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Re: Plexi Marshall 50's: 50uf vs. 32uf

5/6/2003 2:10 PM
Matt	Re: Plexi Marshall 50's: 50uf vs. 32uf I'm not sure why the plate voltage would change, it didn't in my Marshall when I switched from 50uFs to lower values. In this particular amp, with the smaller filters the amp sounded better to me. Before, either the bass was killing you or the treble was slicing your head off or both. If you turned down the bass it got too thin and if you turned down the treble it got too muffled. With the smaller filters, the bass and treble just seemed "more pleasant". Now I can have a lot of bass (if I want) or a lot of treble (again, if I want) or both and it still sounds good. Hard to describe and it very well could be my imagination. In my case, it is a 50 watt Plexi with the filters as follows: 100uF (both sections of an LCR can paralleled)-40uF-20uF-20uF-10uF. If the noise went up after the swap, it wasn't enough for me to notice. Matt

5/6/2003 2:10 PM

Matt

Re: Plexi Marshall 50's: 50uf vs. 32uf

I'm not sure why the plate voltage would change, it didn't in my Marshall when I switched from 50uFs to lower values. In this particular amp, with the smaller filters the amp sounded better to me. Before, either the bass was killing you or the treble was slicing your head off or both. If you turned down the bass it got too thin and if you turned down the treble it got too muffled. With the smaller filters, the bass and treble just seemed "more pleasant". Now I can have a lot of bass (if I want) or a lot of treble (again, if I want) or both and it still sounds good. Hard to describe and it very well could be my imagination. In my case, it is a 50 watt Plexi with the filters as follows: 100uF (both sections of an LCR can paralleled)-40uF-20uF-20uF-10uF. If the noise went up after the swap, it wasn't enough for me to notice.

Matt

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