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Re: Dummy Loads, Line Outs, and thangs like that



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.
> 
>
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> Kim Flint                     | Looper's Delight
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