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Did the loop test last night. I have a question for all of you who are trying it. Where are you setting the master when you try it? Here is why I ask. I have read for several years, that with the loop engaged, you need the channel volumes up round noon to sound their best. That means, my...

Boogie Board quote of the year!

+ 1... for the Ace as well.

I've never looked at mine. First time I open it up, I'll look for that.

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There is that! :P You saying you liked it better is what started my search for what it did. So I learned something about the amp when you were saying it sounded better with solo on. Hopefully what I posted the other night, and maybe a little in future findings will allow us both to get the...

I think that's why it's so cool (for me) to talk this stuff out with some of you guys. I've always been interested in this amp, and in years of reading about it, I've read some things about the Mark V that were just plain wrong. Some negative things I've read, I had figured out when I'd had...

Indeed!

Wow, that sounds great D! Is that the settings you were telling me about the other day?

Ok, I didn't know which was the correct schematic and thought it was being said that the real one had some filtering that cause a frequency shift with the solo knob, which could account for why some think it sounds better. My test just confirmed that all the way off, where it isn't boosting...

So, my results were incomplete. Off, NO effect, but on, it does more than just a flat boost. There is some frequency shift or boost other than a flat level increase...

Ok, I've got a test for you guys. After seeing that schematic, I figured out what IMHO is a fair way to compare solo mode on vs off. It's not setting the Solo level lower than that master, because it still boosts volume at anything other than all the way off. So tonight, I tested all three...

That schematic is pulled from the limited edition "Mark V-oodoo" :mrgreen:

Ok, I only played the V25 last night, but I'll definitely check these things out right away. Glad we are discussing this as there is a lot to learn on this amp. I settled into a mode of going weeks where all three channels were on 45 watt mode and variac power. And every tone I dial up is...

D, I wasn't criticizing your method or findings, I was just trying to say what would make the A/B-ing more fair. I read and re-read the manual on the loop, loop volume, master etc., and read all the comments here about keeping channel volumes at or above noon when using the master. That DID...

DLP, regarding the loop. Disengaging it removes gain stages, but also removes the master volume. Well DUH, right? No, you have to think about that when you say it adds extra OOOMPH by disengaging it. I read early on that you needed to keep individual channel masters near noon or above to...

IF what I heard was true, it could just be either a different volume pot value, or simply tolerance variances in one and the other. Almost sure there is no additional gain staging it's just swapping one volume control for the other. That said, the regular master doesn't work unless the loop is...

p.s. Wow! Those crunch settings are... well, maybe I'll try them tonight. You said it was ice pick before and you have P and T cranked now and it's not? That's a lot of treble! LOL (I'm playing through V30s though, but Mesa version which are the best/least ice picky!). I've toyed with...

I thought solo was just a second master... meaning it's no different than turning up the regular master. If what I read was correctly it is nothing but a second master where when you kick the solo on, it bypasses Master and goes to Solo instead, so unless Solo is set louder than Master it won't...

Welcome back, DLP. I always wonder when I read guys who had a V and didn't like it. I have one now, and I agree with almost everything you said above. It is just a phenomenal amp! I have the head, and the 2x vertical recto cab and I couldn't be happier. Guys complain about it having too many...