blacksun said:
With increased sag = increased compression, as if lack of enough power reduces the output signal amplitude of stronger input signals?
Beside the cathode thing, are there any other structural differences in the hardware making a Syn2, with say a fantastic JFM800 module sound better than an M4 with the same high class modded module?
I didn't build this amp blacksun (so I'm not 100% sure what they did in there), but true sag is supposed to cause the sound to become more organic due to variances in the output. Its not actually (supposed to be) constant reduced output as much as inconsistent variable output. Its basically supposed to emulate a failing component, that.... sometimes puts out its expected power and sometimes doesn't. Or emulate a crazy inconsistent house power. ..and not to peck a fight w Rob, but in a lot of ways that's the exact opposite of compression. Compression seeks to suppress and control a tone, sag is completely out of control.. that's kind of the point. I mean when you turn the sag down the amp may start to sound more compressed, but that would (should be) due to the sag being turned off, and not a function of the sag itself. In other words the amp would have to be very compressed sounding on its own. Turning off the sag would make that more evident. ...and I guess you could stretch the universe and call that a reverse compression setting or something weird lmao
..and I don't own one of these to check, but its very conceivable that its wired in a way that turning it up turns it off. Turning it down lowers the power. Thereby giving the impression that as you turn it up (which is actually down) you're increasing some kind of compression... anyways
IMO (which is just mine and I'm entitled to it) is that its kind of weird/silly and borderline/questionably/arguably useless to have it on this amp.
The only thing I can think is "maybe" and I'm making guesses out of my ass on this statement, but.. maybe the amp sounded way too "unhappy" for lack of a better word when they 1st built it, and they put that sag control in there to correct it. Who knows? Certainly not me.
A tube amp, due to all kinds of variables, is already pretty inconsistent, and that's why it sounds better than a SS amp.
They put sag on stuff like pedals because pedals use diodes instead of tubes, and sag makes them sound more like tube amps..
Try to make a tube amp sound more like a tube amp? Ok why not? lmao
..but hey, there's a good chance I'm completely wrong :lol:
and I'm wondering if a syn2 would bring much more to the table. The only feature would be perhaps the sag control feature, designed by Mr Fryette. I have this Fryette valvulator gp/di with the sag control and I don't think it is by no means a game changer..
