Re: The glass ceiling and bass slam

Posted by dave slagle on August 19, 2001 at 16:08:12

In Reply to: The glass ceiling and bass slam posted by Jack G on August 17, 2001 at 14:17:19:

what the man said is right on the money!

for the longest time i was going down the less is more path on the power chain with my lowthers (bigfuns) i have never liked the 300B, heard them all, the perf plate TJ's give me a glimmer of the true mesh plates, and the extra power is nice, but i still end up with the mesh 2a3 as the best overall compromise.

BUT... building that GM-70 amp pushing out a whopping 25wpc SE taught me more about lowthers and what having power means than any less is more low power SE amp has ever taught me. i used to think was the limiting factor volumewise was the lowthers... 300B's went a bit louder than 2A3's but the difference wasn't that big... i just assumed the 2A3's were as much as you needed, and tossing more power just gave you more speaker distortion, boy was i wrong... that gm-70 amp made those lowthers play clearly to amazingly loud levels (any devo fans out there?? :-)... it was just clear.... clear well beyond what any 2A3 amp has ever done... turn it down, to the same levels as the 2a3 amp and there is no compairison the 2a3 amp has less compromise for apples to apples, but if you want it loud you need power, and all the compromises associated with it.

i see lots of people say i like this amp for jazz, and this amp for classical... well i like 2A3's most of the time, but when its time to rock and POTN... give me those GM70's

i soon will have front horns, so i can try GM-70 amp for the part of the music that needs the power (sub 150hz) and the 2A3 amp through the front horn will coast along with the rest.

dave

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Topic - How many of you prefer the sound of 300Bs over 2a3's? - Briner 21:05:05 08/16/01 (27)

Re: How many of you prefer the sound of 300Bs over 2a3's? - groverg 04:18:43 08/18/01 (1)

Re: How many of you prefer the sound of 300Bs over 2a3's? - Vinnie 05:06:37 08/18/01 (0)

I'm confuesed :( - Briner 01:07:09 08/18/01 (2)

Re: I'm confuesed :( - Jack G 05:36:32 08/18/01 (1)

Re: I'm confuesed :( - Briner 16:45:49 08/18/01 (0)

The glass ceiling and bass slam - Jack G 14:17:19 08/17/01 (3)

Re: The glass ceiling and bass slam - dave slagle 08/19/0116:08:12 08/19/01 (0)

Buckinghams - mqracing 20:33:33 08/17/01 (1)

Altecs. (nt) - Jack G 05:25:16 08/18/01 (0)

45 over 2A3 or 300B, 300B over 2A3 - Gordon Rankin 12:48:01 08/17/01 (0)

You guys are making me sweat! - mwalsdor@cscc.edu 09:59:17 08/17/01 (0)

Re: How many of you prefer the sound of 300Bs over 2a3's? - car 09:41:43 08/17/01 (0)

Me - EdT 08:15:37 08/17/01 (0)

What?? - DrM 21:22:17 08/16/01 (13)

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Re: What?? - Paul Barker 01:02:46 08/17/01 (11)

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Re: What?? - 7N7 04:35:16 08/17/01 (1)

Yes to all - DrM 07:16:14 08/17/01 (0)

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Re: The glass ceiling and bass slam - dave slagle 08/19/0116:08:12 08/19/01 (0)

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