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Originally Posted by WidgetNinja  Tim,
The one thing that stood out in my mind is that the MA2.2 was the only transformerless pre of the bunch. I remember a long time ago a reviewer having an issue with I believe the then new Earthworks on a particular transformerless pre having issues that were particular to that combination.
It could be the Peluso doesn't generally like a transformerless input and something weird happens. |
Entirely possible of course. I would be interested to know if the impedance setting of the MA2.2 was set to hi or low.
Thanks Lindell for re-opening this thread. (I had to beg real hard!)
Having a second listen, I still don't pick up on the weird midrange on the MA2.2 others have mentioned, but what I can hear is the compressor working a bit hard and tending to "scrunch" the sound a bit, to my ears anyhow. For that style of music, something that retained more dynamic would be nice.
But, all the preamps have their attributes, and I don't think the Great River sounds cloudy, but it is quite full in the lows.
Tim.