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Just one of the reasons I'm not wild about Mesa's. Here is a (copy and pasted) quote from one of their owner's manuals:
This entire paragraph is complete and utter bullshit. The problems are real, but they are decidedly NOT "normal." They are a result of bad design practice and money saving steps in the manufacturing process. Some of these issues could be easily solved by simply using shielded cable inside the amp. Others could be solved by using a larger chassis and cabinet. The rest are issues of poor layout. Why would you want to pay that much money for an amp that doesn't work? And worse, an amp which is DESIGNED not to work!
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...CAUTION When turning up the Master and/or Lead Master and playing quite loudly, you should expect to reduce the Volume and possibly the Treble and/or Presence. Otherwise, you may push the 12AX7 preamp tubes beyond
their reasonable range, and noise, feedback or ringing may occur. This is normal, however; it does not indicate a malfunction in the amplifier. ...(hyperbole snip)... But you cannot run both the Volume and the Masters wide open at the same time without encountering feedback...
This entire paragraph is complete and utter bullshit. The problems are real, but they are decidedly NOT "normal." They are a result of bad design practice and money saving steps in the manufacturing process. Some of these issues could be easily solved by simply using shielded cable inside the amp. Others could be solved by using a larger chassis and cabinet. The rest are issues of poor layout. Why would you want to pay that much money for an amp that doesn't work? And worse, an amp which is DESIGNED not to work!
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"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi