[Drake] Tubes???

[Randy]

Well James,
  In some ways its hard to explain.But seeing I'm a old picker from 
Nashville ill put it like this,Back in the days of rec. in studios some of 
the most mellow sounds came from the old tube amps with the guitar and steel 
guitars,bass,ect. as well.The solid state amps were missing the warm sound 
and also the many different sounds you could imagine up on stage and in a 
rec. session.That's why most pickers in the rec. studios still use tube 
amps.This was also true in the HI-FI Ind. as well,and they have never been 
gone from that market at all.Most all you high-fi, true music buffs as well 
as pros still use tube amps.,Tech. has even made them sound better over the 
years.
  When such mfg. as fender,peavey and many other switched to solid state the 
music pickers went bonkers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WERE THE SOFT SOUND AND THE 
GLOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Soon after a few years a company started making a 
outboard tube pre-amp to use with the solid state amps.Well to say the least 
they got rich fast and made a fortune. Now guess who has gone back to making 
tube amps? You guessed it,all major amp. mfg. for musical gear.Its funny how 
tech. seems to come back around.Fender has a full line of tube amps again as 
well as most of them.Hope the helps with some type of explanation.
Randy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Barrie" <barrie at cinci.rr.com>
To: "Drake Listserver ( QTH.NET )" <drake at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Drake] Tubes???


>I have yet to have anyone tell me what "warm sound of tubes" really  sounds 
>like ...
> Is  it the muffled, muddy sounds that were typical of the time? You 
> know... poor dynamic range....
> Or is it  just someone making up hype to move tubes that they were 
> otherwise stuck with?
> And did they go on to found Monster Cable?
>  LOL
> Jim
> WA8SDF
>
> On Dec 5, 2007, at 5:14 PM, k6xyz wrote:
>
> You are only half right.....yes , the phools have kited the prices and 
> any
> one of these tubes will work well in amateur service....however, there  is 
> a
> big, big difference in sound once you start to play music through them. 
> Some
> tube brands are no good at all for music....some are excellent.
> That's a fact.
>
> Regards
>
> Dave Harmon
> CCA 97-535
> K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
> Sperry, Ok.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: drake-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:drake-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of Glen Zook
> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 1:21 PM
> To: Dan Bolander; drake at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Drake] Tubes???
>
> The audiophools have gone "ape" over the 12AX7 tubes
> and they run all over the place in prices due to their
> "desirablility" to those persons.
>
> Frankly, the cheapest 12AX7 should work just as well
> as the most expensive, especially in any amateur radio
> unit.  If you want my opinion, like 99.999% of the
> audiophools cannot really tell the difference in the
> performance between any of the 12AX7 tubes.  It is
> just that they have been "told" that one brand is
> better than another or that one element configuration
> is better than another.
>
> Glen, K9STH
>
>
> --- Dan Bolander <wb9tyt at cybrzn.com> wrote:
>
> I went to "TubeDepot site and checked the prices of
> all the tubes in the R4B and got a shock when I looked
> at the selection and prices for a 12AX7!!! There must
> be about 15 or more different prices. My question is,
> which tube is the best one for this application?? Most
> mention use in a guitar amp or some other amplifier..
>
> What say, which one is the right one and where might
> be the best place to get these tubes???
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Glen, K9STH
>
> Website:  http://k9sth.com
>
>
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