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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:45:33 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:48:42 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall, Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald
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Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
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...is unlikely to have this toy:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/9836/


Only $1589.



This geek much prefers this ....

(new release of classic, 1965 twin .... 100% vacuum tube powered)

http://www.eisboch.com/65twin.jpg

Eisboch

I wondered why this was not done earlier.

Do the "experts" say this sounds the same as the 1965 version?


I don't know. Sounds the same to me, but I am no expert.
It has not been redesigned. Just re-released as a product. Same
cabinet
design, same Jensen "special" speakers, same tube pre-amps, reverb
drivers
and 6L6 output stage.

I have another, solid state Fender "Stage 1000" that has digital signal
processing, etc. Sounds ok, but not like the tube twin.
There isn't a chip, processor or digital circuit in it.

Eisboch



Does it have the original tube rectifier, or the later replacement?


Hold on .... I'll check ....

Must be a solid state (brick) rectifier. It has 10 tubes total .... (4)
6L6's, (2) 12AT7's, (4) 12AX7's.

Ah - now you ruined it.

Solid state - bleeeech.... :)

What does a full wave, solid state bridge recifier have to do with the sound
of the preamps and power amps?
All it does is supply clean B+ and bias voltages to the grids? I'll bet
the solids are cleaner, DC wise, than the tubes.

Eisboch