How to tell Starved plate tube products?

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sdelsolray said:
I'm not sure. I have a tube or "toob" preamp. I takes two rack spaces, but I guess that doesn't tell me whether it's starved plate or not. It has something called a soft start circuit where the thing gradually increases the voltage to the tubes for about 2 or 3 minutes. Then a blue light comes on and it's ready to go. It's supposed to make the tubes last longer. The manual says if the unit is racked it needs adequate ventilation - no units immediately above or below are allowed. It sounds pretty decent. It has a blue face plate with lotsa knobs and switches. It's made by Pendulum Audio. Is it starved plate or full rail voltage?
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That's one of the better preamps around, it's definitely not starved plate. I would expect it to sound better than "pretty decent"! :eek:
 
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Alright, then. Try this one.
 

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Bellari makes great distortion/OD boxes. They have just mislabelled them as preamps and compressors.
 
boingoman said:
Bellari makes great distortion/OD boxes. They have just mislabelled them as preamps and compressors.
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that's funny.

One said, variable voltage, maybe it was the Art gold rack thing. I think ARt said somewhere that the low voltage works well for some reason.
 
boingoman said:
Bellari makes great distortion/OD boxes. They have just mislabelled them as preamps and compressors.
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Apropos of nothing, I love your signature. It has it all, a gross overestimate of current, a complete misunderstanding of Ohm's Law, and a blissful, nay, negligently willful foolhardiness that just might result in trying it out :D
 
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