From kshnewsgroups@pacbell.net Sat Jun 03 21:13:19 2006
Subject:Re: EVB3 and Speakeasy tube preamp (vs. XK-3 and RT-20)

These things are of course always a matter of taste.
For my money the EVB3 already sounds a lot better than the XK-3, it's Leslie sim being
superior to the RT-20 as well.
The tube/amp sim in the EVB3 is pretty darn amazing for a digital simulation.
I record using this software all the time - never felt I had a better B3 sound, even sounds
better than one of the real B3's I used to play.
You might get a little extra warmth from the Speakeasy ( I used to use one with a Voce V5
- and liked it a lot ) - but it's an unatural signal path to have the Tube pre after the leslie
sim. I think you would get better results from just carefully tweaking the parameters in the
EVB3.
Another big factor is what speaker setup you use, when you play the EVB3 - I use it
exclusively in the studio, where it kicks butt. Live I have a Roland VK8m ( same Leslie sim
as RT-20) running through a pair of Jbl Eon G2's - and it's fine, but nowhere near the
EVB3.
Just my two c's

-Kim