Mellotronists

JMoore6397@... wrote:

> How does the audio fidelity of a F/X console compare to the m400 and the MK II?
> jimmy moore
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Greetings Jimmy and everybody,

The SFX console was the first Mellotron with all solid-state electronics .
The very same modular preamp/knob assembly was directly incorporated into the
M300's . When the M400 was made,no more germanium transistors were used.

My datasheet on the M300 indicates that it had the same modified NARTB
tape standard also adopted for the M400's . So I'd go out on a limb and say that
the SFX was comparable to M400. I had the pleasure to hear the sound-effects
tapes on Pierre's SFX tha sounded just fine. And of course,Rick Blechta's
"Brendatron" with 36 sparkling new lead sounds in Toronto.

Hope this helps,guys. BTW, the Philly cheese-steaks were great,but I floated home
on a cushion of methane all the way. Something you might appreciate,Mr. Dickson!

Cheers, JK of the "Flatulent Four" ........and still DON'T call me Shirley......

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
Streetly Electronics - all things MELLOTRONIC - click this link..........

US East Coast Agent: Jimmy Moore - JMoore6397@...

for those of us in the states:

Aubergines = eggplant

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