From drjoho@swbell.net Mon Oct 04 20:46:09 2004
Subject:Re: Hammond XK-3...my two bobs worth.

I for one do not even care what a V5+ sounds like since it has no keyboard
or the familiar
B3 user interface. A B3 is both physical and aural.

My A-101 with Leslie 122 will arrive on Friday hopefully.

I will set my XK-3 with Leslie 145 side by side.

If the A-101 sounds better I think I will just %$#@ in my pants!
Because the XK-3 through a Leslie sounds sooooo good!

However, I fully believe that I will like the A-101 better because
all of the physical stuff including those 25 pedals.

But the XK-3 with a Leslie is not something that needs any apology.
However, I still gig with the XK-3 and MS Pro-145 and it doesn't
sound bad either :-)

I am still keeping my Electro 2 - 73, I have kinda gotten attached to
it and when I just want something light to go for a quick jam it's the
ticket.

Sadly, I will be putting my Korg CX3 on Ebay as well as my
KBRM. Both in mint condition. If any is interested make me
an offer before I put them on Ebay.

But, if the V5+ turns your tonewheel, I wish you all the best.
Different tonewheels for different gearheads :-)

Josiah

>
> No... That's not the type of artifact I'm talking about. It's the
> type that makes cymbals and tambourines hit you in the face more on a
> CD reissue than the original. Not the obvious artifacts which were
> present in the bad clones of yesteryear. I do recommend you do your
> own personal shootout. You may be surprised.
>
> /Dave
>
> --- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, "organfreak"
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, "vocedave2002" wrote:
> > >
> > > OK... Who's going to do the blind A/B/C with the XK-3 a real
> > Hammond
> > > and the V5+. That's really the only way you can judge... not by
> > > using your memory (which is easily fooled). Also, adjusting the
> > bass
> > > doesn't make up for timbral problems caused by digital artifacts.
> >
> > Hi Dave,
> > I think I have pretty damn good ears, and I say the XK-3 doesn't
> > have any perceptable digital artifacts. My remark on turning up the
> > bass was about his complaint that he would have liked more bottom
> > end, nothing more.
> >
> > However, the XK-3 *can* be put in a mode that only an H-100 or X-66
> > owner could love -- that mode provides extra tonewheels on top,
> > and to a B-3 fan sounds like your basic poop on a stick. To hear
> > this sound, one only has to listen to the original onboard Joey D.
> > demo, and wait for the full organ and squabbling passages. Sounds
> > like, guess what, digital artifacts! It's not. It's those infernal
> > extra tonewheels. (The demo has since been redone, AFAIK.)
> >
> > -O "I Hate Clone Shootouts!" F
>
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