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Originally Posted by woomanmoomin  Tubes can do all sorts of stuff. Depends on the gear, the tubes, the particular level of distortion/compression, etc. A lot of this is flexible, according to the wishes of the musician/engineer. Stick some Siemens ECC83 pre-amp valves and Siemens EL34s in a guitar amp that will accommodate them, bias the amp to match the tube levels up, and you can get a notoriously clear, spanky response due to lots of fast, dynamic compression. Stick some warm-sounding old Sylvania 12AX7s or even some lower-gain 5751s in instead of the Siemens ECC83s and it's already a very different tone. And a Fender Twin is probably never going to sound like a Mesa-Boogie Triple Rectifier or whatever. Completely depends. Same basically goes for rack gear, tube mics, etc.
A mic like a K2, for instance, doesn't have that much of a thick valvey tone even though there's a 6922 valve inside. Mind you, you can play around with valve selection and fine-tune the mic's characteristics. Anyway, from what I've read, something like an ADK A-48 probably has a much more 'vintage' tubey tone.
Whatever. The main thing is, more tube does not mean less impact. Otherwise rock 'n' roll would probably never have happened. |
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the mdp1 input tubes are (2) ECC83 & 12AX7A's, the output tubes are (2) 6922 / 6DJ8
plugged into the MDP1 my NTK sounds incredible compared to how it sounded through the mic pre on the FF800 - especially riding the mdp1 gain and attenuating through the output - its sweeter / richer / creamier - next i'll try out the U195 and look forward to the e251c.
anyone on here have the MDP1 - version B or C? if yes - do you prefer using the custom wound transormers for vocals?