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"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
It can be as much as about 5 to 1 in perceived volume relative to measured power, depending on the exact amps - even through equivalent speakers. So not too surprising that the Bogner at 23W could outperform the Fender at 100.
"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
There are both real physics/electronics reasons and some psycho-acoustic ones, but all of them add up to a valve amp cutting through a mix perfectly where a solid-state amp of several times the power can just disappear into it. It's just one of those happy accidents - a valve amp has exactly the right combination of soft overdrive, dynamics and frequency range narrowing to naturally sound loud to the human ear. A solid-state one doesn't - this is one of the main reasons it's very hard to make a solid-state amp that sounds as good as a valve amp at full band volume, although much easier at low volume.
"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