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wow....tube amps........wow...

tube amps! they look sexy... can someone tell me a little about them?

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Originally posted by Rememberence_ tube amps! they look sexy... can someone tell me a little about them?

can't remember much from my studies, but normal power amps are made from capacitors, which while cheaper, more efficient, and less likely to blow then tube amps, dun have the warmth and fullness of tube amps. tube amps conduct the flow of the electric signal whereas power amps just kind of pass it along. if u were to make an analogy, it'd be that tube amps have a more analog sound, whereas power amps have a more digital sound. i can't remember the details as to why this is, but if u really want, i'll look it up in my notes.

tube amps are a thing of the past tho, most companies don't make them anymore, unless they are for audiophiles who are willing to shell out the insane amt of money that they cost.

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Originally posted by djdawn here's mine. everything on less than one square-meter. I know it looks awkward

My hats off to DJ Dawn for spinning flawless mixes (I listen to your mixes) in less than ideal conditions. I still marvel at your ingenuity.

Cheers!

where can i find dj dawns sets?? i hear so much about how good he/she is

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Originally posted by DjJade where can i find dj dawns sets?? i hear so much about how good he/she is

dj dawn is a he, i made that mistake as well.

while we are on the subject, are you a he as well? just curious, i know a girl named jade. it's so dumd how the profile has no setting for your gender. anyway, girl or guy, i gotta say DAMN, that is one sweet setup you got:



is that a tube amp for each speaker? what sort of speakers are they?
does the sub have it's own amp?

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Originally posted by DJ Dawn and just how would that make my mixes any better?

It wouldn't, your mixes are already flawless. Shame the music isn't cutting it for ya anymore. You are my favorite DJ and I always waited (impatiently) for your mixes. Oh well, I am sure you will be back.

well i am a He : P dj Jade from my first name Somjade but people call me by my middle name, jay. yes thats a tube amp for each speaker. they are single ended triodes, 10 watts each. the speaker are klipsch RB-5II and the sub is the RSW-12. has its own 2400 watt amplifier... yes i know its a bit much and i have ti turned down alot. i got it thinking that i would upgrade the bookshelfs to floorstanding speakers one day so...yeah. the whole set sounds great though. my problem is that i was into audiophile equipment and speakers...and my amps before i started spinning so no i have to satisfy my dj side and my audiophile side...hence the nice equipment. thansk for the compliments : )

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Originally posted by DjJade well i am a He : P dj Jade from my first name Somjade but people call me by my middle name, jay. yes thats a tube amp for each speaker. they are single ended triodes, 10 watts each. the speaker are klipsch RB-5II and the sub is the RSW-12. has its own 2400 watt amplifier... yes i know its a bit much and i have ti turned down alot.

yeah, i thought they looked like klipsch, those must sound great. I assume you must have meant 100 watts for the bookshelfs, not 10 though right? and a 2400 watt sub, that's huge man, you could do structural damage to your house with that!

no i meant 10 watts... its really not as little as you think especially becusae the drivers are rated at 96db sensitivity. yeah 2400 watts is a rediculous amount... a bit to much for now until my next upgrade which will be far in the future. i just dont like buying anything that i know i will throw away.

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Originally posted by blighty Hi all, My little setup: My 2 technics 1200 decks, a Behringer DX500 mixer and a Gemini CDJ-20 (not in pic) Greetings, Blighty

I have the same mixer...

i have that same record ; )

yeah, that's obvious from your setup! (that you don't buy crap)

wow.. 10 watts really doesn't sound like much. My Kenwoods are 100Watts i think, and my amp puts out 80/channel, and it isn't enough for me(although still pretty damn loud)

I suppose because yours are so efficent, and they don't have to take the bass, they can be a lot lower wattage and still be loud. Do you have a crossover to control that?

here's my setup BTW, i plan on adding a 15" powered sub soon to augment the bass i get out of the 10" on my 3way kenwoods.




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lol you must really like your bass. im not much of a bass person even though my 12 puts out plenty of it...enough to make people compllain from upstairs, downstairs, and outside lol

theres a crossover built into the sub, so i can either take the rca output from the mixer to the sub that crosses over the frequencies to the amps for the speakers... or i have an audigy card so that has a crossover for the separate channels so i can throw the output of the mixer into the computer that separates the channels to the sub and speakers... right now i have it going through the sub to keep things simple.

how can you mix sitting down? what do you mix... the only thing i can think of that i would be able to mix sitting down is like...progressive or soemthing.

yeah, sweet, that's the kind of sub i want to get. a 12" might do it i suppose.. I loves my bass that's right! even with just my two 10s, i knock pictures off the wall, and my neighbours complain every night.

here's the speakers, they aren't too big, but they are in good condition for their age (about 5 years old at least)


I also have another stereo set up with my computer for mp3 mixing:


I spin trance, sometimes delving deeper into progressive and even some house, and sometimes going up into hard trance and even hard house.

and no, i don't sit while mixing, that chair was just there for me to stand on while i took the first picture!

amazing set ups!

this is my setup.. tell me what u think!

that's mine
I need a new mixer...

Damn you and your technics!!@3!

i Hope all your motors just DIE!@#!
no im jking that would kill me too but still !

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Originally posted by b i n k u n can't remember much from my studies, but normal power amps are made from capacitors, which while cheaper, more efficient, and less likely to blow then tube amps, dun have the warmth and fullness of tube amps. tube amps conduct the flow of the electric signal whereas power amps just kind of pass it along. if u were to make an analogy, it'd be that tube amps have a more analog sound, whereas power amps have a more digital sound. i can't remember the details as to why this is, but if u really want, i'll look it up in my notes. tube amps are a thing of the past tho, most companies don't make them anymore, unless they are for audiophiles who are willing to shell out the insane amt of money that they cost.

