, or combo amps. And I think most will agree that Line 6 is the best in the business when it come ...
tagged: Vintage Tube Amps- Epiphone Valve Junior Head, Fender Ultralight and General Cabinet questions
Question: I've read a lot of the discussion on this amp already, but a lot of it has gone over my head. I've been playing guitar for 15 years, but am still somewhat ignorant of gear. I currently use a Roland JC-55 with a strat (rock) ibanez pm100 (jazz) and an eipphone dot (rock and jazz). I we ...
tagged: Valve Junior Tube Amplifier Head- how do I learn to repair my tube amp?
Question: I have this Heathkit model AA-32 tube amp that I got a couple of years ago but it doesn't work (well, the right channel kind of works but the volume is extremely low.) I believe the amp is 8W/side stereo and it uses 3 X 6EU7 preamp tubes and 4 X 6GW8 power tubes. I replaced the power ...
tagged: Vacuum Tube Amp- If Tube Amps sound so great . . .
Question: I have always wondered this - if tube amps sound better than solid state amps, how was it that the market was basically taken over by solid-state amps from the mid-sixties on, and tube amps died a quick death. I know plenty of audiophiles who love their huge Sansui transistorized amps ...
tagged: Vacuum Tube Amps- Vacuum Tube Amp with CD?
Question: I'm real dissatisfied with the sound quality of digital. I have an old Onyko solid-state amp with a Gemini mixer that sounds good but still in not satisfactory. The next step seems to me would be a vacuum amplifier. It strikes me as funny that no one has yet created something that emu ...
tagged: Vacuum Tube Amplifier- Valley & Wallman Vacuum Tube Amplifiers reprint?
Question: I have been told there is (or used to be) a paperback reprint of Valley & Wallman's MIT RadLab Series text Vacuum Tube Amplifiers in the $20 ballpark. I was told Dover books did it (they had no idea what I was talking about, and it wasn't in their current catalog). The other source is ...
tagged: Vacuum Tube Amplifiers- Best new/used tube amp for $300?
Question: I have a '98 Fender Standard Strat and a new Electro Harmonix Big Muff pedal. I mainly play Smashing Pumpkins and am looking for a good tube amp which will help me reproduce their sound. I'm looking for an amp to use at home and when playing with friends, not gigging or recording, jus ...
tagged: Used Tube Amps- Stereo Amp Setup .
Question: I was thinking about doubling my amps for some nice stereo sounds I've been going the route of. Right now I have a Hot Rod Deville that I use for post-modern or modern or whatever you want to call it... electrified, distorted, and effected music. I've used stereo effects with my Devil ...
tagged: Tube Stereo Amp- comparison:tube, solid-state .
Question: What are the real differences between all tube amps and solid-state amps? I know that the tube amps have better distortion, but when I have a good distortion pedal that can do almost the same sound... Are there any other advantages of all tube amps? Answer: some noticable differences ...
tagged: Tube Solid State- Power tube for guitar amp be used on Hi-Fi amp .
Question: My understanding is that there is no such thing as power tube for guitar amp only as a tube is a tube. However, when I try to order some power tubes from a guitar store (as the price is good), I have to choose between hard, medium or soft. Apparently, the choice is about distortion an ...
tagged: Tubes For Guitar Amps- need opinion on used Peavey Classic Tube Amp .
Question: I'm looing at an amp on ebay. It is a Peavey Classic Tube Amp. I don't know much about it. It is listed at $220 U.S. The guy said he plugged it in in march 03 and everything lit up but he didn't try it out. He has owned it since 1977 and has been in storage since 1979. Here are the sp ...
tagged: Tubes Amp- Confused about tube amps vs pedals.
Question: I've been lurking in thes groups for a while as I'm getting ready to buy a tube amp. But something really confuses me. Say I have a 50 watt tube amp. It's obviously too 'loud' for home use (although I plan on joining a band). By 'loud', I mean, from what I gather and from I've heard a ...
tagged: Tubes Amps- Tube Amp Help .
Question: I had bought an old Fender Twin Reverb from a friend a few years back. Several of the tubes were busted and haven't had the time or money up until recently to attempt to rebuild or fix it. Probably want to stay as close to the original sound as possible, but wasn't sure how to shop fr ...
tagged: Tubes Amp Ebay- Tube Pre Amp?
Question: There is a misconception that a tube pre sounds better or warmer than a solid state pre. It's not true. What is the primary use for the pre going to be, and how much are you willing to spend?Don't waste money on something you'll just sell in a year. Spend the extra now and get somethi ...
tagged: Tube Pre Amp- Amps - tube, tube pre-amps, all-tube?
Question: What's the deal with amps having only a tube pre-amp? Is this better than solid state, or is it just to make people think it's better. And what's the difference between tube pre-amp and all-tube? And sound difference? Looking to buy a new amp. Answer: That's to sell you a cheaply made ...
tagged: Tube Pre Amps- Any suggestions for a tube practice amp .
Question: I need to get a practice amp - I can't really crank it up too much but I must have tube distortion. Any suggestions new and old are welcome . Answer: Get a Fender Champ (late 60s or early 70s, they're functionally identical) and a Smicz Amplification TAD-1H adaptor. When you use the a ...
tagged: Tube Practice Amp- Bigger Caps better in tube power supply?
Question: A little knowledge is a dangerous thing and I know just enough to be lethal. From what I've learned about SS power amps; bigger capacitors are better. Is this true for tube power supplies? I am planning to rebuild my Leak Stereo 20. I'm pretty sure that at least one section (C12) of t ...
tagged: Tube Power Supply- the lowest power tube amp....answer to cybermonk's questions .
Question: Cybermonk does quite a bit of research into this subject. Does he think I should participate in the AX84 project? My EL84 micro power tube amp only runs on 12 volts, and puts out about 50 decibels as compared to a 1 watt tube amp that puts out 104 decibels. I believe my amp has the lo ...
tagged: Tube Power Amp
