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Spotify, Apple et al
They call it "cathode biased ... push pull ... high bias condition", which is correct!
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Probably the most over-used and inaccurate piece of marketing nonsense in the whole jargon of guitar amps…. maybe even more than "point-to-point".
The characteristic compression and 'chime' of an AC30 is specifically because it's a cathode-biased Class AB amp and *not* Class A.
So full marks to an article which does mention a tiny bit of technical detail, but avoids repeating the usual fallacy.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
My favourite 'not-incorrect' description of an AC30 was "it runs in conditions similar to Class A" - always thought that was a neat way of getting around it
Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
The AC30/Blue thing is interesting - I don't know of any other amp/speaker combination which is quite as finely tuned as it, in the sense that AC30s don't sound quite as good with any other speakers and Blues don't sound quite as good with any other amp.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein