Do valve amps sound better?
“A moderately overdriven valve amp produces strong even harmonics, which add a sweetening complexity to a sound,” he said. In addition, valve amps give musicians more options – thanks to the physics of how valves work. If you overdrive push a little, only the top of the sound wave is flattened.
Are valve amps louder than solid state?
Yes, valve amps often are louder than solid state amps. As an example, we could take a Marshall MG30 (30W) and a Vox AC30 (30W) and compare the two. There’s no question at all that the Vox will sound significantly louder to any objective listener.
Why do tube guitar amps sound better?
Tube amplifiers sound better because of the euphonic distortions they add to the music, as well as plenty of other reasons I’ll cover below. The ways that tubes distort when pushed to the edge are much more musical than the artificial sounds that come from transistor amplifiers when overdriven.
What makes an amplifier so heavy?
Guitar amps are heavy due to speaker magnets, power and output transformers, and metal chassis and wooden cabinets. Yep, those few items literally wreak havoc on your back before you can even get plugged in and tuned up.
Are tube guitar amps obsolete?
Guitar amps are not becoming obsolete. First, software programs are still not viable enough to provide a worthy replacement for guitar amps, especially for live playing. Second, good quality guitar amps still sound better than any computer software.
How many watts is a KT88 tube amp?
The kits are available in two versions, KT77 rated at 15 watts and KT88 rated at 25 watts which I decided to try. The monoblock tube amp kits arrived about two weeks after placing the order in two double boxed packages, each package weighing about 6.4 kg (14 lbs.). The kits were well packaged and there was no damage to the contents.
What’s wrong with KT88 tubes?
The Gold Lion KT88 tubes worked fine, so it is not a basic property of the KT88 tube design itself. One area that always seems to cause problems is the phase of the feedback loop. In one orientation it will be “negative” and in the other it will be “positive”.
Are gold lion KT88 tubes any good?
The Gold Lion KT88 tubes worked fine, so it is not a basic property of the KT88 tube design itself. One area that always seems to cause problems is the phase of the feedback loop. In one orientation it will be “negative” and in the other it will be “positive”. Negative feedback stabilizes the gain and response of the amplifier.
What do you think about the KT88?
The KT88 version was able to deliver 24 watts of square waves from 20 Hz to past 10 kHz. They looked a lot like the ones at one Watt. This is as I have noted on several occasions a difficult to address topic. What I hear and like is almost certainly different from what someone else hears and likes. I like to be involved in the music.