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Re: SET Power Tubes and Music Preferences

Posted by njjohn (A) on August 9, 2005 at 10:33:09

In Reply to: SET Power Tubes and Music Preferences posted by Budrew on August 8, 2005 at 16:51:08:

A pretty interesting question.

I think the 45 is perhaps best for vocals. I've seen it preferred by someone who specialized in listening to vocals.

I think the 45 and the 300b play jazz well.

I feel like the 45 is a reality tube and the 300b is the mystic tube. The 45 is a little more direct and the 300b is a little more spacious. The 45 is like a Picasso painting, bright, bold and right there, and the 300b is like a Monet, a little more impressionistic.

Perhaps new age, space music, and electronic mood type of music might be more interesting with the 300b.

A little bit of arbirtrary distinctions. The sense of immediacy and clarity and forthness is right there with sets, and it makes all music more enjoyable. The sense of involvement is also there very strong with a good set, this is primarily what sets it apart from nonsets, and both my 45 and 300b amps do it even if differently. The 45 is a little more straight there and the 300b is a little more roundabout. The 300b can perhaps pull you in a little more, but the 45 is very grabbing in its own way.

A while back I played the "Supreme Al Green" cd for months and months. The I played the Jazz Messengers live at the Cafe Bohemia(?), and Donald Byrd live somewhere, I forget, for a couple of months. Now for two weeks, I'm playing two reggae cds that I picked up in Jamaica.

You just don't tire of playing the same thing over and over. Because it's compelling. It's interesting, and you hear it fresh each time. If the music is good, but then you eventually move on to something else.

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