In Reply to: Are there any guidelines on which tubes, amps are less fatiguing? posted by robertd on October 23, 2009 at 18:47:49:
My experience is gain stage tubes seem to contribute to harsh tone or listener fatigue more so than other tubes. Also, the phase inverter (in push-pull amps) can have a big influence on the final tone. At least, if you have a good gain stage/inverter setup, sometimes you can get away with an average power tube. But, if the gain stage/inverter stage is not good, million $$$ power tubes won't compensate enough to make the tone pleasurable.
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- Fatigue factor - FenderLover 11:43:50 10/28/09 (3)
- RE: Fatigue factor - robertd 18:33:14 10/28/09 (2)
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- RE: Fatigue factor - FenderLover 00:18:24 10/29/09 (0)