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Tube gone microphonic
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Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:37 pmby Chinagraf
Hi,
one of the tubes in my old LA2A has gone microphonic. I'm pretty sure it wasn't always like that. Does that mean the tube is on it's way out? The compression still sounds good, just if I tap the case I get a pinging coming out of the monitors. Never had it happen before...
Posted:
Mon Jun 29, 2009 2:14 pmby heathen
Yeah pretty sure the tubes are on thier way out.
Posted:
Mon Jun 29, 2009 2:43 pmby Chinagraf
Cheers Heath. I best get huntin.
Posted:
Mon Jun 29, 2009 2:50 pmby jkhuri44
vintage ping is vibey man!!!
...not :P
Posted:
Mon Jun 29, 2009 2:56 pmby Chinagraf
Oh man, it's the creamiest ping you eva heard...much better than those plugin pings. Both 'warmer' and 'punchier'.
Posted:
Mon Jun 29, 2009 3:25 pmby rick
the input tube is mission critical to the tone in a la2a
get an really old nos one , or three .
or you will dissapointed i promise
Posted:
Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:00 pmby heathen
Chinagraf wrote:Oh man, it's the creamiest ping you eva heard...much better than those plugin pings. Both 'warmer' and 'punchier'.
Niiiice! :)
Posted:
Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:01 pmby heathen
jkhuri44 wrote:vintage ping is vibey man!!!
...not :P
Yeah you could make some cool samples before changing tubes. :)