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Originally Posted by WildCowboys  It does not make much sense to ask which one is better. |
asking 'which one sounds better to me' is the *only* question that makes sense.
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Originally Posted by WildCowboys 1- Which one is more true to the source? (I believe it is the Apogee is and thet the Burl colors the signal in a pleasant way) |
my impression, based on actually using them both extensively, is very different: they both color the source. the apogee's color is not faithful to the source, the burl's is. burl gives you the soul of what is there, but with a little sweetness. apogee makes everything sound like apogee.
respectfully, speculating on what gear sounds like is a bit absurd, and i can't see what it adds to the discussion other than to reinforce your own biases that are not grouded in actual experience.
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Originally Posted by WildCowboys Is it a cool move to pack a sound altering transformer into an expensive ADC when all most people want is the cool coloration but do not deen another ADC? |
you cannot separate out the transformer from the rest of the analog circuit and say 'this is what colors the sound'; that's not how electronics work. the burl is not a clean a/d with a colored transformer slapped on to make it pleasing. the sound is a composite of every single component in the box, and is every bit as much influenced by what is not there --- ic's, stock op-amps, capacitors --- as by what is.
if it were otherwise, i'd be selling carnhill transformer pass-thru boxes and everyone could make their focusrites and millenias sound like neves.
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Originally Posted by WildCowboys Does the Burl preamp (500 format) put the same coloration on a signal, using the same Burl transformer(s)? |
different trafo's, but more importantly, different circuits. very different sound.
really, the burl is not hard to find, you can demo the thing if for no other reason than to put to bed any speculations you might have about what it does, how it does it, and whether you find it useful.
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