From oldzuto@yahoo.com Mon Mar 21 08:45:20 2005
Subject:Re: Speakeasy

Mark,
I agree with most all you have stated. Perhaps you are referring to my comment of noise issue, as mine was very noisy. In a live situation it was OK, but no way could you use it in a studio/recording situation. But like I said I am a bit puzzled as to what I could of done differently. The gear I tried it out on was: Leslie 145, Mackie SRM450 and Mackie mixers, Yamaha mixers, Bose PA system, Roland amps, Fender amps, none of which is "cheap". Also the second unit a I had with the Barker option did make a big difference. Without that option turned on no one, myself or any of my bandmates could tell the difference. With that said I'm old enough to know that one never knows everything and one can always learn from other people's experiences. I am very much looking forward to checking out some of they other guy's setups in this group to see and hear how they are doing it. I'm in the Detroit area and would love to check out someone's else rig. Hey Tony Sounds, you are in Chicago area
right? Let me know when you have some gigs scheduled (or practice, if your comfy with that situation) and I would love to drive to Chicago to see what I'm doing wrong!
Thanks to all you guys for all your knowledge sharing!
Bob

mzyla98208 wrote:

I find it really hard to believe that there are some who still claim that they hear no
difference with the Speakeasy in the signal path. Either there is a problem with the unit in
which the great support staff at Speakeasy will fix it quickly and many times not charge
the end user anything or that person really shouldn't be in the business of music. I say the
last statment partially in jest, but also with great incredulity that someone cannot actually
decipher the difference between using and Speakeasy and not. This is not some subtle
ethere-like quality that only those with golden ears can differentiate. This is a change in
sound quality that the general public can even perseve. The Speakeasy preamp line of
products cost some money, to be sure. But the value of the product screams out high
quality audio and value is what you get with these products. A few days ago I made a post
regarding how much I missed my Speakeasy pre when I sent it back recently for some
modifications. The difference in the sound of my Electro sans the Speakeasy was
dramatic. I certainly heard it and my bandmates definitely heard a difference, even though
they didn't know what was missing from my rig.

I heard someone mention of a noise problem with their Speakeasy. Most noise issues can
be attributed to simply not have the proper gain structure in ones' system. Poor gain
structure adds considerable amounts of noise, compounded with using poorly
manufactured and designed products (read: cheap). My Platinum Speakeasy cost me some
money, but in the studio enviormnment, it is absolutely dead quiet. My original Classic
Speakeasy with unbalanced outs was only slightly noisy (we're talking tubes here,
remember?) but that never became an issue with me because once the music started, the
noise floor was never heard.

There is no other product out in the market that can give us players the secret sauce to
make our rig sound like the real B3 as the Speakeasy does.

That's my story....

Mark

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