HRM - 100W or 50W? Why?
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HRM - 100W or 50W? Why?
Which would you build?  Why?  Is it difficult to use a 100W amp in a "smaller" setting?  Does the tone suffer too much to use it live if you need to NOT crank it?
			
			
									
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Re: HRM - 100W or 50W? Why?
I've had a 100 Watter for a few years now and I play it anywhere from my living room to small clubs to larger clubs with big stages.
I think it sounds fine at lower volumes, for smaller gigs I use 1 12" speaker, bigger places I use 2.
			
			
									
									I think it sounds fine at lower volumes, for smaller gigs I use 1 12" speaker, bigger places I use 2.
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						Re: HRM - 100W or 50W? Why?
I was wondering about this too - which sounds better at low volumes?  I was thinking a 50 since I'll never need more but does one seem to sound better than the other in general?
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Re: HRM - 100W or 50W? Why?
TRUST me, get a 100 watter, IF you REALLY need ta drop vol, simply pull (2) outer tubes, and HALVE the impedance on the speaker, so 8 ohms at 100 watts =(4) ohms at 50 watts pulling (2) tubes. Funk is RIGHT, these amps sound as good at LOW vol ( practically) as at higher vol, they sound WAY better to me LIVE with a MICROPHONE, thats where they SHINE!!benoit wrote:I was wondering about this too - which sounds better at low volumes? I was thinking a 50 since I'll never need more but does one seem to sound better than the other in general?
Ben
listen ta this, a twin ( 80 ) watt version, done at the church i attend..
 
 med volume at that!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg3kp59Czfk

