Orange channel sounds muffled?

[TheJayGibbs]

So I Got My There Channel Dual Rec Not To Long Ago.

Its A Used Head But From First Owner. When I Got I, It Had New 6L6s In It But I Bought New Pre Amps For It. The Rec Tubes Are Old.

Now I Really Don't Use My Channel 2/Orange Channel That Much But I have Notice That Its Not As Bright A The 1St/Green Or The 3rd/Red Channel.

Now I Tried Messing With Everything On That Channel And Nothing Seems To Work.

What Do You Guys Think?

 

[Elpelotero]

That's how it's supposed to be...It has a more lo-fi, vintage vibe going on. Whereas Channel 3 has a boosted presence to really cut tightly. Channel 2 is good for solos and vintage tones.

 

[Tone1026]

On my 2 channel triple Orange to modern with tone knobs @12 oclock and presence at 3 oclock, sounds almost identical to Red modern with tone knobs @12 oclock and presence at 9 oclock.

 

[Tone1026]

From what the manual says: http://www.mesaboogie.com/manuals/3chRecto.pdf

It seems 3 channels are similar.

CHANNEL 3 is optimized for the legendary MODERN mode with a range of PRESENCE far exceeding that of CHANNEL 2. This channels’ PRESENCE picks up where CHANNEL 2 leaves off and allows top end harmonics that are downright dangerous. The trade off here is that for VINTAGE and RAW the PRESENCE is hyperactive and must be dialed with care to achieve the more warm and round sounds. You can think of it like this...a Presence setting equivalent to CHANNEL 2’s PRESENCE Control set to 5:30 (maximum), is found in CHANNEL 3 at approximately 10:00 on CHANNEL 3’s PRESENCE Control. This means that the whole range is compressed for these more vocal sounds and the resolution for brighter sounds is expanded.

I would try playing with the presence and see if you can recreate what Mesa describes here in the manual, if so, it's just fine!

Hope this helps!