Dude Tubes RULE!!! Capacitors only replicate the output current stage of Vacuum tubes. There are not alot of Solid State amplifiers that sound as good. Nothing will beet the massive transformers and current required.

Do you know why you must have the speakers connected at all times when the amp is ON???

I heard a statement before go like

"How many good Solid State Amplifiers claim to have " replicated" that awesome Tube Classe A sound????"

"How many Tube amps claim to have replicated that awesome solid state sound"??

Got 2 Solid State and 1 Tube Amp. I only use my tube (or valve in U.K.) amp on rare occataions because
#1 Its expensive to run, twelve tubes ain't cheap.
#2 Finicky sounding (now if you own one you know) they seem to have "Bad " days on occasion.
#3 Take good hour to get warm enough for high output(not to be confused with practice volumes) or it decrease tube life.
#4 Bias has to be matched with evey tube change or swap.
#5 Really inefficient and use lots of wall power!!!
#6 Always babysit them, you somtimes get overheated cathode An. or pent plates(in the tube(s) AND most larger wattage tube amps create enough juice to really S.H.O.K.K. you dead!! No SHIT
#7 Hard to find true "stereo" ones, to get the most requires two "mono" blocks" oh what a shame, Silver 7's pictures come to my mind!! as I dream till that day arrives!!!
#8 You gotta use GOOD Wires or There just damn Noisey if you don't. This type REALLY Picks up interference and Harmonic(s)and unless everthing connected is "studio quality" be prepared for anger managment, steel toe boots not ALLOWED
#9 It takes less time to format you computer and install 20 progs than to fine tune the sound
#9 THE SOUND IS Worth more than everything and every red cent listed above and more!!!! Tube amps ReALLY MAKE a difference. Tubes produce tones, harmonics and highlites NOT ACHIEVABLE by MOSFET's PERIOD. .Plus the Idea of massive amounts of electrons being digested by each tube in the amp is kinda cool.

Vacuum Tubes sound WAY BETTER!!!!

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Originally posted by b i n k u n can't remember much from my studies, but normal power amps are made from capacitors, which while cheaper, more efficient, and less likely to blow then tube amps, dun have the warmth and fullness of tube amps. tube amps conduct the flow of the electric signal whereas power amps just kind of pass it along. if u were to make an analogy, it'd be that tube amps have a more analog sound, whereas power amps have a more digital sound. i can't remember the details as to why this is, but if u really want, i'll look it up in my notes. tube amps are a thing of the past tho, most companies don't make them anymore, unless they are for audiophiles who are willing to shell out the insane amt of money that they cost.

Dude Tubes RULE!!! Capacitors only replicate the output current stage of Vacuum tubes. There are not alot of Solid State amplifiers that sound as good. Nothing will beet the massive transformers and current required.

Do you know why you must have the speakers connected at all times when the amp is ON???

I heard a statement before go like

"How many good Solid State Amplifiers claim to have " replicated" that awesome Tube Classe A sound????"

"How many Tube amps claim to have replicated that awesome solid state sound"??

Got 2 Solid State and 1 Tube Amp. I only use my tube (or valve in U.K.) amp on rare occataions because
#1 Its expensive to run, twelve tubes ain't cheap.
#2 Finicky sounding (now if you own one you know) they seem to have "Bad " days on occasion.
#3 Take good hour to get warm enough for high output(not to be confused with practice volumes) or it decrease tube life.
#4 Bias has to be matched with evey tube change or swap.
#5 Really inefficient and use lots of wall power!!!
#6 Always babysit them, you somtimes get overheated cathode An. or pent plates(in the tube(s) AND most larger wattage tube amps create enough juice to really S.H.O.K.K. you dead!! No SHIT
#7 Hard to find true "stereo" ones, to get the most requires two "mono" blocks" oh what a shame, Silver 7's pictures come to my mind!! as I dream till that day arrives!!!
#8 You gotta use GOOD Wires or There just damn Noisey if you don't. This type REALLY Picks up interference and Harmonic(s)and unless everthing connected is "studio quality" be prepared for anger managment, steel toe boots not ALLOWED
#9 It takes less time to format you computer and install 20 progs than to fine tune the sound
#10 THE SOUND IS WAY Worth more than everything and every red cent listed above and more!!!! Tube amps ReALLY MAKE a difference. Tubes produce tones, harmonics and highlites NOT ACHIEVABLE by MOSFET's PERIOD. .Plus the Idea of massive amounts of electrons being digested by each tube in the amp is kinda cool.

Vacuum Tubes sound WAY BETTER!!!! and I have Stellar Audiphile grade amps with FET's that are considered to be members of the family

twice even..

Greener, you have any pics of your setup? I'd like to see it.

(I'm just 15 by the way..)

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Originally posted by Jellow (I'm just 15 by the way..)

nice setup man, im 15 aswell and i have some cheapass ttz etc aswell, but they do fine, don`t they?

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Originally posted by mantisnl nice setup man, im 15 aswell and i have some cheapass ttz etc aswell, but they do fine, don`t they?

The one on the left is a JB-Systems Q30,doesnt feel much different as technics
It has the same design,and also quite a strong motor,so I like it

The one in the right is a Technics SL-D3,I only use it for intros or if I really need to play another record..cuz it has a Pitch-WHEEL and the torque is like..well..my hamster would give more power

The CD deck is great by the way

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