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dave_mc

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« Reply #15 on: January 18, 2006, 08:54:41 PM »
Quote from: Ratrod
Many so called 'all tube' amps have a solid state rectifier. Oh well, as long as it sounds good.


yeah, most modern, high gain all-tube amps have ss rectification. things like vox ac30's have tube rectos...

And, yeah, feline, i think doubling the volume means (approximately) multiplying the wattage by 10.

EDIT: my savage se has a half power switch (switches from pentode to triode operation), and it's definitely not "twice" as loud in full power mode- it's "perceptibly" louder...
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« Reply #16 on: January 18, 2006, 09:55:17 PM »
My god, what a fool ive been.
I was once a "hormonal weenie" when it comes to amps, but now i have been enlightened. I didnt think 65w was loud enough for gigging....but now im just so happy.
Hoorah!!!
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tewboss

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« Reply #17 on: January 18, 2006, 09:56:28 PM »
anyway you can always mic an amp
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« Reply #18 on: January 18, 2006, 10:04:28 PM »
me exactly same as tmhh (too much hiphop) lol.

what amp do you have tmhh?? i cant think of many amps with 65watts apart from my crate gt65..
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« Reply #19 on: January 19, 2006, 12:56:12 AM »
Quote from: FELINEGUITARS
I always thought that a 10W amp was half as loud as a 100W amp due to the non linear thing.


I think thatīs correct too...
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sambo

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« Reply #20 on: January 19, 2006, 08:19:46 AM »
yer a 10 watt amp is half as loud as a 100watt.
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« Reply #21 on: January 19, 2006, 11:58:20 AM »
Quote from: FELINEGUITARS
I always thought that a 10W amp was half as loud as a 100W amp due to the non linear thing.


Yep - 10dB rule...10-100w is 10dB, 50 to 100 is closer to 3dB
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« Reply #22 on: January 19, 2006, 06:42:15 PM »
I run my 40w amp through a hot plate set to -8dB for normal gigging levels. Does this mean that an equivalent 10w amp with no attenuation would be louder (all other things being equal)?
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« Reply #23 on: January 19, 2006, 07:49:29 PM »
Jeez Ive been calculating the loss of a wifi signal through 2 stud walls, 2 windows and a 75 meter airgap.

Please allow me to escape such calculations

rob...
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« Reply #24 on: January 25, 2006, 04:08:15 PM »
3 db is double real normal hearing type percieved volume.

3.05db really, but hey, who really cares that much?
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