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The "real" tube sound comes from the interaction between the output tubes, the transformer and the speaker(s). In other words, hybrid amps don't quite make it for the purist: for the rest of us they're ok. Your idea is really just extending the tubed preamp configuration; it ain't an output...

Thanks... I don't know the name, though. Do you have a link or other contact details?

I enjoyed this hugely - I want more of it! Seriously, it does feel to me as if it should go on for longer. More sections, we need more sections. The booing reminds me of an Adrian Belew track: Adidas in Heat, I think it was, where he plays this blinding solo which is booed by the entire studio...

Hey, thanks for the stars, 'though I'd rather get them for merit, not pity. No, hang on, pity will do just fine. :) Sorry to hear about your troubles with MP3.com, that's the first time I've been made aware of that. Needless to say it works fine for me and I've never had to re-register, just...

Roger used to use a little Pignose practice amp, didn't he? Those little amps are packed full of natural compression...

It would be rude of me to hang out here without giving everyone the opportunity of hearing what I sound like. But remember, nobody made you listen. :D http://www.mp3.com/PeterMaydew/ --- Edit --- If you want help deciding which one to listen to first, Johnny Echo is the 35th most popular...

As I get nearer to the "pipe and slippers" time of my life, my nylon string technique (if I can call it a technique) seems to be taking precedence over all the others. However I still want to make a racket with effects and things; I want to sit in front of my PC without worrying about monitor...

Thanks for the welcome, Wil... I guess I should have used the search function first... My real question was about the possibility of newer tapes being "infected", and having read through those links, the answer seems to be yes. :( On the other hand, I have Scotch and Agfa tapes going back to...

Some of you with collections of old reel-to-reel tapes may have already come across this problem, and some may even know the solution. Apparently Ampex messed up their binder formulation in the mid to late seventies, the result being that it absorbs moisture over time eventually rendering the...

I successfully mastered a CD using a reasonable quality (Sony) VCR with hi-fi sound. It turned out to have a better signal-to-noise than my Tascam two-track, although I suspect that NICAM stereo introduces some artifacts - but it worked for me, and I was happy with the results. Mine had no...