-=[ Quoting Dave Halliday to Bonnie Goodwin ]=-
 DH> Jumping in here.  
 DH> Some of the effects boxes which are designed to add "tube" sound will
 DH> run the tubes in a starved condition - the voltages fed to these tubes
 DH> will be several times less than what they normally use for operation.
 DH> This is actually very clever on the part of the designer because it
 DH> does not hurt the life of the tube but it does cause the tube to go
 DH> into distortion a lot sooner than otherwise and it allows more control
 DH> over the sound.
This reminds me a bit of the Fender Deluxe guitar amplifier.  It's tubed, and
has the most marvelous distortion I've ever heard.  The instructions tell you
to turn it up to 10 and enjoy it.  The tubes are Sovteks.  I don't know if
they're using this "starved" method or what, but it sounds like a dream.
Note this is a guitar amplifier, and distortion is controlled by a knob
on the front panel, not by the volume control.  :)
                                Phil
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