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StuartMac · 4th June 2004

I know this is a gross over-simplification, but since I got my Royer 121 my heavy guitar sounds are way better than before. Maybe 15% rather than Slip's 5.

But I think Slip hits the nail hard on the head. Lot's of little things adding up to make a big difference. It's that almost obsessive attention to detail that sets the big guys apart.

People always bang on about there being "hardly any difference" to the layman between this mic and that mic, or this pre and that, or whatever - and they fundamentally miss the point.

A whole load of "hardly any difference" when added up makes a big difference - the kind that yer average record buyer CAN hear with their eyes and ears shut.

4th June 2004	#3
StuartMac Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2002 Location: Scotland Posts: 893	I know this is a gross over-simplification, but since I got my Royer 121 my heavy guitar sounds are way better than before. Maybe 15% rather than Slip's 5. But I think Slip hits the nail hard on the head. Lot's of little things adding up to make a big difference. It's that almost obsessive attention to detail that sets the big guys apart. People always bang on about there being "hardly any difference" to the layman between this mic and that mic, or this pre and that, or whatever - and they fundamentally miss the point. A whole load of "hardly any difference" when added up makes a big difference - the kind that yer average record buyer CAN hear with their eyes and ears shut.