In a message dated 6/20/00 9:22:30 PM,
jhaible@... writes:
<< The crazy thing is that Dynacord could not even come close to this with
their later models. And I don't think it's that old analog vs. digital
question - more like retiring the old ingineers who knew the "secret". >>
I was working at Electro-Voice/Mark IV Audio during and after the
acquisition of Dynacord. Great bunch of guys in Germany... Gunter Krauss is
still there, as head of engineering I believe. My opinion is that the
CLS-222 was just one of those cases of getting it RIGHT. The later DLS
models were cool in many ways but were just way over-engineered (as are a lot
of German electronic products) and they were TOO much and TOO perfect in what
they did. The CLS-222 is still the choice of many studio and touring pros;
it is a great unit (and I'm pissed I didn't pick one up when I was there!).
Put it in the category of the Fender Twin Reverb.... is just works, and
nobody is quite sure why.
Ivan