11-05-2014, 01:02 PM
(11-05-2014, 12:08 PM)syscokid Wrote: With a 528vdc at the plates, the bias on my VT-22 is set at 34ma's. It's a "cool" setting that to me it's win-win situation because the amp sounds right to me, and promotes longevity for the tubes.
Hey, set it where you like it!
34ma is ~60% bias at idle though... Still, if someone else says they prefer the bias set at 75% and their tubes weren't croaking, hey, use what you like. I am just against people not audio testing and going with the "I read it on the internet/the tech told me" that the hotter the bias the better kind of thing. I was surprised I like it biased cold, but my ears hear what they hear, and its about the tone I'm after, and some people might be after something completely different...
I should note...I've messed with the EQ a fair bit, circuit-wise. And BTW I don't cut or boost any mids via the mid pot, unless I want to simulate certain sounds for kicks...though there is the obvious scoop from boosting the bass pot and the treble pot the way I have it set, etc, so it's certainly not a cold bias with a flat EQ setting.
And tubes are replaceable, after all...well, at least at this point in time.
I'm a bit sad and it also is a bit rattling that the Winged C factory closed. Hoping it's temporary (like a shift to producing tubes or something else for the Russian gov't but eventually back to tube for market)?
Don't be afraid to use some of the Sino tubes AES and others offer in this amp...I've found them solid in the cost/tone ratio stuff. Of course, at higher bias, maybe the JJs or better yet, the New Tung Sols(?) would be more robust among what is available...