THD HOT PLATE

[stephen sawall]

I just sold my HO attenuator the other day. I didnt really find it helped any and here's why.

Mesa's have a Gain, Master, and Output. Correct me if Im wrong but diming your Gain will push your preamp tubes, master pushes the power tubes and output changes the overall volume, no impact on tubes.

Not all amps have a master and output, so for them to get the power tube saturation/distortion they need to really to dime the amp. THIS IS when an attenuator comes in handy.

I really couldnt justify having a $300 piece of gear sitting on my amp which I never used.

Definetly try before you buy it as I dont think attenuators are much use for rectos.

They only thing I really found it useful for was if I wanted the amp quieter than having my output on 0. WHICH WAS NEVER!!!

The Master and Output are pretty much the same thing on this amp and both adjust how much is going into the power section. The output has the same effect as the master on the impact on powertubes.

Like said above the HO attenuator is not like the Hot Plate. It is a load/ solid state reamp devise. I do not like what that thing sounds like with any amp I have seen it used with.

The Hot Plate can be set to load and then reamped with any tube or solid state amp you want (you are not stuck with the built in amp like the Ho attenuator). You can also blend in the attenuated amp if you want by setting it on something other than load.