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No speaker output. Definitely wish it did.
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09-23-2022 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by omphalopsychos
At first I was sorta wussy with the limiter: "I'm a great guitarist. Why would I want to limit any part of my playing?" But it's actually quite subtle and doesn't work exactly like a studio type limiter. In keeping with Pat's love of fly-speak, he says it works more like a hand on the throttle that doesn't do anything until things get a little hot, and then it's still not like a hard limit. Maybe more like a governor?
One thing to remember when comparing this to a TMTwin: the actual twin is a solid state rectifier. Not 'squishy' in the slightest. I like a bit of squishy. I like being able to dial in the right amount at any volume. And that's Quilter territory.
Guess I'm nothing more than a fanboy.... :-(
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Is a Superblock US like an Aviator Cub without a speaker? Controls and voices appear similar. Based on all the positive feedback I’m considering the Superblock US.
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It’s the same except it’s 25w instead of 50w. Depending on your use case that might be plenty. My friend who has one says it’s plenty for rehearsals with a loud drummer. He plays it through a 1x12 cab with an eminence ga sc64, which is a pretty efficient speaker.
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Originally Posted by omphalopsychos
I used my new SBUS for my Thursday night trio show this week. Driving the Toob 10, it was far more powerful than I needed in an almost full club with 60 seats in the main room, 20 or so at tables in the open dining area next to the stage, and a dozen seats at the bar. For comparison, I tried my Microblock there earlier this year driving the speaker in the CS PR, and it was about the same. The MB uses the same PS and is rated by Quilter at 45 watts.
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Originally Posted by nevershouldhavesoldit
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Omph,
While my preferred amplified jazz sound is the Polytone/Henriksen sound, I also like the Fender sound and still have a Fender in the arsenal (a 1964 Princeton). I tried a couple of the reissue Fenders and found that they did not sound like the originals. I did demo a couple of the Tonemasters and found that they too did not sound like the originals, nor the reissues. I much preferred the Twin Tonemaster to the Deluxe Tonemaster, but a 33 pound amp is a deal killer for me these days.
I spent some time with the Quilter amp you have awhile back and thought it to be too bright, but I would bet that with the Tone Tubby speaker, I would like it. It sounds like you have your solid state amp rig dialed in. That said, give the Tonemaster Twin a try. It might be the perfect match for your carved Gibson archtops. Or if weight is not a bother, get a vintage Blackface Twin with some nice vintage speakers.
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Originally Posted by nevershouldhavesoldit
Needless to point out that the "same speaker" assumption plays a major role here. 12" speakers typically range from 96 to 101 dB, i.e. the effect of doubling the input may be achievable through a speaker change. But the perceived loudness of a speaker is subjective and depends on how the ups and downs in its response curve match the frequencies where the human ear is at its most sensitive. My experience, for instance, is that a 12" Jensen Blackbird AlNiCo sounds louder than the 12" Tornado, despite a slighly lower sensitivity rating. I'm not audiophile enough to know how much individual differences and day-to-day variation influence the perception, and whether "hearing's sweet spot" moves with age.
Finally, on speaker break-in. I never hear it as my cabs tend to leave home as soon as ready and tested. Some pepole consider it humbug, others report sudden awakening, almost like coming to faith. My expert friends at Jensen say 30 hours is what it takes.
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Originally Posted by Gitterbug
A class D amp is between 85 and 95% efficient, so that 25W class D amp is drawing 32 watts at most from the power supply at its rated output. But the "available" 20+ extra watts of electrical power could be transformed into no more than about 15 to 18 watts of audio output power. So it could only add between 1 and 2 dB to the SPL from the same speaker even if it were all available instantaneously for peaks (which it is not). Unlike traditional power supplies in audio amplification, the SMPS has no serious capacitance to store and release that energy - so it's not available as it would be in a linear PS with storage capacitance.
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Originally Posted by omphalopsychos
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Originally Posted by Woody Sound
https://reverb.com/news/a-guide-to-b...ra-fender-amps
Plenty of Fender amps, the Deluxe included, didn't have a mid knob.
To be honest, if the Tonemaster amps are trully clones of the original Fenders, the mid knob is quite useless anyway. It's one of the most common mods on Fender amps, making the mid knob actually usable
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Originally Posted by omphalopsychos
Enharmonics
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