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Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] more gas on the fire
From: tronbros@...
Date: 2002-09-27
Dear All,
Just to add to the discussion........
There really is no difference between an M400 with a PML1 line/preamp board and a MKV as this uses the same device. They also feel the same as the mechanism is identical. The domestic MKII, if taken directly from the preamp, has an astonishing clarity that most would not think possible. It is incredibly bright and punchy. The KC MKIIs(from memory) took their output in this fashion using a 1/4" jack in the rear panel fed directly from the preamp through the front panel controls. The SFX MKII tends to have an altered eq to dumb down hiss, an unwanted factor when injecting effects. It leads to a slightly mitigated response which can be brightened by using M400 preamps in exchange for the originals. It is only when you put music tapes into one of these that all the sonic problems/compromises make themselves apparent!
Mike Pinder talks about modifications that Streetly then adopted, i.e. the dc motor and transistor preamps. When you consider that the MKII SFX had all these attributes in 1965, some two years before Herr Pinder took delivery of his machine, you realise that time clouds the issue.
Aubergines cooked with garlic make me fart.
Martin
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