As a followup to the comparison I posted a few days ago, here's a more systematic comparison using a consistent source.
There are 9 comparisons here, and each comparison uses the same 5 min wav guitar loop of Althea > Shakedown > China Cat > Touch.
The objective here is to compare 3 factors: Preamp (Twin vs. CTP JG), Amp (Tubes vs. MosValve vs. MC2100), Impedance matching (matched vs. upward vs. downward).
The guitar loop is a PRS S2 Custom 24, Super II Middle Pup (bridge coil), TPC-1 into a Boss RC-3 (16 bit WAV).
Speaker: 8 ohm JBL K120 in an isolation cabinet mic'd with an SM57.
Preamp: Fender Twin vs. SMS CTP JG.
Amp: Twin 6L6s vs. MosValve 962 vs. MC2100.
Impedance matching: 8 Ohm Speaker into 8 Ohm Tap (matched) vs. 8 Ohm Speaker into 16 Ohm Tap (upward) vs. 8 Ohm Speaker into 4 Ohm Tap (downward).
#1: Twin>6L6s https://soundcloud.com/mattman-366718336/twintubes
#2 Twin>MosValve https://soundcloud.com/mattman-366718336/twinmosvalve-1
#3 CTP>MosValve https://soundcloud.com/mattman-366718336/ctpmosvalve
#4 Twin>MC2100 matched https://soundcloud.com/mattman-36671833 ... 00-matched
#5 Twin> MC2100 upward https://soundcloud.com/mattman-36671833 ... 100-upward
#6 Twin>MC2100 downward (See my signature below)
#7 CTP>MC2100 matched (See my signature below)
#8 CTP>MC2100 upward (See my signature below)
#9 CTP>MC2100 downward (See my signature below)
Which one do you like? Why?
There are 9 comparisons here, and each comparison uses the same 5 min wav guitar loop of Althea > Shakedown > China Cat > Touch.
The objective here is to compare 3 factors: Preamp (Twin vs. CTP JG), Amp (Tubes vs. MosValve vs. MC2100), Impedance matching (matched vs. upward vs. downward).
The guitar loop is a PRS S2 Custom 24, Super II Middle Pup (bridge coil), TPC-1 into a Boss RC-3 (16 bit WAV).
Speaker: 8 ohm JBL K120 in an isolation cabinet mic'd with an SM57.
Preamp: Fender Twin vs. SMS CTP JG.
Amp: Twin 6L6s vs. MosValve 962 vs. MC2100.
Impedance matching: 8 Ohm Speaker into 8 Ohm Tap (matched) vs. 8 Ohm Speaker into 16 Ohm Tap (upward) vs. 8 Ohm Speaker into 4 Ohm Tap (downward).
#1: Twin>6L6s https://soundcloud.com/mattman-366718336/twintubes
#2 Twin>MosValve https://soundcloud.com/mattman-366718336/twinmosvalve-1
#3 CTP>MosValve https://soundcloud.com/mattman-366718336/ctpmosvalve
#4 Twin>MC2100 matched https://soundcloud.com/mattman-36671833 ... 00-matched
#5 Twin> MC2100 upward https://soundcloud.com/mattman-36671833 ... 100-upward
#6 Twin>MC2100 downward (See my signature below)
#7 CTP>MC2100 matched (See my signature below)
#8 CTP>MC2100 upward (See my signature below)
#9 CTP>MC2100 downward (See my signature below)
Which one do you like? Why?
Last edited by MattMan on Sat Mar 05, 2016 10:36 am, edited 1 time in total.