George's Lightspeed is IMO one of the best PVCs made, but-
this quote is rendered entirely fictitious by the last sentence. IME PVCs usually have more coloration, not less, than a competent line section (although as I have pointed out in the past it is because the math of the situation goes against you when trying to use an outboard PVC, Nelson Pass or no; I am sure if he ran the math he would come to a similar conclusion). Try running 30 feet of cable between the PVC and the amps and you will see what I mean.
I find that the better a line stage is, the more they sound like real music.
Now if you really want to make a PVC work, the thing to do is install it in the amplifier so you don't have the math issues associated with the cable.
Don_s, you were correct- I meant 'without'.
If then you don't like this, by all means colour it to your liking with a active preamp of your choice, this is why ALL active preamps sound different as they are not a strait wire with gain, as Nelson Pass alludes to in his statement. And if other can't see this they cannot see the forest through the trees and believe in voodoo.
this quote is rendered entirely fictitious by the last sentence. IME PVCs usually have more coloration, not less, than a competent line section (although as I have pointed out in the past it is because the math of the situation goes against you when trying to use an outboard PVC, Nelson Pass or no; I am sure if he ran the math he would come to a similar conclusion). Try running 30 feet of cable between the PVC and the amps and you will see what I mean.
I find that the better a line stage is, the more they sound like real music.
Now if you really want to make a PVC work, the thing to do is install it in the amplifier so you don't have the math issues associated with the cable.
Don_s, you were correct- I meant 'without'.