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Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 807

Got sold my Duel rec today to a friend and picked up a Mint triple ! cant wait to get it WEDS!!!

Joined: 30 Nov 2003 Posts: 10588 Location: Canada

I hope you've got a huge room to play it in....

Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 13396 Location: Earth

What's the difference besides the 50 extra watts? I have only had Duals so I don't know.

Joined: 19 Mar 2012 Posts: 1581

I am just messing with u buddy , but can we have a Betting Pool , what day you will sell it? Laughing

...you love some amps & Have a Great deal of them!!! You should be Happy , & if he had the X2 with the 300 WATTS , I am sure Homey can handle this Insane Loudness, hopefully anyways Confused

Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 10:21 am

Lanning is Killdozer wrote:

What's the difference besides the 50 extra watts? I have only had Duals so I don't know.

Neither do I. It's just more tubes to replace, and with PAs today, you really don't need more than a 50wt head on the stage.

Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 807

The triple has a lot more bottom end ,and crushing low end. 150 watts tube is like 600 watts solid state ! Lol

Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 807

Zombie Apoc wrote:

I am just messing with u buddy , but can we have a Betting Pool , what day you will sell it? Laughing

...you love some amps & Have a Great deal of them!!! You should be Happy , & if he had the X2 with the 300 WATTS , I am sure Homey can handle this Insane Loudness, hopefully anyways Confused

Like you said I only keep the amps I love and sell off the ones that sound like ass

Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 3:44 pm

Talk about a overated fizzbox....

the only way your going to get a decent sound out of a triple rec is to crank it and you better have the right cab or your going to see a not so impressive bottomend

Joined: 28 Dec 2007 Posts: 1463

jd267 wrote:

The triple has a lot more bottom end ,and crushing low end. 150 watts tube is like 600 watts solid state ! Lol

Watts are watts - they are not measured differently for tubes and SS.

The ONLY difference is what happens when you run out of clean headroom.

SS amps do not "clip musically" whereas tubes have built in compression that produce musical distortion beyond the clean output level.

Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 807

Northwinds wrote:

Talk about a overated fizzbox....

the only way your going to get a decent sound out of a triple rec is to crank it and you better have the right cab or your going to see a not so impressive bottomend

. I have three mesa recto cabs. Think ill be ok. The recs are only fizz boxes if the user can't eq the amp

Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 807

Robo Cop wrote:

jd267 wrote:

The triple has a lot more bottom end ,and crushing low end. 150 watts tube is like 600 watts solid state ! Lol

Watts are watts - they are not measured differently for tubes and SS.

The ONLY difference is what happens when you run out of clean headroom.

SS amps do not "clip musically" whereas tubes have built in compression that produce musical distortion beyond the clean output level.

. Yes I understand the tube thing . Ill put my 100 watt tube amp against any solid state 100 watt head and see what louder.

Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 807

The rec series of amps sound great with a boost. 0d808 every who has one has one knows that. Problem with these heads is people don't no how to eq them . Mesa got a little nuts with these . The tremble and presence are pre amp stages and it can get a little crazy if the driver can't drive..

Joined: 28 Dec 2007 Posts: 1463

jd267 wrote:

Robo Cop wrote:

jd267 wrote:

The triple has a lot more bottom end ,and crushing low end. 150 watts tube is like 600 watts solid state ! Lol

Watts are watts - they are not measured differently for tubes and SS.

The ONLY difference is what happens when you run out of clean headroom.

SS amps do not "clip musically" whereas tubes have built in compression that produce musical distortion beyond the clean output level.

. Yes I understand the tube thing . Ill put my 100 watt tube amp against any solid state 100 watt head and see what louder.

And they will be equal until you run past the rated specs........... Wink

Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 6:07 pm

jd267 wrote:

Yes I understand the tube thing . Ill put my 100 watt tube amp against any solid state 100 watt head and see what louder.

Guess you never tried a Sunn Beta Lead Laughing

Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 807

Best part is GC has a 30 day money back guarantee . If i dont see any difference back it goes and amp shopping it is !! Laughing

. There is a great vid on youtube of haggerty music comparing the two and what a difference to me..

Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 807

well put the triple threw the test and A/B ed it with my old duel i sold to a friend as i wish he was not there i could see it in his face that he wants the triple now lol. same cab,guitar ect.. The triple is awesome as it has CRAZY head room and sounds great at low vol to wall cracking volume. it sounds allot different than the duel . has way more punch and low end . I mean ALOT of low end. It was just what i was after. The duel always sounded good at low vol but would change tone when loud. The triple does not and stays just how i want it. who ever said you need to crank this amp for tone is a retard Laughing

and is talking out his ass. so if you like the duel You WILL love the triple. I feel like the mistakes in the duel they fixed with the triple. O and i boost the amp with a maxon OD808. the chan 2 on the triple boosted nails mark 4 tones also. Its really a great amp.

Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 807

This is the only amp i have ever played that can make it hard to breath if standing in front of it palm muting. No bull s#%t it moves that much air!!

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 1:16 pm

jd267 wrote:

The rec series of amps sound great with a boost. 0d808 every who has one has one knows that. Problem with these heads is people don't no how to eq them . Mesa got a little nuts with these . The tremble and presence are pre amp stages and it can get a little crazy if the driver can't drive..

I have regular Boogies, and some kid wanted me to set his single rectro once, because he couldn't turn the gain past 5 without it squealing. I tried, and I couldn't do a damn thing with it.

Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 13396 Location: Earth

Are both the dual and triple you tested the 3 channel models? Or is one a 2 and the other a 3? The 2 and 3 channel models sound different. I think the 2 channel Recs sound better to my ears. They have more gain for sure.

Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 807

Lanning is Killdozer wrote:

Are both the dual and triple you tested the 3 channel models? Or is one a 2 and the other a 3? The 2 and 3 channel models sound different. I think the 2 channel Recs sound better to my ears. They have more gain for sure.

they are both 3 chan lanning. I boost them up front so gain is not an issue at all.

Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 13396 Location: Earth

jd267 wrote:

Lanning is Killdozer wrote:

Are both the dual and triple you tested the 3 channel models? Or is one a 2 and the other a 3? The 2 and 3 channel models sound different. I think the 2 channel Recs sound better to my ears. They have more gain for sure.

they are both 3 chan lanning. I boost them up front so gain is not an issue at all.

Not the point. The older 2 channel heads sound better tonally. They do have more gain but it's kinda different. See if you can locate one to try out.

Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 807

Lanning is Killdozer wrote:

jd267 wrote:

Lanning is Killdozer wrote:

Are both the dual and triple you tested the 3 channel models? Or is one a 2 and the other a 3? The 2 and 3 channel models sound different. I think the 2 channel Recs sound better to my ears. They have more gain for sure.

they are both 3 chan lanning. I boost them up front so gain is not an issue at all.

Not the point. The older 2 channel heads sound better tonally. They do have more gain but it's kinda different. See if you can locate one to try out.

I have tryed one and also owned a 2 chan duel . The orange channel on the new 3 channel is a spitting image of the old 2 chan sound i love both amps . this is my first triple as it smokes any duel i have ever played