Recent content by BonanzaEric

FWIW I had some back and forth with PRS tech support; he listened to a video of the difference and compared to an Archon of theirs and said theirs was similar, so I guess it is normal. It really is a striking difference in loudness though, and I never saw that mentioned anywhere. Anyway, maybe...

PRS support recommended swapping the lead & clean preamp tubes to check if that resolved anything. Of course the tube diagram on the PRS site doesn't indicate which is which... He said V1 & V2 were the clean channel tubes, but I noted for the Mk I Archon, someone on these forums said V1 is...

Thanks. This is helpful. I'll see if I can track down the tube. Strange that it sounds good, just not all that loud.

Hmm, thanks! It really is a lot more quiet on clean though. Like at max Master Volume the clean channel doesn't sound like a 50W amp. Maybe 5W. Unfortunately there's not a good demo I've found to confirm it.

I just bought a new Archon 50 Combo late last week. I love the sound of both channels. However, the clean channel volume is quite a bit lower than the lead channel volume at similar settings. For example, if I just set all knobs at 12 o'clock, bright channel switches off, no pedals before or...