As I play with the controls...it's doing some crazy stuff, like companding and compressing...in other words the VU on my desk just sits at +4 and flickers. Seriously huge sounding. Once again the Edcor XSM range deliver the right punch and tonality, there is something to be said about the M6 saturation curve, drums and bass seem the explode much better. Top end is extended and clean, really nice without any coupling caps in the signal path. Dead quiet and no feedback whatsoever(ain't got around to that yet, maybe never). Fast an I mean fast, I find myself using medium attack to tame this beast.
This experiment proves you don't need the excessive approach to acheive a Fairchild 660/670 topology. I think much of that was done for hype and retail power, if not then what is this I am listening to right now as we speak. Nevertheless I thank them for the idea which I was able to simulate down to a radically less expensive compromise. It may not sound exactly like it but it sure as hell work off of the same "EXACT" principle, no 6AL5 here.
I'm tire, elated and I'm babbling. Going to hit the sack. See ya.
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