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Originally Posted by oceantracks
One of the top pre amps in the world for a stereo system was (and still is) made by a company called SPECTRAL. They believed in insane amounts of bandwidth...and that's how anything you played through their stuff (and great speakers) sounded...just WIDE OPEN. It seems as if GORDON is taking a similar approach, which would account for the size and detail you are getting. I love a big, fast and open sound (The opposite of the 1272 sound) so this sure sounds interesting. I need to do something very soon so I hope the order time isn't prohibitive on a Model 4. I just emailed Gordon.....I'll definitely leave impressions up here and in Lynn's forum if one gets in my hands soon. Thanks for all the info...
You are welcome Tom, I hope you get a chance to try one. Last I heard new deliveries were a little held up because of component delays, maybe that's cleared up now. But at least he (Grant Carpenter - the designer) should be able to set you up with demo gear.
Funny you mention the Spectral... Grant's only dealer (besides his direct sales) is Goodwin's High End. Alan has said to me several times that Spectral is far the best amplifier available. And man does that shop have a choice among amps. The Spectral still
require a specialized upstream input, not only from their preamps but also even to specific cables! Definitely hi-tech... and the price to prove it
Anyway, Gordon mic pre's are definitely in that universe, not the "transformer-ey/tube-y/we-will-color-your-sound-for-you/etc". Put your best stuff in it and the result is true to that. So since you know Spectral you already know what I'm talking about. We're using Gordon on our live system as well, don't even want to play acoustic anymore

BTW I posted a review a while back on Lynn's site if you want to check that:
http://www.3daudioinc.com/cgi-bin/ul...c&f=1&t=001218
Steve