Yeah, to be clear, the difference is in the power section. Going from a 100 W power section to a 150 W power section isn’t as dramatic as going to 100 W from 50 W, but the changes are similar, e.g. punchier, bolder, “stiffer”, but it only really affects the feel if you’re running the power section loud enough to distort. Even on a dual, that’s very loud
I disagree with this in part, I can say the preamp is the se but having owned one and two duals and a triple the power sections are not the same. If it is in the transformers and or filtering idk but they are different and if this thread persists enough will back it up. I'll go as far as to say that any boosted dual will deliver where the new reissue triple cannot except in headroom.
Try to find one locally to play or buy one from a dealer with a return policy. This “fight back the flub with a boost” thing is one of many ways to run a rectifier, and, in my experience, is heavily influenced by the cab you plug it into. Orange vintage with EL34s through a Marshall cab with T75s is very different from Red modern with 6L6s through the oversized recto cab.
The power sections are obviously not the same. One is 150 W with 6 power tubes and the other is 100 W through 4 power tubes. Transformers, filtering, plate voltage, etc. are all different.
Going back and forth with a switcher is one of those things that permanently humbles you within minutes IMO. I’m not saying you’re going to make a 6505 sound like a cranked tweed deluxe or anything, but it’s almost alarming how close together you can dial two totally different rigs, especially if the player and the guitar are the sameWait, if the preamps between the amps are the same and the Triple is tighter at high volumes, how could that possibly mean Triple can't deliver where the Dual can? Maybe if you prefer poweramp distortion then the Dual will give you more of that, but I don't imagine there are too many Recto users who specifically go for that.
Here's a link where we talked about this the other day, the post where I showed clips of the same direct guitar signal into both amps. They're virtually identical except I had a bit more high Presence dialed into the Triple. The clips phase canceled out to more than -35 db. That's about as identical as two amps can be.
Plugged into an amp switcher and dialing to sound the same? Was the dual run loud enough for power amp distortion?
You ideally run into the same cab and have someone else switching and dialing based on your feedback while you play. Almost certainly, you’ll get to a point where your answer to “1 or 2?” is “I can’t notice any difference”
RTers have insatiable GAS, so these anecdotes don't surprise me at all. If someone likes _any_ 2 channel dual or triple rec though, the real test is: would they lug theirs themselves if they were playing a show that had the other one provided as backline? I personally own a rev G triple, and would use any dual or triple rec (or a DSL, or a 2203, or a 5150...) in a backline versus carrying mine.I know a RTer who bought the Triple Ri, returned it, and now owns a Dual RI. I also know another RTer who owned a Dual RI, bought a Triple RI, and traded off the Dual RI for another amp. He likes the Triple just a bit better. To his ears, very close but the obvious differences one would expect like more headroom/less mids/more highs/lows won him over.
Just so there's more confusion.
