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Both of the originals I've worked on produced close to 450W at the point of clipping into a resistive load.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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It's quite remarkable how they managed to cock it up.
The first part of the solution is admitting you have a problem
Absolute cowboys, no idea how they manage to sustain their business, although they probably only need to sell one of everything to pay all the overheads and salaries for the year.
With CDs, part of the problem was mixing - listen to early CDs and they don't sound great. Later remasters often do - people were not understanding the tech and so the sound quality suffered. There is no reason a CD would have worse sound quality than a record - whether it sounds better is up to the listener
My phone streaming Spotify sounds great through my cheap Bluetooth headphones. It sounds much better when I borrow dad's fancy £250 Sony ones. They sound better than his more expensive still wired ones...
I don't think he'd be as backwards looking as most guitar players are.
But as Drew rightly says... lots of opinion masquerading as fact. There's no wrong or right - just what works for you.
We'll never know of course, it just irritates me that it seems to be internet gospel lore that Hendrix would not have.
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He certainly didn’t like his sound on stage, by all accounts - although the terrible monitoring of the time can’t have helped.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
It is the most powerful valve amp I’ve ever tested - but there are more powerful solid-state bass amps. 450W or more is actually not at all unusual - I have a 500W 1x10” bass combo that I think weighs less than one of the transformers in a Hiwatt 400...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I regulary go to watch a young band who use all Digital tech(modelling),they have 4 Vocals Lead & Rhythm Guitars & the Rhythm also doubles on Keys,they use a Roland V-Drum kit,so no backline(not even monitoring) all going through quite a decent PA system with a "modern" Digital Desk.
I get to watch them on 3 different venues & the sound is incredibly consistent & almost always better than us old tech old guys/bands playing the Same gigs( Pub/Club gigs).
As a for instance i watched them 2 weeks ago at a regular Venue & this week at the same gig i watched a "typical" old arse Band(like ours) with the usual array of valve guitar amps accoustic drums,all good quality gear & equally good if not better players,but the overall sound is not in the same league,IMHO.
I should just add that i'm an old arse Guitar player who uses Valve gear,but their approach to gigging/sound has really got me thinking about dragging myself & my band mates into the Digital Tech era,although i have no clue where to start.
As an aside in one of the posts someone mentioned Russ Andrews Hi Fi,it brought back a few good memories(& one bad one)of my trips up in Scotland as a hi-fi rep.
Please excuse the ramblings of an old man.
Ironically I feel the exact opposite about vintage guitars and I've happily lent out a very old Strat to someone who feels that way about guitars.. strange isn't it?
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