What would be better for an amp? DSL 401 Marshall Tube amp or a tube preamp for my MG250DFX?

Posted by admin in Monday, January 26th 2009

Braqs asked:

This
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4YNfuuuGPM&feature=channel_page

or this which saves me like 600 bucks and a lot of efforthttp://grantfidelity.com/site/B-283+Tube+Processor+Buffer
with a marshal solid state mg

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3 Comments

juliepoo619 said in January 27th, 2009 at 6:45 pm

tube output stage is best for tone, tube preamp is ok, but without tubes on the output, it’s a waste.

Dain B said in January 30th, 2009 at 5:40 am

The tube Amp. Its the only way to get pure sound.

cwujek said in February 1st, 2009 at 12:54 am

The Marshall DSL 401 is a pretty good amplifier by itself. Applying a tube preamp to a crappy MG250DFX won’t do a lot of good. The tube preamp will add a significant amount of input gain, and will cause the preamp of your MG250DFX to clip. Unfortunate that Grant Fidelity doesn’t give many useful specifications on their web page, so I can’t say for certain how bad it would be. I know it’s more expensive, but I would go for the DSL 401.

Juliepoo, having a tube output will not give you better tone. It is unfortunate that many people believe that tube output sections are better. A well designed solid state output section can sound very good, and will provide more power, better reliability, lower heat, and be lighter and more portable. Most solid state outputs are cheaply made (such as the MG250DFX), but I have built many solid state output section that sounds phenomenal.