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Originally Posted by neilwight thanks for all the info guys,
was all set to go full steam ahead on the phoenix demo but im now being offered the pendulum ES-8 at the same price.......
a nice position to be in but this isnt helping my decision making in the least.
guess i will just need to get both up and work through varying material with them. |
Will probably be a matter of which one first.
Compression characteristics are much more flexible on the ES-8 but it is much more subtle in the character department, Phoenix much more character but nowhere near as flexible in terms of "compression".
One has got a sound the other very little sound, co pletely different beasts, don't be fooled by the fact thet they are both delta-mu based designs.
The Pendulum has transformers on the input only.
Haven't used a Gyraf yet but they could be interesting as well as the Fearn VT-7, the L2M if you like optical L2 style and the Buzz when it will be available (Mr Farrant says it will be "like no other" comp)
Have fun!
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