Roy W. Rising wrote:
"Paul Stamler" wrote:
"Roy W. Rising" wrote in message
Ah, so it's the quality of distortion! I never used a preamp to add
distortion, so I guess I know not whereof I speak. Maybe Aphex' Marvin
Caesar has "made a lot of money on distortion", but I've made a lot of
money avoiding or getting rid of it.
Read what I wrote again. One reason people buy better preamps is the lack
of distortion products that are annoying. LACK.
Peace,
Paul
OK, I've read it again. Oh. I get it. Buy a preamp with distortion
products that don't annoy. But ... why work in the distortion region in
the first place?
All the cheap preamps offer distortion. The better preamps I have offer
much less distortion. There is no perfect signal path.
And note that zillions of recordings have been sold wherein the team
went wild distorting things. I am reminded of Zappa's story of taking a
cut he did early on with Beefheart to a record honcho who said the label
wouldn't touch it because the guitar was distorted. Now think how many
units have since been sold with distorted guitar sounds. And sometimes
the distortion at the source was aided and abetted in the mixing stage.
Should a photographer be allowed to use filters? People will choose
preamps to get what they're after. One will get a more accurate
recording in general using an RNP than a Mackie preamp.
Audition one of Grant Carpenter's Gordon Electronics preamps. It made
clean pres sound much less clean in comparison. Info at:
http://www.gordonaudio.com/
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