Marshall MG100 HDFX Head Hands-On Sound Check & Review

[jaspers22]

@gostillerz I do understand this problem, and it's hard not to notice a bad sampling frequency when listening to crappy bad mp3s. Still I can say that at 320 Kbps and 44 KHz of sampling frequency, it's hard to notice the difference. I do love to listen to vinyls and I have noticed the difference about this though it's more about the little distortion the player adds to the song that is the difference than the sound itself. Same thing with valve amps. I love talking about this :D

[jaspers22]

@TheCoolPickles There are other ways besides valves that can "amplify in a real way". Hehehe good one bro, there are still some solid states made in England, not that expensive but still. The thing why they are probably so cheap is because, transistors are REALLY REALLY cheap.

[jaspers22]

@TrevaWhateva Ok, I can understand the warmer thing, richer ... I'm not that sure what are you calling rich. btw ... finally I can talk with people about amps :D

[TheCoolPickles]

@jaspers22 Valves are like the real amplifier, thats how they are and thats whats best. The only reason solid states are new is because this technology has just been evolved, and guess what? I tries to simulate valve amplifiers, right? Also valve amplifiers can be really reliable as they are hand made compared to the china made solid states today. You know the saying 'you get what you pay for', well please find me a £2000+ solid state amplifier.

[jaspers22]

People may thought I'm crazy or that I don't know anything about music or about electronics but I would rather buy a solid-state than a valve-state, valves are not current technology and are not as reliable as solid-state. Anyone has any comments? I would love to talk about this! :P

[TrevaWhateva]

@jaspers22 Valves have warmer, richer tone than solid state.



[gostillerz]

@jaspers22 Tube amps sound more "organic" I guess is a good word. Current tech hinders sound more than it helps. Best way I can explain it: Google an image of a sound wave. Just a line moving left to right, going up and down, then a digital one. Digital is only on or off like binary, so the sound wave looks like a set of stairs going up and down. Those little pieces that are missed going from step to step are missing sound. Listen to a record on a tube amp, then a CD on a new receiver.

[gwugluud]

The amp overall sounds surprisingly good. Solid-state has come a LONG, long way in the past few years.

[GuitarGuys337]

very nice clean sound from the amp