Best All Tube Amp Head WITHOUT A Fan

[stiles72]

SLM era Ampeg V4BH, B-15R, or a vintage B15. None of those have fans...

 

[jackcheez]

I had been jonesing for a Ampeg V4 and just got to try one in a store here but the fan noise rules it out.

These V4-B's don't have fans. And they sound very nice.

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[edbass]

The C225 Reeves doesn't have a fan, and it's my understanding that the upcoming 400 watt amp won't either.
Either one is probably more than adequate for most living rooms.

 

[JimB52]

Total watts : 400
Total fans : 0

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[Andy L]

The Mesa Boogie 400/400+ fan can be switch.

I have just bought a 400 bassamp myself, can I run it without the fan and not damage it? Or does the tubes wear out quicker that way?

 

[jmpiwonka]

yeah i had a v4b that had no fan.
i have an svt-II that has a fan...the fan noise is very quiet though and the amp is dead quiet.

 

[Sifl]

None of you guys have fans! BWAHAHAHA!







...I don't either.

 

[cheezewiz]

Orange AD200B has no fan.

 

[coreyfyfe]

It would be easer to ask "What all tube amps have a fan"

+1 to this. Would be a fairly short list. And honestly, unless you're in the studio and need things to be silent/don't have a long enough speaker cable to get decent head/mic separation I doubt it would ever be an issue. That said, most amps you can probably turn off or at least disconnect the fan in the short term if not replace it with a quieter version.

 

[Tony_Bazil]

Traynor YBA-1 !

 

[seidler]

Fender 300 Pro. Awesome sounding amp, but unreliable for me.

 

[RickenTalker]

Ampeg V4. I don't even like ampeg to begin with, but this head kills everything else in comparison. I got mine for only $200 too xD It just needed some new tubes and some minor fixes.

 

[brndn123]

Fender 300 Pro. Awesome sounding amp, but unreliable for me.

+1

...but you lost me on the "unreliable" bit

 

[Alex1984]

DEFINITELY NOT the Ampeg V4/V4B. Because I'M A HUGE FAN!

But seriously, the V4 and V4B have won a LOT of people over.

 

[sirpug]

Peavey VB-2

 

[johnk_10]

[DEL]FAN(s)[/DEL]

 

[JimmyM]

People in this day and age are still worked up about amp fans? Sheesh! They're so quiet now that you've really got to be...um...really picky to care about them at all.

 

[Stephen]

People in this day and age are still worked up about amp fans? Sheesh! They're so quiet now that you've really got to be...um...really picky to care about them at all.

Funny how threads live on. I went through a bunch of amps looking for " the " sound for me. Sunn/Ampeg/Traynor. All Killer amps !!!

Turns out I am a hybrid guy. My Hughes and Kettner BATT tube preamp into and through my TC RH 450 head is the bomb for me. Also have a GB Streamliner 600.

Reason I was concerned about the fan is that I really want to enjoy my sound in my living room sitting two feet away from my rig WITHOUT having to hear a fan.

 

[JimmyM]

I never check the dates on these threads. I see new posts and I figure they're new.

 

[Stephen]

I was just referencing why I was concerned about a fan.