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Progress Not Perfection.
Sep 2, 2004
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Vancouver, BC Canada
#1
So let me get this straight...

The LMTube has alot of features that the LMII does not including...

Pre/Post switch, ground lift for the DI, DI level control, mute switch and a change in the EQ points (definitely for the better... love that the low is now set at 60hz). Of course, it also has the tube which can be blended and even omitted.

Also, it has the class a/b poweramp. So essentially it will sound exactly like an LMII with the tube blend set at zero?

AND... its essentially now a two channel amp since you can now plug in a 1/4" into the updated XLR.

AND... it looks much better. Less orange, more black!

All this and it will only be about $100 more than the LMII/LMIII?

If all this is true, I'm buying. :bassist:


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#2
Yeah I have to admit, of all of MB's offerings so far, this is the one that has made me sit up and take the most notice. Not that there was anything particularly wrong with the others, but this one (at least on paper) is just so right.
 
#10
Looks like a winner.
Pull to mute?
May as well just turn it all the way down; like the idea of NOT touching control knobs to mute.
Like it would have killed them to add another push switch?
I know picky, picky.
Here's to hoping for killer tone.
 
#11
Jim C said:
Looks like a winner.
Pull to mute?
May as well just turn it all the way down; like the idea of NOT touching control knobs to mute.
Like it would have killed them to add another push switch?
I know picky, picky.
Here's to hoping for killer tone.
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Well, the hope would be that the mute switch also affects the DI, which I'm assuming wouldn't be off when the master was down all the way.

the LMtube800 is very appealing...
 
#15
Bjazzman said:
so whats the difference between the lm tube and lm tube 800?
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Per the above, the LM800 and LMTube800 are class D amps versus the class A/B of the LMIII and LMTube.

Until we here them, it's hard to say what the difference in tone will be, since the LMII, the F1 and the SD800 all sound different enough that you would easily have a clear favorite.
 
#17
OshKoshJoash said:
right, which will result in inherent tonal differences.

depending on how the LMTube800 sounds though, if it sounds pretty close to the LMII and F1, then I'll definitely be picking one up!
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+1 The first thing I will try to evaluate and post up when mine arrives is to answer the question:

'Is it a super powerful LMTube, or is it an SD800 with a tube in a smaller box'? Either way, that will kill, but will IMO appeal to different players depending on the answer to that question.
 
#19
bongomania said:
I'd be very appreciative if you could also offer some comparisons to specific other tube preamps as a way of describing the flavor of the tube pre.
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I'll give it a shot. I thought I might get mine a touch earlier by putting in that pre order. However, it seems like mine will just show up when they all start to ship. Since Detroit is not on the 'first receive' list of GC's (things seem to lag here a bit), I assume there will be quite a few reviews by the time I weigh in.

As you can tell, I'm pretty pumped about the spec, so I hope it sounds cool! I'm thinking (and hoping) this might be the ultimate Bergantino AE410 head, since the SD800 sounded so darn good with that cab.
 

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