PS-100 Sounds very dark even after full retube

Stage & Studio Power Station PS-100
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When I first got my unit I thought it was not loud enough for the stated 100 watts and even after watching all the Fryette guide videos I couldn’t figure out the problem. I blamed my inexperience with high end attenuation, so I put it back in the box and purchased a Weber Mini Mass 50 and a 100.
These worked fine and were easy to use, but after buying a Fryette Cyclops and rack kit for the PS-100 and with more experience it was time to bring back the big guy and benefit from all the features and investment made.

Still sounded weak. In the Fryette forum they talked about getting new tubes, so I ordered a full set of balanced and tested tubes (3 of them). Now the Power Station sounds with more power but it is super dark.

I have switched cables, checked impedance settings, plugged in without any pedals. BTW I’m using the Fryette branded speaker cables available to purchase.

Any information will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your time.

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Hello,

The power station should not be applying so much EQ to the sound to make it dark. Can you do an AB comparison? Maybe you can upload an audio clip in bypass mode (your amp’s sound) and in operate mode (the power station).

Regards

Dan

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Are you using speaker cables, or mistakenly using instrument cables?

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Hello @dan thank you for your reply. Attached is a sound clip, you can hear the change of tone brightness from Bypass to Operate.

https://recorder.google.com/7b3b5b6a-77e3-470e-a4cd-1bd9ce447158

Please let me know if you have any problem with the link.

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Fryette speaker cables, thank you.

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change your input to LO, this should help.

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@JOHNB2488 that only affects volume but not tone characteristics. Thank you for your message.

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@lnavarrete

Thanks for posting the clip! I have not seen this before and I’m a little stumped :thinking:. I guess something in the operate path is acting a low pass filter. Probably Dave should comment, but I think it might need a service to figure out what’s wrong. Where are you based?

Do any of the front panel controls affect the tone?

Regards

Dan

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Hi @dan , I’m located in Salem, Oregon.

The Presence and Depth controls do very little to change the tone.
I don’t oppose sending out for service since the unit is not usable as it is.

Thank you again for your support!

Luis

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OK,

So it would be easy for you to return it to the factory as you are based in US. Quite a few customers are international.

Here is the option for a factory repair How can I send my product to Fryette for a repair?

Or if you know a local shops that will look at it, Can I get my Fryette product repaired at a local repair shop?

Post back here if you need anything else.

Regards

Dan