I am very very interested in this amp 15W Iconic

Interesting little amp. I bet I’d find some fun in there….
Just watched this…


It is way different from its PP predecessor…but maybe in a good way.
 
Thatbastarddon said:
I’d be down with that…more of a “round brown sound”.
I’m just happy to see a single ended, greater than 5-10 watt, amp with an interesting preamp…and a few bells and whistles.
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It is single ended and does have all of those bells and whistles. The video is however not so much Brown, it’s more Red.
 
With the 15W being new and getting a bunch of attention , I played the previous 40w 6L6 Iconic and I like it so much am thinking about selling the Studio Classic. But I will have to wait until these new 15W EL34 single ends show up in store to compare them.
 
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ibmorjamn said:
With the 15W being new and getting a bunch of attention , I played the previous 40w 6L6 Iconic and I like it so much am thinking about selling the Studio Classic. But I will have to wait until these new 15W EL34 single ends show up in store to compare them.
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I really like that its EL34 driven. I dig the Iconic amps. I have the 6L6 versions, the 80 watt head and 40 watt combo. Fun to play. I always play the green OD side. Totally waste the red side of the amp. I should just buy one channel amps.:giggle:

I've never played the 34 driven ones though. So other than clips i got no opinion yet.
 
Pissed Plexi said:
I really like that its EL34 driven. I dig the Iconic amps. I have the 6L6 versions, the 80 watt head and 40 watt combo. Fun to play. I always play the green OD side. Totally waste the red side of the amp. I should just buy one channel amps.:giggle:

I've never played the 34 driven ones though. So other than clips i got no opinion yet.
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Same, except I have not pulled the trigger on the iconic yet.
 
DirtySteve said:
I was looking at them. I just don't like EL34s and I don't care for the direct replacements either. I wish it came with 6L6s instead of EL34s.

It's too late for me anyway, I already moved on.
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I know you said it’s too late, but have you tried a real 6CA7? Kind of sits in between a EL34 and a 6L6. My JCM800 4104 is set up with a pair of EH 6CA7’s, and I like them better than any other modern day EL34’s that I’ve tried in the past.
 
syscokid said:
I know you said it’s too late, but have you tried a real 6CA7? Kind of sits in between a EL34 and a 6L6. My JCM800 4104 is set up with a pair of EH 6CA7’s, and I like them better than any other modern day EL34’s that I’ve tried in the past.
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I don't know what you mean by "real", I have a set of JJ 6CA7s and a set of JJ KT77s that I tried in my 5150 and my Ceriatone King Kong. I like both of them better than EL34s, but not enough to keep an EL34 amp around, I'm done with all things EL or their direct replacements.
Right now I'm having a love affair with KT66s in my Origin. They're the best sounding power tubes I've ever tried.
 
DirtySteve said:
I don't know what you mean by "real", I have a set of JJ 6CA7s…
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AFAIK, real 6CA7s have a beam tetrode type of construction. EL34’s have a pentode type of construction. The description for JJ 6AC7’s are marketed as a beam pentode tube, which makes it even more confusing. But in general, 6CA7’s are a bit more punchier, break up a little later, less midrangey than a EL34, and the top end is not as glassy as a 6L6.
 
syscokid said:
AFAIK, real 6CA7s have a beam tetrode type of construction. EL34’s have a pentode type of construction. The description for JJ 6AC7’s are marketed as a beam pentode tube, which makes it even more confusing. But in general, 6CA7’s are a bit more punchier, break up a little later, less midrangey than a EL34, and the top end is not as glassy as a 6L6.
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So who makes the real ones? :hmmm:
 
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