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MikeEnRegalia 
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 Posted: September 13 2005 at 14:41 |
 oliverstoned wrote:
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I'd like to hear Devin Townsend - Terria on a big tube amp ... |
It's the only prog album you think about? |
Of course not ... but it has an extremely good production and would profit from a really good HiFi system ...
Another good one would be the special edition of Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All (gold disc).
Or the album I'm listening to now - Mike Keneally & Metropole Orkest - The Universe Will Provide.
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oliverstoned
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Posted: September 13 2005 at 14:11 |
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Note that the guy who owns the big system up uses separated electric lines...i confirm it's essential.
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oliverstoned
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Posted: September 13 2005 at 14:09 |
MikeEnRegalia wrote:
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yes! the tube sound adds matter, weight, softness, precense, richness and fineness, etc... |
Yes ... the tube ADDS something to the sound. And that is what annoys some people. There are purists who want an extremely linear amp. But I'm not one of them ... |
It adds someting to the sound, COMPARED to the harshnes and dryness of a solid state.
But it's closer to the real sound than the tube amp.
It's more natural. It adds less than what transistor remove 
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oliverstoned
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Posted: September 13 2005 at 14:07 |
MikeEnRegalia wrote:
I'd like to hear Devin Townsend - Terria on a big tube amp ... |
It's the only prog album you think about?
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oliverstoned
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Posted: September 13 2005 at 14:06 |
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Like the one up i found, featuring a Pass labs solid state amp in the middle.
Here's the man's setup (all is not bad):
Pass Labs X-350 Power Amp
Martin Logan Prodigy Speaker System
Threshold T-2 Pre amp
PS Audio Lamda II Special CD Transport
PS Audio Ultra Link II D/A Converter
Chang Lightspeed CLS 6400 Powerline filtering
Monster Sigma II Speaker cabling
Cardas Cross interconnect cabling
Room Tunes wall treatment
Goldmund cones
Shakti Stones
(2) separate dedicated AC lines
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: September 13 2005 at 14:05 |
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I'd like to hear Devin Townsend - Terria on a big tube amp ...
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oliverstoned
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Posted: September 13 2005 at 14:03 |
Yes, but they loose music by thinking like that.
I've heard very high end systems without tube...it's a joke compared to a little system with tube, in term of musicality.And only music matters. You hear much more things with the tube !
A very big system without tubes in the highs is a joke!
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: September 13 2005 at 13:53 |
oliverstoned wrote:
yes! the tube sound adds matter, weight, softness, precense, richness and fineness, etc...
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Yes ... the tube ADDS something to the sound. And that is what annoys some people. There are purists who want an extremely linear amp. But I'm not one of them ...
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oliverstoned
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Posted: September 13 2005 at 13:51 |
yes! the tube sound adds matter, weight, softness, precense, richness and fineness, etc...
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: September 13 2005 at 13:46 |
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Of course the price of the flexibility is the use of digital modelling. But especially in this device I like the mix of digital and analog circuits. It really has the warmth of a tube power amp.
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oliverstoned
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Posted: September 13 2005 at 13:44 |
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Technology has evolved in the field of guitar amps..
I'm impressed by the "programming pedals"!
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: September 13 2005 at 13:43 |
The amp uses digital modelling for the effects, guitar preamp simulation etc., and then routes the signal to the valve circuit which does the power amp simulation.
The pedals are freely assignable to the effects - wah, distortion, volume, modulation ... you name it.
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oliverstoned
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Posted: September 13 2005 at 13:40 |
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Great!
are there pedals that i see?
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: September 13 2005 at 13:39 |
That's the complete amp ... in the form of a floorboard, with a speaker simulation circuit using a modified tube. (don't worry, it's analog)
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oliverstoned
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Posted: September 13 2005 at 13:36 |
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It's EL34 actually. For the little i don't know.
Of course,like for the rest, there are differnt tubes which sounds different.
Let's see a bigger picture of your amp?
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: September 13 2005 at 13:18 |
Here's the only tube I own: Inside my guitar amp.
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: September 13 2005 at 13:16 |
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I guess the little ones are 12ax7 preamp tubes and the big ones are EL83 ...
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Posted: September 13 2005 at 13:15 |
My one is on repair for the moment 
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Posted: September 13 2005 at 13:14 |
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With an intensive use (several hours of listening par day), you have to change the four big power tubes every 5 years. They cost about 30€ each; So it's make 120€.
The little ones have to be changed every ten years and cost about the same.
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Posted: September 13 2005 at 13:12 |
This amp has changed my life. 
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