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not sure if anyone mentioned the old Rocktron Juice Extractor, six line outs, three sweepable bands plus several speaker curve configurations. used they can be found for ~$150. best regards, Pedro Felix - NYC 2002 --- Kim Flint <kflint@loopers-delight.com> wrote: > actually the better quality loads use a reactive > impedance to emulate the > reactive properties of speakers. The crappy ones use > a purely resistive > load, which would not sound as good for the reasons > you mentioned. > > I was looking into this a few years ago to get a > line out of my simulclass > 2:90, as well as be able to run the tubes into > distortion without > shattering the walls of my building. I never got > around to actually getting > one, but at the time I was favoring the THD > hotplates. They have a variety > of loads for different impedance power amp outs. > There may be other options > now, I don't know. > > kim > > > At 06:26 PM 8/1/2002, Mark Sottilaro wrote: > >The problem with what you're proposing is that part > of what makes a tube amp > >"warm" is the interaction with the load (speaker) > and the tube amplifier > >stage. The thing about a speaker is it's impedance > rating is not fixed. It > >actually changes based on the frequency it's trying > to reproduce and other > >factors. Anyway, the interplay between how the > speaker effects the amp is > >what > >it's all about. OK, well what some of it's about. > Transistors do not behave > >in this way. > > > >Mark Sottilaro > > > >Doug Cox wrote: > > > > > Yes, I know. However, if you'll notice the > proposed signal path I > > > mentioned, it ends with two JC-120s, guitar amps > with 12" speakers. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Kim Flint | Looper's Delight > kflint@loopers-delight.com | > http://www.loopers-delight.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com