From melvinnich@aol.com Thu Dec 26 07:37:38 2002
Subject:Re: V5/Speakeasy Combo


In a message dated 12/26/02 10:17:57 AM, winansml@bellsouth.net writes:

<< I also have a V5 (played into a H&K Tube Rotosphere) and Speakeasy, but so
far have not noticed a big improvement in the organ sound from using the
Speakeasy. >>

Hi; I have a V5-Rotosphere setup. In my setup, the Rotosphere as a tube
preamp has a very strong influence on the tone. It fattens things up but
also muddies up some of the high-end detail and adds some noise. As far as
preamps go, I give it very high marks. I have been very happy with the unit.


Moving along now, because it is such an invasive preamp effect, I never
thought of putting a SECOND tube preamp in series with a Rotosphere until
seeing your message. One of the reasons double-preamping didn't occurred to
me is because of the magnification of the HK tube-noise (I think back on my
experiments with putting two fuzz-tones in series!).

I'd like to try an A/B comparison of your V5-Speakeasy-Rotosphere setup with
a setup that swaps the Rotosphere with a non-tube emulator.