Members mhuxtable Posted October 13, 2010 Members Share Posted October 13, 2010 Led Zeppelin did it. I know a number if not all of their records were recorded on little Supro amps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted October 13, 2010 Members Share Posted October 13, 2010 This is the point. the point is there is no real answer and it's just a moronic question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ambient Posted October 13, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 13, 2010 the point is there is no real answer and it's just a moronic question?discussion boardshow do they work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CS Posted October 13, 2010 Members Share Posted October 13, 2010 discussion boards how do they work? You ask a question and some wanker trolls your thread. Got it? Ignoring the naturually and willfully obtuse a low powered amp can sound just as good as a big one. I use a ZVex Nano for recording sometimes (who would have thought that somebody might a small amp for recording?) and it sounds good as opposed to small, bad, tiny etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr.Picklebottom Posted October 13, 2010 Members Share Posted October 13, 2010 edit: someone already said it. jimmy page recorded most of zeppelins stuff with little supros, and wierd little old amps. marshalls were mainly for playing live as i understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members timmay8612 Posted October 13, 2010 Members Share Posted October 13, 2010 I love my 6 watt Savage, and it sounds huge cranked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SonicVI Posted October 13, 2010 Members Share Posted October 13, 2010 Pretty loud...pretty pretty pretty pretty loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members object88 Posted October 13, 2010 Members Share Posted October 13, 2010 To expand on Phil's comment about the efficiency of the speaker... part of a "loud" sound comes from a speaker being unable to handle the amount of power put into it, and the cone deforming. You're not going to get that out of a small amp, unless your speakers are AMAZINGLY inefficient. That said, I suspect that speaker deformation is a relatively small part of sounding "loud". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Amiller1121 Posted October 13, 2010 Members Share Posted October 13, 2010 my bh15h has a pretty 'loud' sound on the 7 watt setting, so i guess so. i'm using it with a 1x12 cabinet too. sounds a lot bigger than my roommate's blues junior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CS Posted October 13, 2010 Members Share Posted October 13, 2010 To expand on Phil's comment about the efficiency of the speaker... part of a "loud" sound comes from a speaker being unable to handle the amount of power put into it, and the cone deforming. You're not going to get that out of a small amp, unless your speakers are AMAZINGLY inefficient. That said, I suspect that speaker deformation is a relatively small part of sounding "loud". I bought a 2x12 6 years ago because it was cheap with the intention of replacing the speakers. I still have the original EVM12L's in it. Sounds great with a 15w head or the Nano. 0.5w amp and 400w speakers shouldnt work but it does (IMHO YMMV) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 I have a 20W Princeton Reverb II with a factory installed optional EVM 12F (same as a 12L). The EV is extremely efficient (~103dB @ 1W / 1m), which means that the amp is capable of generating higher SPL's than it would if it had a less efficient speaker (such as the stock blue label Eminence) in it. True, the speaker doesn't exhibit a lot of "cone cry" or add any appreciable "speaker breakup" to the sound... and that can be a contributing factor to "sounding loud" on a recording... but it's less so than the amp's own distortion characteristics IMO. But it's not too hard to get a speaker that will start to add those characteristics to the sound of a cranked low wattage amp if you want that too. A no-dope Weber Blue Dog is rated at 15W, and you'll definitely start to hear it moaning if you hit it with a cranked 5-10W amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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