Hello Tom!
On 18 Feb 98, Tom Scioscia wrote to Rich Lockyer:
 TS>        So, to push a four tube EL34 amp to the limit would produce a 
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 TS> 120... A little too much power. How much does a 6L6GC dissipate? The
 TS> Peavey 5150 hits 120 watts and it's powered by four 6L6GCs.
That's about the limit for either tube.  The difference is that the EL34, 
with it's higher plate capacity, is more of a hi-fidelity tube.  It is very 
common to see plate voltages in the 700 to 1000 volt range in hi-fi gear 
producing surprisingly low wattages.  If the 5150 is pushing a quartet of 
6L6s to 120 watts, I would expect output distortion to be somewhere in the 
range of a late silverface Fender Twin Reverb, which has virtually none 
before you go deaf.
 TS> watts RMS. :) The Marshall was COOOOOOLD as the iceburg that the Titanic
 TS> hit and all treble. Only way I got a warm sound out of it was by getting
 TS> it loud and hitting it hard with my processor and using the processor's 
EQ
 TS> and overdrives. And then the distortion of the Marshall itself sounded
 TS> like crap... Maybe my one experience with the JCM900 was bad.
It does sound like something was wrong with it.
C-ya! Rich
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