Quote Originally Posted by hubberjub
Precisely. I don't care for preamp distortion. To me it sounds buzzy while overdriven power tubes have a much more full sound. Whenever I crank up the preamp drive it makes me feel like breaking out the Poison cover tunes. No offense to Poison fans. I've got my DS-1 for when I need my hair metal fix.
OK, very interesting. I think I agree with you, though I haven't had many occasions yet to max out power tubes.