MOTM

Hey Larry -

I don't think this controversial at all!  Many, if not most of us 
have several manufacturers in our rigs.  My rig is dominated by MOTM 
because I believe MOTM to be the best quality.  But I also have 
modules from Oakley, Blacet, CGS, and Cyndustries.  All of these 
(except some of the Blacet) are in MOTM format.

The Stooges provide a great service with their panles.  This service 
enables many of the popular non-MOTM modules to be incorporated with 
ease and visual compatibility.  For other panels, I use Schaeffer, 
which also make high quality panels, but that don't match visually 
as well as Stooge panels.

If you'd like to see an example of a rig with all of these 
manufacturers, check out the cover of the current SynthTech catalog: 
upper left on the front page is my current setup.

Best,

Mike

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Larry T." <larry@u...> wrote:
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> The one comment that I would like to make (and I am not trying to
> start a war here) is that I don't think it makes sense to restrict
> yourself an ANY one manufacturer.  And the beauty is that most of 
the
> modular gear that is available uses compatible signal levels (as 
long
> as you can deal with different signal connectors, power connectors,
> and mounting requirements).  Even when there are overlapping 
modules,
> there are often reasons to get different vendors modules in order 
to
> expand you sonic pallet.  And when all else fails, there are the 
DIY
> options that often will fill strange and unusual voids (that you 
may
> not even know you have till you run into the circuit somewhere).
> 
> Thanks again to everyone (even if this thread has not yet run it's
> full course).
> 
> Larry T. back to listening/lurking (for now)