Monomyth Unholy Grail

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DanTravis62 said:
I think they vary a lot more than rezas demos, and I don't think I'm alone in that opinion
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I agree they vary more, but find his overall sound to me to be consistently even worse than Reza's. It sounds very amateurish to me (I don't know enough about recording to articulate it better than that), often kinda honky/weird, no detail to really be able to understand the amps well (maybe from sticking the 57 in the center of the cabinet? Is that a good thing?). Usually I'll soften the blow by saying I can't do any better myself, but in this case even I can lol. He's entertaining though and that's why I'm subscribed still and listen in the background sometimes
 
braintheory said:
I have an Alnico Cream. I don't use it, but it's a nice speaker overall imo. Actually pretty smooth and more dark leaning than bright to me. Nothing like what I hear in Reza's vids. My guess it's just something about Reza's mic'ing/recording execution giving him that harsher sound
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close micing will capture a sound you don't hear in the room. It is why it is so powerful. I have had a better in the room sound and a better recorded sound. It rarely sounds great for both.
 
Smash said:
close micing will capture a sound you don't hear in the room. It is why it is so powerful. I have had a better in the room sound and a better recorded sound. It rarely sounds great for both.
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I get that part and have enough close mic'ing experience to at least say that I'm sure if I did an apples to apples close mic comparison the Alnico Cream at least would still sound smoother and darker relative to most of my other current speakers. Whatever Reza is doing to get his close mic sound with them I have no idea and don't wanna know lol
 
braintheory said:
I get that part and have enough close mic'ing experience to at least say that I'm sure if I did an apples to apples close mic comparison the Alnico Cream at least would still sound smoother and darker relative to most of my other current speakers. Whatever Reza is doing to get his close mic sound with them I have no idea and don't wanna know lol
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That's definitely the big question - most of the alnico creams I've heard IRL have been quite pleasant sounding, and I'm not sure exactly what he does for post processing to give it that bland "reza" flavor
 
DanTravis62 said:
That's definitely the big question - most of the alnico creams I've heard IRL have been quite pleasant sounding, and I'm not sure exactly what he does for post processing to give it that bland "reza" flavor
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Could also be unflattering mic placement in general. Trying to take a picture of a specific piece of air can really give a very weird reflection of reality. Like taking a zoomed in picture of a singular rock and trying use it to show someone what it’s like being at the Grand Canyon.
 
I knew Reza had gone off the reservation when he started pounding the table on the Alnico Creams.
I dropped a small fortune to put a quad in a Wizard 4x12 when they first came out.
Those speakers suck donkey balls.
Bland, lifeless, absolutely no character whatsoever....
The perfect speaker for the tan pants crowd.
 
itsgoodnow said:
Could also be unflattering mic placement in general. Trying to take a picture of a specific piece of air can really give a very weird reflection of reality. Like taking a zoomed in picture of a singular rock and trying use it to show someone what it’s like being at the Grand Canyon.
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Good call.

Now that you mention it that makes a lot of sense
 
DanTravis62 said:
That's definitely the big question - most of the alnico creams I've heard IRL have been quite pleasant sounding, and I'm not sure exactly what he does for post processing to give it that bland "reza" flavor
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Yeah they’re more smooth, pleasant speakers, pretty easy on the ears IME, but prefer more grit in my sound. I remember his sound being more or less the same before he made this “brilliant” discovery of Alnico Creams. Iirc he was using V30’s before with the same kind of overall sound he gets now

Iirc he doesn’t dial in his amps super bright either. I’d think it has to be something about his recording execution by process of elimination. Some mysteries are better left unsolved though 😅 or I’ll leave it to you guys to figure out and keep it a secret
 
Did you guys ring? I honestly didn't say too much about the new amp simply because I didn't have to, its not a huge deviation from the work I do but there are some big tonal differences for the 100w offering. Is it a skeleton key? no. The new amp has a different gain structure (maybe 30% more) and placement of gain stages than the sk, there's probably 20 differences in the preamp and many in the power section being a 100w, it still carries many ideas from the former especially with the switching so previous owners of the sk will dial it in easily. Notably it's much more pronounced in the mid range, the new amp has less clipping and much more tube saturation. I prototyped the power transformer 3 times with Heyboer to find the right feel and its spot on. As far as Reza goes ive always liked his YouTube work, when he put me on years ago it was major push for me leaving my 9 to 5 and doing amps full time, sending him the amp first was all about respect, the run was already sold out before he got it. Plenty to come, cheers boys...
 
fusedbrain said:
I knew Reza had gone off the reservation when he started pounding the table on the Alnico Creams.
I dropped a small fortune to put a quad in a Wizard 4x12 when they first came out.
Those speakers suck donkey balls.
Bland, lifeless, absolutely no character whatsoever....
The perfect speaker for the tan pants crowd.
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Holy shit dude...you're alive...awesome!
 
