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Old August 1st, 2007, 04:23 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by woodman View Post
in my experience, it's easy to hear the tone-shaping qualities of preamp tubes in your living room, but the impact of power tubes is best experienced at gig volume onstage, in the mix ...
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For my use (home, practice, very small venue) I think it's definitely the preamp tubes, but I like what woodman has to say here. At blistering stage volumes, the power tubes probably take center stage, tone-wise.
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