From: John Thaden Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 09:41:00 -0500 Subject: Amps - Output tranny effects (was: Mic Up or Line Out?)
>. . . A lot of an amplifiers >tone comes from the sound of the speakers and cabinet. When going direct via >line out you lose that part of the sound. The result I have found is that you >get an overdriven sound that sounds harsher than the speaker eminated sound.
Some of the sound quality attributed to speakers and cabinet may actually be due to the output transformer. I've read that nonlinearity of output transformer response can really play a large role in the tone of any given amp. Perhaps one of the amp guru's on Harp-L would care to elaborate?
John Thaden -Gil Franklin Band Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