Monomyth said:
Did you guys ring? I honestly didn't say too much about the new amp simply because I didn't have to, its not a huge deviation from the work I do but there are some big tonal differences for the 100w offering. Is it a skeleton key? no. The new amp has a different gain structure (maybe 30% more) and placement of gain stages than the sk, there's probably 20 differences in the preamp and many in the power section being a 100w, it still carries many ideas from the former especially with the switching so previous owners of the sk will dial it in easily. Notably it's much more pronounced in the mid range, the new amp has less clipping and much more tube saturation. I prototyped the power transformer 3 times with Heyboer to find the right feel and its spot on. As far as Reza goes ive always liked his YouTube work, when he put me on years ago it was major push for me leaving my 9 to 5 and doing amps full time, sending him the amp first was all about respect, the run was already sold out before he got it. Plenty to come, cheers boys...
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Well damn. If I’d have known it was so different from the SK, I might’ve ordered one when I had the chance, I just thought it’d be too similar to my SK. Maybe I’ll get in on a future run
 
Does shea make a 100w skeleton key? I am more partial to higher wattage heads almost always
But yeah this sounds like a reza typical tone. I am interested in the amp though seems cool
 
RaceU4her said:
I’m sure it sounds like a power sander with 180 grit on a metal counter top, why amp builders send new amps for him to be the first to demo is one of my great mysteries in
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I think he uses a Stompbox Distortion in front of everything..
I listened to a SigX Demo he did and the Red and Yellow channels had a crazy amount and yet equal levels of gain that the amp does not have..
 
Monomyth said:
Did you guys ring? I honestly didn't say too much about the new amp simply because I didn't have to, its not a huge deviation from the work I do but there are some big tonal differences for the 100w offering. Is it a skeleton key? no. The new amp has a different gain structure (maybe 30% more) and placement of gain stages than the sk, there's probably 20 differences in the preamp and many in the power section being a 100w, it still carries many ideas from the former especially with the switching so previous owners of the sk will dial it in easily. Notably it's much more pronounced in the mid range, the new amp has less clipping and much more tube saturation. I prototyped the power transformer 3 times with Heyboer to find the right feel and its spot on. As far as Reza goes ive always liked his YouTube work, when he put me on years ago it was major push for me leaving my 9 to 5 and doing amps full time, sending him the amp first was all about respect, the run was already sold out before he got it. Plenty to come, cheers boys...
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Who is the next YT demo persona?

I liked what I heard in the OP demo. Especially with the gain down and the Reza filter on :yes:
 
Monomyth said:
Did you guys ring? I honestly didn't say too much about the new amp simply because I didn't have to, its not a huge deviation from the work I do but there are some big tonal differences for the 100w offering. Is it a skeleton key? no. The new amp has a different gain structure (maybe 30% more) and placement of gain stages than the sk, there's probably 20 differences in the preamp and many in the power section being a 100w, it still carries many ideas from the former especially with the switching so previous owners of the sk will dial it in easily. Notably it's much more pronounced in the mid range, the new amp has less clipping and much more tube saturation. I prototyped the power transformer 3 times with Heyboer to find the right feel and its spot on. As far as Reza goes ive always liked his YouTube work, when he put me on years ago it was major push for me leaving my 9 to 5 and doing amps full time, sending him the amp first was all about respect, the run was already sold out before he got it. Plenty to come, cheers boys...
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Brother I love the skeleton key. When you make a purple run of these count me in.
 
Sounds sick, Reza is pretty awesome in my book and a good dude. I agree with the comments about the videos but I have learned the differences between his videos and my room so if an amp already sounds great here it's definitely going to be killer.

Even if this is a copy of the Skelton key......it is now 100w...worth it
 
I'm sure that it is a great sounding amp. However, from that demo... you could tell me that I was listening to a Fractal, or a Quad Cortex modeler and I would believe you. You could also tell me that it was Crate Blue Voodoo and I would believe you. That did not sound good to me.
 
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