Notifications
Clear all
Live Sound
28
Posts
15
Users
0
Reactions
4,661
Views
Topic starter
15/09/2007 12:22 am
I have a vox ad50vt. And i was wondering, how loud, is too loud. I don't think i have ever had both volumes over half. I always have the volume dial at half, and have never turned the master over half either. and i usually have the attenuator on full.
Mike
15/09/2007 1:25 am
When my wife leaves the house, my 100W Fender 212 or my 15W tube amp gets floored!!!!!!!!
"...when I put that pedal down
it'll jerk your head back good..."
Rev. Horton Heat
Topic starter
15/09/2007 7:23 am
haha...so is it possible to blow the speaker? or just my ear drums?
Mike
15/09/2007 10:25 am
haha...so is it possible to blow the speaker? or just my ear drums?
Mike
HAHAHA... I think your ears will blow before your speaker blows.
Crank that muther up once in a while.. if for nothing else to annoy the hell out of your neighbors.
Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing. - Wernher Von Braun (1912-1977)
15/09/2007 12:53 pm
Every now and then, you really need to :twisted: DIME IT!!!!! :twisted:
It does wonders for your soul. 8)
15/09/2007 7:07 pm
Oh yeah, once in awhile you have to crank an amp. This is when an amp, especially a tube amp sounds best. Really difficult to do, neighbors complain, you can rarely crank an amp at a club nowadays. Outdoor gigs are great, you can turn that mother up. :D
As others said, probably hurt your ears before the amp, but it is possible to blow the amp or speakers playing it full out. Once in awhile is OK though.
Have fun and don't get arrested.
If you know something better than Rock and Roll, I'd like to hear it - Jerry Lee Lewis
16/09/2007 1:14 pm
I have had mine running at about 2/3 full power and in a 14ft by 12ft room - that's very loud! I actually have issues with resonance with things in the room before the sound gets to that level though, so I can't enjoy it too much. Plus it makes the light fittings drop out of the kitchen ceiling below my floor. :shock: :mrgreen:
Rob
If something's not worth doing it's worth forgetting about.
Epiphone Les Paul Std - Yamaha Pacifica 112XJ - Takamine EG340SC - Taylor Baby - Grainger Hammerhead 50 - Grainger Valve Five
http://www.youtube.com/yashicamatonline
16/09/2007 2:51 pm
I don't think I have ever turned my amps up all the way before, why am I denying myself this pleasure? Am I punishing myself? If so what could I have possibly done to deserve this? Do I secretly think it's immoral to fart the alphabet?
http://www.daughtersandsons.net -Cincinnati CEA Award winners for best original RnB/Funk band! (Bragging is in the user manual and encouraged)(Hi Mom)
17/09/2007 1:44 am
If you can do that last, I'll be impressed, no matter how loud it is. :lol:
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
19/09/2007 6:31 am
http://www.daughtersandsons.net -Cincinnati CEA Award winners for best original RnB/Funk band! (Bragging is in the user manual and encouraged)(Hi Mom)
19/09/2007 1:48 pm
Yeah, I know about Le Petomane. He has had a few imitators in recent times, but none that could hold a candle to him. (I wouldn't try that, myself.)
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
19/09/2007 5:08 pm
I have read that at his performances they would have nurses standing by as people would sometimes pass out from laughing. He truly was the Elvis of flatulence.
http://www.daughtersandsons.net -Cincinnati CEA Award winners for best original RnB/Funk band! (Bragging is in the user manual and encouraged)(Hi Mom)
19/09/2007 6:54 pm
and i usually have the attenuator on full.
Attenuator? That amp has a solid state "neutral power amp" of some kind that's controlled by the power knob in the back. Is that what you mean by attenuator? Or are you using an external attenuator?
There should be no need (and no reason) to use an external attenuator. You can use the knob in the back for that purpose. You can reduce the power output by using that knob, and crank the master volume to full, as that seems to affect the "tube" stage of this amp, and hence the tone. The "volume" knob also seems fairly neutral, the only thing I've found it useful for is to balance the volume of two presets (a suggestion from Arjen). I have an AD30VT, but I think all the controls are pretty much the same..
[PS: sorry, I am actually on topic :lol: ]
--vink
"Life is either an adventure or nothing" -- Helen Keller
Topic starter
19/09/2007 9:56 pm
I have always just called it the attenuator, sorry for my terminology.
20/09/2007 8:47 am
[PS: sorry, I am actually on topic :lol: ]
We'll let it go this time, but don't let it happen too often.
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
Page 1 / 2
Next