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Egnater / Randall Modular Amps
RM100 with upgraded mercury transformers
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<blockquote data-quote="kc2eeb" data-source="post: 90116" data-attributes="member: 811"><p>There seem to be two general schools of MTS players. </p><p>Those who achieve their tone "in the preamp" and/or stompboxes</p><p>and use the power amp section basically to raise the sound level (SPL).</p><p>Phrases like "tighten up the bottom," "clarity," "definition" all lean towards</p><p>a strong power supply, i.e. big power tranny, and no "sag" in the rectifier,</p><p>and an output transformer that is hard to "collapse." </p><p>This would apply to the "dropped" tunings, basic metal genre, etc.</p><p>The other general school is the "Fender, Mesa, Vox, etc." where you are pushing the whole amp. As Bruce said (and I'm paraphrasing) you can </p><p>approximate but not duplicate the tone of various amps in the module</p><p>because you are leaving out the rest of the amp (tranny, speakers, PI,</p><p>operating levels between the stages, etc) </p><p>Of course, both schools overlap, and I'm generalizing.</p><p>I've found that if you are going to push the whole amp and go for the</p><p>Deluxe, Tweed, AC30, tones you want/need a little sag and "saturation."</p><p>Therefore a stock transformer could actually sound better.</p><p>The first school of thought would call it "mushy."</p><p>Or, you could call MM and I'm sure, for a fee, they could wind one to give you the tone you're looking for.</p><p>MM has a number of articles on their site that go into the tech stuff very well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kc2eeb, post: 90116, member: 811"] There seem to be two general schools of MTS players. Those who achieve their tone "in the preamp" and/or stompboxes and use the power amp section basically to raise the sound level (SPL). Phrases like "tighten up the bottom," "clarity," "definition" all lean towards a strong power supply, i.e. big power tranny, and no "sag" in the rectifier, and an output transformer that is hard to "collapse." This would apply to the "dropped" tunings, basic metal genre, etc. The other general school is the "Fender, Mesa, Vox, etc." where you are pushing the whole amp. As Bruce said (and I'm paraphrasing) you can approximate but not duplicate the tone of various amps in the module because you are leaving out the rest of the amp (tranny, speakers, PI, operating levels between the stages, etc) Of course, both schools overlap, and I'm generalizing. I've found that if you are going to push the whole amp and go for the Deluxe, Tweed, AC30, tones you want/need a little sag and "saturation." Therefore a stock transformer could actually sound better. The first school of thought would call it "mushy." Or, you could call MM and I'm sure, for a fee, they could wind one to give you the tone you're looking for. MM has a number of articles on their site that go into the tech stuff very well. [/QUOTE]
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