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Well after giving it some thought over the last few weeks, I finally decided to purchase the 4000e. I did this based on the reviews/raves given on this forum. I know most people would say thats not so smart, should hear it first and all that. Unfortunately I didn't have that opportunity. I figure even if it's half as good as most people say, for that price I'll take my chance. Anyways I've done that twice before, with my buzz MA2.2 and my first Royer SF-1. Both those purchases turned out to be right on the money, no regrets what so ever. Thanks for the heads up on this pre. ;)

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KurtFoster Fri, 12/05/2003 - 12:36

Originally posted by Johnson Cabasa:
i had a buzz 2.2 for a while. i sold it because it wasn't very good for what i was doing with it

I had a Volks Wagen Beetle for a while but I sold it because it kept going through clutches.. :confused:

[ December 06, 2003, 02:30 AM: Message edited by: Kurt Foster ]

anonymous Sun, 12/07/2003 - 15:40

Well I've had it for a few days now and first impressions are great. I really need to spend time with a pre and get few songs under my belt before I can give are real valid opinion.

One of the first things i tried it on was a moog. Ran the moog through the instrument/DI. Kicked in the low boost and wow. I didn't expect that. Felt like i had run it through a tube teck eq. Already I know it's gona be great as a synth and bass DI.

Today I had a friend come over to do some vocal tests. We compared it to the Buzz using a TLM 103, GT am62, Royer SF-1 and a shure 58. For him I liked the TLM103 with the seb on the "air" setting. His voice didn't react to well when the seb was driven.

The Seb doesn't have the same kind of openness that the buzz has. Not with eq flat anyways. However thats not why I got it. I already had my clean transformerless pre. It does however have the tube "thang" everyone say it has. This I can't really relay it just feels more harmonically rounded (whatever that means).

I'm looking forward to experimenting with more instruments in conjunction with the various eq and pad settings.

Thanks again for the heads up. So far I'm loving it.

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