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Post subject: Just bought a Supersonic, questions
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 8:52 am
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Hey guys, I just bought a new Supersonic head yesterday. While I've spent nearly 4 hours with it, and loving every bit, I just have a couple questions. The first being, is it normal for the volume difference between the vintage/burn channels? I find the volume at 4 on burn is equal to vintage at about 2. Is this normal?

Also, when I flip my unit "off" completely, as the lights fade out the amp seems like it briefly switches channels... but when it's turned back on nothings changed. Probably not a big deal as it does not affect the amp in any way, but just curious.

Thanks.


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Post subject: Re: Just bought a Supersonic, questions
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 11:24 am
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robson780 wrote:
Hey guys, I just bought a new Supersonic head yesterday. While I've spent nearly 4 hours with it, and loving every bit, I just have a couple questions. The first being, is it normal for the volume difference between the vintage/burn channels? I find the volume at 4 on burn is equal to vintage at about 2. Is this normal?

Also, when I flip my unit "off" completely, as the lights fade out the amp seems like it briefly switches channels... but when it's turned back on nothings changed. Probably not a big deal as it does not affect the amp in any way, but just curious.

Thanks.


First congrats on a great amp! :) Ok the volume differences are normal and some complain about it but you will get used to it. The thing when it turns off is also normal and nothing to worry about. No go crank that beast!! haha


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Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 11:25 am
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Hi there - Welcome to the Super-Sonic Club.

It is perfectly normal that the volume at 4 on burn is equal to vintage at about 2. That is because the vintage channel is a real non-master volume channel, which uses fewer tubes than the master-volume burn channel. To match the volume level between the two , burn channel will always have to be 1.5 to 2.0 higher on the volume.

About the noise when you shut off your amp, I get that too and figured it was just normal....It seem to happen only when there is something going thru the FX loop. Just make sure you shut it off by the standby switch first, let it cool for 30-60 seconds, and then shut down the power - that is the standard procudure for shutting off a tube amp.

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Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 1:04 pm
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TweedDogSteve wrote:
Hi there - Welcome to the Super-Sonic Club.

It is perfectly normal that the volume at 4 on burn is equal to vintage at about 2. That is because the vintage channel is a real non-master volume channel, which uses fewer tubes than the master-volume burn channel. To match the volume level between the two , burn channel will always have to be 1.5 to 2.0 higher on the volume.

About the noise when you shut off your amp, I get that too and figured it was just normal....It seem to happen only when there is something going thru the FX loop. Just make sure you shut it off by the standby switch first, let it cool for 30-60 seconds, and then shut down the power - that is the standard procudure for shutting off a tube amp.

have fun !


Ohhhhhh! Thats what it is, because I jump the effects loop for the volume boost. I noticed it only started doing that after I jumped it. So otherwise thats normal then?

Thanks for the responses!


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Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 3:03 pm
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That`s normal operation. What I suspect is creating this while there is something going thru the FX loop is that the FX loop is solid state circuit - so perhaps when there is something going thu it, which would make it active, this solod state FX loop circuit shuts down before the tube circuit once we hit the standby switch. That is my non-amp tech theory anyway :)


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