NAD...The Archon has landed!!!

Cool! I have a 5150 iii stealth and the red channel sounds like a plane is landing lol while im not playing that is. Im more of a lead player so i need something with tons of gain thats not so crazy
 
The Archon is super quiet as far as high gain amps go. When I had the 5153 my ISP Decimator had to be engaged at all times if using the red channel, but you could get away without the noise gate with the Archon. I still use the ISP as I prefer dead silence when not playing but it wouldn't be nearly as noisy as the 5153 or any other 5150 variant for that matter.
 
Orionsbelt456":2nbd41ut said:
Right on. I might look into an archon. You have the 100w?
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Yes, and it's actually for sale in the Classifieds right now. I'll probably regret selling it but GAS is a bitch and I've been craving a Kemper profiler. You can PM me if you are interested or have any more questions about the Archon, as I don't want to further derail GuitarGuyLP's thread.
 
GuitarGuyLP":37386z2i said:
So after a few days with it, and a bunch of tube swapping I have found that the Archon is pretty dark overall. If I adjust it to get the cut, and brightness that I like it ends up sounding kind of funky. I put EL34s in it which helped a lot, so did lowering the resonance down to about 9:00, and boosting the presence up to about 3:00.

I am going to give it a bit more time, but I am thinking it is not the amp for me. Which sucks, I had very high hopes for it. It is a cool amp, and the clean channel is one of the best ones I have heard. I just need to figure out where to go next. Something somewhere between the Archon, and 5150 III.
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I would try an MXR 10 band in loop before selling.
 
I don't have any 6CA7s, but I have tried 6L6, EL34, and KT77, the EL34s are the best by a long shot!!!

I am not sure if dark is the right way to describe it, just darker than what I normally go for.

I am going to do some checking out on the amp, and see if maybe the tube sockets need to be cleaned, or one of the preamp tubes might not be 100%. Either way I am going to give it a bit more time, plus I might try some different speakers.
 
So I did a bit of playing around last night, and actually hooked up the foot switch. Once I turned the loop off it sounded better, so I swapped that tube, and now it sounds better either way. I guess I had a bad tube in the one spot I didn't change out.
 
I think Im with you on the Archon.. A happy accident landed me an Engl Artist Edition, and although I typically shy away from anything shared EQ.. Consider me a fan. Id take it over a 5153 or archon...
 
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