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Old School vs. New School Amplification
- Thread starter jazztonebass
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Here is a master of touch sensitivity at work. 
Notice the silverface Twin Reverb he's using in this, the antithesis of a small Class A guitar amp.
Notice the silverface Twin Reverb he's using in this, the antithesis of a small Class A guitar amp. 
I have played a tube amp at the point of break up. I do that regularly. You will notice the difference between two different tube amps too.
The point is touch sensitivity isnt exclusive to tube amps, let alone class A.
The ones with lumps, and the ones that are so sour they sting your nose.... those should be avoided.
So... maybe this is a silly question, but how is a signal that goes through a digital wireless, THEN through a custom super awesome handbuilt tube amp affected in all this?
Is it still a sweet "airy" sound?.. or is it fake cuz of the digital wireless?..
Just curious.thanks
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Is it still a sweet "airy" sound?.. or is it fake cuz of the digital wireless?..
Just curious.thanks
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I dont think that is the point he was trying to make Jimmy.
More so pointing out that some people would have us believe that there is such a significant signal loss in any amp with a PCB, or not implementing class A, that something like a wireless system might is an outright damnable offense.
From talk in other circles going wireless tends to thin the signal a bit.
Of course tripping over a guitar can thin your signal drastically!
It would be interesting to see if there's any measurable latency affecting the immediacy of the response in the amp pre section to the player's touch,
Or if the wireless device does or does not add a processed edge to the signal ?????
Then how much the signal run from the stage to the FOH affects the response.
You can get away with a whole lot of stuff going live that just wouldn't cut it in the studio.
You can also capture a band live through the FOH and get spectacular results.
By the time the signal gets processes through a gazillion watts of PA system, its a crap shoot!
Of course tripping over a guitar can thin your signal drastically!
It would be interesting to see if there's any measurable latency affecting the immediacy of the response in the amp pre section to the player's touch,
Or if the wireless device does or does not add a processed edge to the signal ?????
Then how much the signal run from the stage to the FOH affects the response.
You can get away with a whole lot of stuff going live that just wouldn't cut it in the studio.
You can also capture a band live through the FOH and get spectacular results.
By the time the signal gets processes through a gazillion watts of PA system, its a crap shoot!
So... maybe this is a silly question, but how is a signal that goes through a digital wireless, THEN through a custom super awesome handbuilt tube amp affected in all this?
Is it still a sweet "airy" sound?.. or is it fake cuz of the digital wireless?..
Just curious.thanks
.
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No, but I think Bassdirty was referring to the stated argument that because the switching amp did some square wavey things to the signal that it had lost information inherent in the original and which therefore could not be recovered. I'm going to have to side with Nyquist and Shannon on that one and disagree.
-- bb
Thanks, That was exactly the point.
And I am curious now (after some of the points givien in this thread) , if a signal (taken apart, and put back together) via digital wireless, then through a tuber, would be considered "still better" or "more natural"/ "airy" so to speak, than going DIRECTLY through a cord into a "class D" amp.
oops..looks like you guys were addressing it while I was still figureing out how to re phrase the question.
Thanks
Jimmy,
According to some, you have huge degradations to the sound of both your SVT's because they use PCB's and are not hand wired point to point. Oh also, they are not class A, so they have huge losses in fidelity.
If you are not running through the original class A sound desk used in motown recording studios, then your rig sucks. /sarcasm
Oh, well I guess I better quit using them.Jimmy,
According to some, you have huge degradations to the sound of both your SVT's because they use PCB's and are not hand wired point to point. Oh also, they are not class A, so they have huge losses in fidelity.
BWAHAHAHAHA!!!
Sure am going to miss pointless discussions like these while I'm sailing the western Caribbean all next week
