From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2018091322153923443-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > They've made many solid state versions of that amp, and most are the same   
   > cabinet size as the old tube one.  One reason they didn't set the world on   
   > fire was that the days of dual 12 stage amps is about over.   
      
   I don't ever recall seeing a solid state version of the Twin that actually   
   looked like the tube version.   
      
   > Young people now have had plenty of time to notice my generations loss of   
   > hearing.  The smart one's don't want tinnitus. Or a hearing aid.   
      
   So many Zombies, and they don't notice much of anything...as for the  smart   
   ones, well that's the way it is with the smart of any generation...and there   
   were many more of them from our time...and still there's all these nearly   
   deaf musicians...I tend to believe that there will be even more deaf Zombies   
   in the future - some 'future' ;)   
      
   > Anyone could, if performance or even better performance was the criteria.   
   > When it's " this is the best because, well, just because it is  ", then   
   > nothing but the old tube junk will do.   
      
   That tube technology was used exclusively because there was nothing to   
   exclude -  because solid state technology was either not yet available, or   
   was not yet refined, or affordable...but once it was, it totally blew the   
   vacuum tube equipment away...on power, cleanness, reliability, durability,   
   and affordability, and portability.   
      
   > Ah, but then they will argue that it's the tube OUTPUT section that is the   
   > magic.   
      
   Not the output *section*, Only the Output, which means that a tube effect   
   can be used through an ultra clean solid state amp with amazing   
   results...and no one will ever know if they can't see the equipment ;)   
      
   > You weren't moving that tube amp around with a working band.   
      
   No, it stayed put on our test console, mounted at the very top for best   
   ventilation, and cooling.   
      
   > That really changes the game.  Hot / cold, damp, dropped, on and off and   
   > loading.  Been there.   
      
   They may weigh like a tank but they're not built like one - they're   
   fragile...all that glass,and plug-in pins and sockets - lots of things to be   
   subject to bad connections. Got to be extra careful with tube circuits.   
      
   > They are good. I've owned a few of their amp modelers. Still have one, a   
   > POD XT.  It might still work, who knows. It's in a drawer somewhere. The   
   > software they use to load in sounds is crap. And they are, or were, really   
   > bad about copy protection. To load sounds you had to log onto their   
   > website, and be registered, and have your POD registered. And then, they   
   > dropped support for the one I have. So it's just in a drawer.   
      
   That's not nice to hear! I thought Line6 had Integrity! If their name is on   
   it, they should support it, at very least to the  best of their   
   ability...because  I have a discontinued device of theirs too...a Tone Core   
   series Roto Machine, Leslie simulator - sounds pretty awesome, and doesn't   
   require upgrades. But in any case, if I ever get something else from Line6,   
   I'll have to check on whether it may need support...because to my great   
   disappointment, Meade Instruments is the same way. I found out about it when   
   I was given a small Autostar equipped 2" reflecting telescope and discovered   
   that Meade would not stand by a product bearing their Name. They tried to   
   give me some Lame BS 'excuse' that they didn't manufacture it, but only put   
   their name on it...which means to me that they Endorse it as being Worthy of   
   their name and therefore just as high in quality as if they had made it,   
   which means that they should stand by it...because if they won't, then I   
   won't stand by them either!!!   
      
   And to think that my "dream 'scope", one of them anyway ;) *was* - Past   
   tense, the 8" Meade LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain - THEY sure Killed that dream!   
      
   > It's not a recording mic. It's a live sound mic, with its range and   
   > sensitivity deliberately tailored for the loud stages common with non pro   
   > bands.   
      
      
   JimD   
      
   In other words, it's an Inferior mic, and that's what I've heard about it -   
   but it's not bad, just not great, it's also not extremely expensive, but is   
   extremely durable...besides, who aspires to be a Pro? Not very many of us,   
   that's for sure!   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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