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i completely agree, i think digital preamp/tube poweramp would be a better combination rather than tube preamp/solidstate poweramp. It is often a poor poweramp the main reason for wich thoose fully digital/solidstate amplifiers don't sound right...
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Peavey did this years ago....the Mace, classic, etc that were built in the 70's to early 80's. They had solid state preamps and tube power amps. Some of the amps had effects built in and I believe were considered the first channel switching amp.
I don't think this idea would catch on since it has been done before and failed. Rack preamps are almost never accepted by purists even if they sound really great. So, I think it would be a waste of engineering and money to get something like this into production only to have it fail shortly after introduction. Even when you add a tube power amp to a modeler or digital pre you will have latency as the AD/DA converters are used and take time to work.
The H&K switchblade amp has 128 presets and is supposedly all tube, the zinky superfly has 30 presets and is all tube, and I am sure there are more but I just can't think of them now.
Instead of trying to develop preamp modelers, which are known to have latency, maybe the industry should focus on getting a solid state power section to function the same as a tube power section. Peavey's transtube series has a bunch of patents and satisfies many people. I've owned the transtube stuff but I didn't have a chance to play it in a loud situation so I can't comment on how authentic it sounds.
I have a two space rack: triaxis and 20:20 poweramp which makes me very happy. I can go mono at 20 watts or stereo at 40 with a rack that weighs 30 lbs or so. I also have a couple of other preamps(PV tubefex, PV rockmaster, and a Vamp2) that I can replace the triaxis with at any given time while retaining portability and enough power to gig with. I don't think I could do more than a 2 space rack since the weight usually increases greatly from there as well as the portability.
I understand where you are going but the industry is still leaning in the 2-4 channel amp head realm at 50-150 watts. Some look at a mark IV, DR, or RK in bewilderment and would much rather have a simple layout that gets the job done (usually 1 channel will suffice for an average rock band during a gig).
I don't think this idea would catch on since it has been done before and failed. Rack preamps are almost never accepted by purists even if they sound really great. So, I think it would be a waste of engineering and money to get something like this into production only to have it fail shortly after introduction. Even when you add a tube power amp to a modeler or digital pre you will have latency as the AD/DA converters are used and take time to work.
The H&K switchblade amp has 128 presets and is supposedly all tube, the zinky superfly has 30 presets and is all tube, and I am sure there are more but I just can't think of them now.
Instead of trying to develop preamp modelers, which are known to have latency, maybe the industry should focus on getting a solid state power section to function the same as a tube power section. Peavey's transtube series has a bunch of patents and satisfies many people. I've owned the transtube stuff but I didn't have a chance to play it in a loud situation so I can't comment on how authentic it sounds.
I have a two space rack: triaxis and 20:20 poweramp which makes me very happy. I can go mono at 20 watts or stereo at 40 with a rack that weighs 30 lbs or so. I also have a couple of other preamps(PV tubefex, PV rockmaster, and a Vamp2) that I can replace the triaxis with at any given time while retaining portability and enough power to gig with. I don't think I could do more than a 2 space rack since the weight usually increases greatly from there as well as the portability.
I understand where you are going but the industry is still leaning in the 2-4 channel amp head realm at 50-150 watts. Some look at a mark IV, DR, or RK in bewilderment and would much rather have a simple layout that gets the job done (usually 1 channel will suffice for an average rock band during a gig).
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I had a Music Man HD-130 Reverb which an FET preamp, and the power stage tubes were 6CA7s (EL34s).
I had a Mode Four that was a hybrid and I thought that was pretty **** good. I could put the volume to ten and it still sounded great. I think what the problem usually is with SS and hybrids is the poweramps don't have enough headroom (wattage) so you get that nasty harsh clipping.
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