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You know what i'm talking about, the ones that have the DSP in them and then you have the valve junior with just the volume knob. Before I ask, just know I have never played any of them, so that is why I am asking. I know the valve junior has been very popular, but why hasn't the other two combos? They are cheap and all tube, so I would think they would be pretty popular sellers. Is it because of the DSP? I am just kind of curious.
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The Jr is non DSP.
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Originally Posted by RipVanWinkle The Jr is non DSP.
yeah I knew that, but is that the reason why the others haven't done so well?
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Who knows? It is rather an odd pairing of technologies. Could be that the tube amp buying demographic isn't attracted to an amp with built in digital effects...? I know I'm not. Not that I'm a purist, but I would rather have my tube amp straight, and use outboard effects.
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Originally Posted by jamforchrist123 yeah I knew that, but is that the reason why the others haven't done so well?
Thats pretty much it.
The dsp models sound horrible.
Nothing like their little brother the Valve Jr.
One poster had postulated once that it was because the Valve Jr has a pure signal chain (barring the rectifier of cource), whereas the DSP models do not.
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Originally Posted by demon_hunter Thats pretty much it.
The dsp models sound horrible.
Nothing like their little brother the Valve Jr.
One poster had postulated once that it was because the Valve Jr has a pure signal chain (barring the rectifier of cource), whereas the DSP models do not. the rectifier is not in the signal chain of an amp.
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having played the whole series, its the lousy dsp's. The jr sounds nice, particularly right at the edge of breakup. If you max it out too much the speaker oversaturates and I definitely recommend changing the input jack impedance on the valve jr.