Marshall DSL 100 HR plate voltage?

[jasonP]

Hey guys,

Had anyone took and measured the plate voltage on your amp when your biasing?
I’m curious to see what it is before considering on buying one.

 

[napalmdeath]

Hey guys,

Had anyone took and measured the plate voltage on your amp when your biasing?
I’m curious to see what it is before considering on buying one.

Why would buying an amp be based on its plate voltage? Just curious..

 

[kurtsstuff2003]

Why would buying an amp be based on its plate voltage? Just curious..

I'm curious as well..

 

[shar-vell Dan]

Hey guys,

Had anyone took and measured the plate voltage on your amp when your biasing?
I’m curious to see what it is before considering on buying one.

With the cheap Vietnam transformers probably the low to mid 400vdc.

 

[napalmdeath]

I've biased the 100 watter, and it was somewhere around 450, if I recall. I've had the DSL40C as well, they're really not bad amps with good tubes and biased properly. Both were pre-HR/CR. I think those original 1st version DSL reissues sounded better. I wish I could say the same for the newer DSL20HR. It was a god-awful sounding noisy piece of shit. The "R" stands for REALLY bad.

 

[jasonP]

I'm curious as well..

I like the way amps feel, and sound with higher plate voltage, over 450v. I’ve played around with voltages and while I’m not saying it’s the be end all or every amp is the same… just that I find I typically like the way an amp feels and how it responds to plate voltages that are higher.
Think of playing a rectifier or similar amp with it in the spongy setting vs bold for high gain stuff.. which one do you guys typically prefer and I know that is all personal preference.
We know that some point in time Marshall went to MAV for there transformers and I believe the voltages when down when they changed. I was just curious if someone has measured the plate voltage on the new DSL.

 

[Rick Lee]

When I checked my new SLO-100 today, I think it was 485 vDC. If you're price sensitive on power tubes and like to bias them hot, I guess plate voltage could matter to you.

 

[kurtsstuff2003]

I like the way amps feel, and sound with higher plate voltage, over 450v. I’ve played around with voltages and while I’m not saying it’s the be end all or every amp is the same… just that I find I typically like the way an amp feels and how it responds to plate voltages that are higher.
Think of playing a rectifier or similar amp with it in the spongy setting vs bold for high gain stuff.. which one do you guys typically prefer and I know that is all personal preference.
We know that some point in time Marshall went to MAV for there transformers and I believe the voltages when down when they changed. I was just curious if someone has measured the plate voltage on the new DSL.

I too prefer higher plate voltages because like yourself, I find the "feel" of the amp is much improved. Problem is..the tubes available today can't handle the higher plate voltages and self destruct in short order. The early VHT 2150's plate voltages are in 650ish range as well as the Seymour Duncan KTG 2100 but these are power amps and I don't have any experience with any full guitar amps with plate voltages any much higher than 450'ish or so.

 

[shar-vell Dan]

Current modern day vacuum tubes can't handle really high PV & screen volts.

 

[BesaMoogie]

I like the way amps feel, and sound with higher plate voltage, over 450v. I’ve played around with voltages and while I’m not saying it’s the be end all or every amp is the same… just that I find I typically like the way an amp feels and how it responds to plate voltages that are higher.
Think of playing a rectifier or similar amp with it in the spongy setting vs bold for high gain stuff.. which one do you guys typically prefer and I know that is all personal preference.
We know that some point in time Marshall went to MAV for there transformers and I believe the voltages when down when they changed. I was just curious if someone has measured the plate voltage on the new DSL.

The missing chocke in the DSL is probably going to affect the feel more than the PV.