From tonysounds@yahoo.com Thu Aug 19 17:49:35 2004
Subject:Re: switched to the XK3?portable Leslie 21?

Ehhh...that's a subjective call I guess. There's no mistaking my Pro 145 for my leslies.
The Pro 145 is definitely worlds better than the Pro3t, but just adding the LoPro to the Pro3T helped smooth that piece of gear's tone out. The Pro 145 isn't all that different sounding from the Pro3t/LoPro combo (but a much more convenient package to be sure!).

A nice piece of gear, but....
T

Josiah Hoskins wrote:
Mitch,

I am not sure what MS products you are referring to when you say they
always sound shrill, but I have both a KBRM and a MS Pro-145. The
KBRM does sounds shrill (I think due to a smaller volume for the horn
enclosure
and perhaps the horn itself). The MS Pro-145 IMHO does not sound shrill at
all.
Also, with the new Black-V horn I think it sounds more 122 like. However,
with
the many settings I can vary it to sound very close to a Leslie 122 or a
147. And
I can get those special sounds (i.e., the growl and scream) at low and high
volume
levels.

The one downfall of the Pro-145 is that it does not have as strong a bass
response
due to its size. However, it is still quite good. I may upgrade the bass
speaker in my
145 (there is a recommendation on MS site) to add some more bass.

Sorry for rambling, the point of my message is simply that the MS Pro-145
does not
sound shrill - when it screams it is a throaty scream not a shrill scream.

Josiah