Posted by akhilesh [ 129.244.120.196 ] on June 22, 2004 at 13:08:20:
In Reply to: Re: Why does flawed vintage amp sound so good posted by akhilesh on June 22, 2004 at 13:04:17:
The old amps, like yours had a few critical parts right....mainly the transformers and resistors. They also used decent capacitors, and almost always used inductors, since cap technology was expensive.
This, alongwith not using the preamp section (meanng setting all tones & balance to zero) leads to a sweet sounding amp.
The way to upgrade from there: build anew amp with high quality transformers, chokes & caps! IT will probably sound a bit better.
But good vintage amps, like yours, Dave, will out perform most new tube amps, even if these cheap new amps have "few components".
-akhilesh
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