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Re: Respect to Peavey; Favorite Peavey Amp -
02-03-2008, 09:33 AM
Damn Indy!!!
You're a peavey whore!!! I really like peavey, in fact the XXX is my top 5 favorite amp. You are right about the speakers and tubes though, out of the box the XXX isn't good at all.. they need some tweaking (and bias).
First things first.... change those V1 and V2 preamp tube!!! try to experiment with a 12DW7 or 12AT7 in V1 and V2. I liked the 12AT7 in the V2...
I like the amp with 6L6GC. It comes stock with WXT, which are low end tubes. Sovtek does have some nice WXT+ tubes that are much better than the stock wxt.
Lastly, if you get a chance, play the XXX through a Mesa Recto cab or a Marshall cab with Vintage 30s. Or maybe anything with V30s. The Stock xxx Sheffield's just sound raw and grainy to me. V30s will give it more smoothness and balance.
My question to you is how do you like the Block 5150 compared to the sig model. From what I gather the only difference is the tubes that came in it from the factory. The block came with better quality / sounding tubes. Do you find this to be true?
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