From raisindot@yahoo.com Tue Oct 02 11:52:48 2012
Subject:Re: My New Rig

I LOVE this question!!!!

What it boils down is, how can one really objectively say if a clonewheel's (or any kind of imitation) sound exceeds the original? After all, B3s and their progeny were manufactured for, what, 30-40 years, and, I would think that with changes in electronics there must be slight differences in how different Hammonds sound over the years. And then how do you account for the 'coloring' that a particular Leslie adds to the sound? Unless you can listen to a B3 with headphones to get its 'uncolored' tone, how do you really know what the 'pure' tone is? Not to mention the whole subjectivity angle.

I mean, I'll bet that there are some soft synth emulations of Steinways that "mechanically" 'sound' better than a 40-year Steinway piano they're designed to emulate, simply because age and gradual wear and tear and replacing original parts with newer parts are going to gradually lessen that piano's sonic qualities. DO we then say that this "CloneWay" is better than a Steinway?

Or what if you could design and build a nearly exact replica of a 1968 Shelby Mustang that ran faster and more efficiently and handled better than the original? Is this CloneStang better than the real thing?

Who knows...it's gettin' all philosophical. :)

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