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Re: Thanks

8/1/1998 12:46 AM
John Dillinger	Re: Thanks >I recall as a kid, listening to my dad's big >console >type tube stereo and I remember it as having >a >distinctly different (warmer?) sound than >anything >I've heard since. Of course, this could be >attributed to many factors I suppose. The factor is that solid state basically sucks rocks. The Motorola in my '34 Vicky sounded better than most SS. Well, it really wasn't my Vicky, I kinda borrowed it from the Crown Point Police Dept. If one wants to hear a Dynaco used as a guitar amp, no problem...try a Sunn. They shoulda been called DynaSunns, except for the preamp, they're practically a Dynaco ripoff, right down to the transformers. No shit, check out the diagrams, compare the transformers. Dynaco..

8/1/1998 12:46 AM

John Dillinger
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Re: Thanks

>I recall as a kid, listening to my dad's big >console
>type tube stereo and I remember it as having >a
>distinctly different (warmer?) sound than >anything
>I've heard since. Of course, this could be
>attributed to many factors I suppose.

The factor is that solid state basically
sucks rocks. The Motorola in my '34 Vicky
sounded better than most SS. Well, it really wasn't my Vicky, I kinda borrowed it from the
Crown Point Police Dept.

If one wants to hear a Dynaco used as a guitar amp, no problem...try a Sunn.
They shoulda been called DynaSunns, except for the preamp, they're practically a Dynaco ripoff, right down to the transformers.
No shit, check out the diagrams, compare the
transformers. Dynaco..

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Richie John; I don't know too much about t... -- 8/1/1998 4:50 AM