Re: Will you buy Behringer equipment again after reading this?

On Aug 8, 9:53 pm, <aborg...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
js <NOS...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Y'know, I was going to mention that and the difference between "starved
tube" and the Retrospec,, but I thought 1200 responses was enough already. :
D

Thing is, whenever I've seen 'starved tube" units before, there's always
SOME glow to the tube. And since I've taken a few apart, I know for a fact
it's not an LED doing the glowing, at least in those units.

There has been at least one dbx preamp with the LED, Hammond Xk-3 does
it...

It really isn't an uncommon thing - a starved plate design often has
such a low plate voltage that the plate doesn't emit any "glow" -
it's still amplifying (really badly, but that is the effect you get with
a starved plate design), but it just isn't hot enough to glow.

I'm really curious to know if that tube is hooked up to anything at all. If
it is, then the presentation is just cheesy. If not, than that is REALLY
deceptive marketing.

I'm sure it's the standard single 12ax7/12au7 with 20V or so plate
voltage circuit. Signal is going through it.

--
Aaron

I am quite amused reading this. What on earth is wrong if a
manufacturer uses a real tube, in a real circuitry and uses some LEDs
to illuminate it? A tube by nature does not really glow (the little
bit of glow comes from the filament). The Behringer mic pre runs on 48
Volt plate voltage and if you select the tubes properly they work
perfectly fine. There are tube applications that go down to 9 Volt
plate voltages.
My friend owns a H&K guitar amp which uses LEDs behind every tube and
personally have a USD 500 SolidTube AKG tube mic which has an LED in
the tube socket so would shine thorugh the little window on the front.
So is that a cheap and misleadling manufacturer? Why isn't anyone
pointing at them?

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