Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
Hi Alex,

I agree. See my post #6 on this thread where I linked to an MA-XG, stating that it was 95% as good as an MA-R. The extra 5% of performance comes from the ultra-low resonance of the MA-R's 'fancy' body shell
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Marco.
If you want to record piano, the cast aluminium shell of the MA-R is well worth the extra. The tape just seems to run more smoothly and the perceived wow and flutter is less (non existant to my ears). Perhaps Alex could do some measurements for us on this?