From gabru@comsec.net Sat Jan 01 09:57:45 2011
Subject:Re: NUMA organ questions / There IS room for improvement....

Hi Mike,

Actually the AO-28 is a pretty basic pre-amp. I would imagine the Speakeasy is based on it with some eq control and the proper gain added in.
I don't know if Speakeasy publishes their schematic. I would have heard it's a great sounding preamp and I would like to try one someday.
It's not in the budget right now but the Ventilator overdrive couples with the XK-3c preamp has been sounding excellent. I am running the organ
and a couple other keyboards through a 2kw tri-amped set of KV2s and have no problem keeping up with the guitars on stage.
I hope you all had a great New Year's....all the best in 2011!

Cheers,

Gary

From: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Casino
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 9:07 AM
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [CWSG] Re: NUMA organ questions / There IS room for improvement....

There have been a number of people who have taken their clone and utilized
the phono input on an AO-28 for comparison and were amazed with the
improvement in sound of their clone. I doubt any clone manufacturer would be
willing to incorporate the final stage of an AO-28 into their keyboard in
this price competitive market.

Mike

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You bring a very important point here. The big reason that B3 sounds good
yet is based on one thing. That B3 has a AO28 Class A tube preamp in it.
Trust me I know. Remove the preamp & you made a 350 LB Clone. We have done
the test. So your statement does not hold much water here....

Steve Hayes

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What there are NOT tons of options of are Hammond organ clones that do not
require outboard gear to make them sound authentic . Give it to me all in
one package, please. I can plug a B-3 into a mixer and a pair of speakers (
ala Brian Auger) and get a great sound. I want an organ clone that can do
the same.

Fire away.....

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