systemerror909
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My Little Dot finally arrived in the mail last friday and over the weekend I delved into my first experiences with tube gear.
I have only burned it in about 10 hours, but I must admit that at this point I have not been very impressed with the tube sound of this amplifier. It does some things really well: specifically electric guitar music, which sounds wonderful. Also, lyrics seem much easier to understand with this amp as opposed to other solid state equipment I've used. However I'm really missing the detail I had with other gear (my power amp is 41hz.com's amp 5 T-amp) as well as the seemingly lack of distortion. I know this amp needs much longer to fully burn in properly, but the distortion seems really readily apparent to me with this amp at this stage. Is it the stock tubes possibly? Already I've been hearing a faint very high pitched ringing sound that fades in and out (usually one channel at a time) that I'm guessing might be microphonics or arching? I don't know what these sound like. I'm completely new to tubes but might be interested in trying some tube rolling, any suggestions of replacement tubes and where to find them for sale? I'd like this amp to be as transparent as possible, right now it just doesnt seem that way.
I have only burned it in about 10 hours, but I must admit that at this point I have not been very impressed with the tube sound of this amplifier. It does some things really well: specifically electric guitar music, which sounds wonderful. Also, lyrics seem much easier to understand with this amp as opposed to other solid state equipment I've used. However I'm really missing the detail I had with other gear (my power amp is 41hz.com's amp 5 T-amp) as well as the seemingly lack of distortion. I know this amp needs much longer to fully burn in properly, but the distortion seems really readily apparent to me with this amp at this stage. Is it the stock tubes possibly? Already I've been hearing a faint very high pitched ringing sound that fades in and out (usually one channel at a time) that I'm guessing might be microphonics or arching? I don't know what these sound like. I'm completely new to tubes but might be interested in trying some tube rolling, any suggestions of replacement tubes and where to find them for sale? I'd like this amp to be as transparent as possible, right now it just doesnt seem that way.