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RE: Penny wise

First, I had to switch to a passive crossover that I hadn't used in three years, at the same time I put in these amps. To much changed at once to know to much what is going on. I will have to save this subject for later.

I will swap some amps, so I can get a handle on what's going on.

My initial impression is that the low gain amp is fairly loud at 12:00. You can push it to 1 to 1:30, and it still sound good. At 2:00 it goes into distortion. If you permit me a colloquial term, compressed. And not that loud either.

With a 12AT7 your ears would bleed before you ever heard any distortion or compression.

Thanks for giving me the excuse to crank the system. The Steely Dan was sounding good loud. Electric guitars sound wicked to me on good horn speakers.

Jamie

Big speakers and little amps blew my mind!


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