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Originally Posted by sabian  This guy knows his stuff...
My general experience has been that re-caping definitely changed the sound, which was really why I had it done. It usually opened up the top end, sounded tighter and more transient ("modern") at the expense of losing some warmth and smoothness...
So one has to be careful unless you can afford to put it back if not preferred I suppose  just a thought
If you really like it don't mess with it I guess. |
Back in my earlier years of mastering, my small analog chain had a Drawmer 1961 in it. Very fiddly to recall but at that stage of my career, I wasn't too concerned about things like that but did appreciate having a decent sounding tube eq as it was the first analog eq I had as an option to my Waves plug-ins!
So instead of saving to replace it, I asked a very knowledgeable tech guy to upgrade it.
$500. later it came back sounding clean as a whistle and not very pleasant! I took it to a local music store to see if I was crazy. We A/B-ed the stock and modified unit and we all peferred the stock. So I actually paid the guy to put it back the way it was!