Valve power - feel the force!

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Nonsense. There was nothing in the piece along the lines of 'at £25,000, this is something of a bargain'. And no references to mountain bikes either.

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Haha...nor was there any mention of Nordost ;)

Marco.

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Originally Posted by Marco

Haha...nor was there any mention of Nordost ;)

Marco.

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Nordost adverts always strike me as bit weird; a picture of a fat, white middle-aged bloke 'dancing' doesn't really sell the stuff to me (assuming I could afford the stuff in the first place, which I can't, and if I could, I'd rather spend it on wine).

Iain,

Feel free to contribute some recommendations to the wine thread in our off-topic area! :)

I'll be putting some more stuff in there myself later.

Marco.

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Iain,

Feel free to contribute some recommendations to the wine thread in our off-topic area! :)

I'll be putting some more stuff in there myself later.

Marco.

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I will do. The most recent wine I drank was some Chianti Classico, but I drank it in Tuscany and I can't remember what it was called!

Could it have been Chianti Classico? ;)

No, I know what you mean. It could have been anything - there are 100s of different Chianti!

My favourite Italian red is probably Brunello di Montalcino or Ornellaia. A good Amarone is also eminently palatable, as is Duca Enrico.

Where were you in Tuscany?

Marco.

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Could it have been Chianti Classico? ;)

No, I know what you mean. It could have been anything - there are 100s of different Chianti!

My favourite Italian red is probably Brunello di Montalcino or Ornellaia. A good Amarone is also eminently palatable, as is Duca Enrico.

Where were you in Tuscany?

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All over the shop, but mostly Florence and Volterra. Not very warm there, unfortunately. In Siena they blamed the bad weather on the Florentines!

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Steve, I think it's the sheer amount of electrical current that valves have in reserve which maximises transient attack and makes them able to resolve the deepest of bass lines with such lack of strain and effortless finesse :) Marco.

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Er ... valves are high impedance devices, the current is very small, and I assume your 60 watts is actually 30w per channel ? :lol:

Try a decent 500w ab bipolar, then you'll know what current is :lolsign:

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Er ... valves are high impedance devices, the current is very small...

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You miss my point. Anthony will explain it better when he logs on later :)

You would have soiled your incontinence pants if you'd heard what I heard last night, sweety ;)

Marco.

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30w valve amps at high volume (spl) don't have any transient attack ! :lol:

They just soft clip and you can hear them gasping for breath on the signal peaks :) some call it "involving" and "musical", oh dear, oh dear, It's so funny I need another pair of pants again :lolsign: Guitarists call it "overdrive" and "fuzz-bass" :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

No, you've simply mistaken the experience to that of when listening to your anaemic sounding little computer speakers :lol:

Marco.