Originally Posted by
Jack Williams
I'd say that system should be transparent enough. I use the same Line-amp as in the review above, but driving the "lash-up" of the 12wrms SEOTL power amp. That has been running for a couple of years now, and doesn't seem to be going through 6080s. That amp has good, and adjustable damping factor (without feedback) and certainly "crisps" up my 12" cones. The tops and midrange are professional pressure units (British). I have gone to a lot of trouble getting a natural, believable female speaking voice. That is one of the most difficult for speakers. Male not so hard. But what i was going to say was that no matter what gear you have, we are at the mercy of the joker on the desk at the recording. For instance a really good album (on DVD) suddenly has bass half way along, as the bloke wakes up and discovers "Oh--uh....better move that up...zzz." It would be good if some sort of standard on the levels could be achieved. The engineer on the Mary Black album should be given a medal, and most of the other jokers the sack!